“Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” by Tom Waits Marchelle Bradanini aka Pony Boy Only Tom Waits could tackle the “hooker with a heart of gold” cliché and not only deliver a heart aching tale filled with depth and soul, but also create one of the best damn holiday songs ever written. To briefly digress, my personal love affair with Tom Waits goes … Continue reading On A Personal Note: Marchelle Bradanini On Tom Waits
Rarely does an album so clearly of two minds work. The shift in tone is too great, or the styles just don’t mesh well; one way or another it crumbles under the weight of its own cleverness. Somehow Dastardly have managed to make 9 songs that don’t seem to fit together flow seamlessly on The Hollow. There’s some consistency at the beginning, with the … Continue reading Dastardly-The Hollow
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are coming to Chicago this weekend to play an opening slot for Little Comets at Schubas. After listening to their live EP released earlier this year, I can’t figure out why they’re opening for the brit-popsters instead of the other way around. The Deltas combination of old school soul/rock/rhythm and blues, coupled with the incendiary voice of Hernandez makes for … Continue reading The Musical Influences Of Jessica Hernandez
Originally I was just going to do a top ten and be done with it. I got my ten selected, took a look, and thought about how much music got left off. It isn’t 20-11’s fault that so much great music came out this year, so why punish them? Last year I separated things into lists for local bands and national acts. This year I’ve … Continue reading Top 20 Albums of 2011: Part One 20-11
It’s been almost 40 years since Tom Waits debut album, Closing Time, was released. In the time since he’s released 22 albums, written plays, become a critically praised actor, and scored a Oscar nomination for Best Original Score (Francis Ford Coppola’s One From The Heart). Somehow he’s managed to keep every album sound fresh, mainly because he doesn’t like to bore himself and he could … Continue reading Tom Waits-Bad As Me
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