The Decline of Music

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From Bach to Bieber…

My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Year

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GooseRadio Reviews 2010 — See the Top 10 Albums of the Year Is he a prophet? Is he a genius? Is he the voice of this generation? No. Kanye West is a megalomaniac rapper, and that is where his influence should logically end. But logic ends where West’s Twitter feed begins. In a year when [...]

Taking ‘Shelter’: Jars of Clay continues its slide

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Everybody hits a rough patch. And I mean everyone. It’s true, whether you like it or not. Sometimes the patches are short (Ronald Reagan hamstringing Gerald Ford, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” the Minnesota Twins and June 2010), and sometimes they’re long (Barack Obama in 2009, Kate from “Lost,” the Minnesota Twins and [...]

The Two Katy Perry’s

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“Rejection is God’s protection.” Those are surprising words coming from the mouth of Katy Perry. Initially, I had intended to write a commentary about Miss Perry’s latest Rolling Stone interview. But the article felt a bit lackluster and surprisingly, tasteless. I guess I shouldn’t have expected much considering the text was plastered between several images [...]

GooseRadio Review: The Hold Steady – ‘Heaven Is Whenever’

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If you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one who romanticizes, not the elusive “one” (which doesn’t actually exist, but that’s another topic for another place), but rather your favorite album and band, meet Craig Finn, the everyman who fronts The Hold Steady. He knows exactly what you’re talking about. Heaven Is Whenever is an [...]