Willie Simpson

Tag: R.E.M.

Of Montreal, Disconnect the Dots, Lysergic Bliss (live), Art Snob Solutions (live)

R.E.M. broke up yesterday, but worry not, because Athens, Georgia rocks on with their other native sons, Of Montreal. Of Montreal, famously not “of Montreal,” hail from R.E.M.’s hometown too. Kevin Barnes, the group’s extroverted introvert genius front man, is peculiar guy. When he broke into music, his talent wasn’t entirely assembled. His early home…

September 22, 2011
Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over the Sea, King of Carrot Flowers Parts 1-3

Jeff Mangum’s “Neutral Milk Hotel” was the third founding wing in the Elephant 6 Collective. If the Apples in Stereo represented the happy side of the Beatles, and Olivia Tremor Control were the, ahh, trippier side of the Beatles, then Neutral Milk Hotel was Elephant 6’s approximation of Blonde on Blonde’s Bob Dylan. Mangum’s breakthrough…

September 21, 2011
My Top 100 Youtube Favorites, a Retrospective, Part 2

Welcome back again to my youtube favorite retrospective part 2! You know the deal, the list is done, and we’re looking back at all the hits that made us laugh, cry, and die. Let’s start rolling right where we left off! #74. The Ramones, Blitzkrieg Bop – It’s more Ramones, the greatest and most original…

June 28, 2011
R.E.M., It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Part 67 is all about the Apocalypse, the end of the world AS WE KNOW IT, because as you know, the world is supposedly ending on Saturday according to some radio host in Denver or something. What better way to ring in the end of all things then with R.E.M.’s 1987 alternative rock classic, “It’s…

May 20, 2011