Part 3 of a six part series covering the albums released by Van Halen with David Lee Roth. This episode looks at Women and Children First with a special emphasis on Alex Van Halen’s contributions to the group.
Relevant Links;
Post on Van Halen I
https://youtu.be/z5Vj03txEN0
And Van Halen II
Rick Beato’s post on Alex Van Halen’s distinctive snare sound
Full animation for In A Simple Rhyme by Vazz Toons
Second in a series previewing new music for 2021, including:
Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (2020)
Orchestre International du Vetex – Total Tajine (2011)
Coriky – Coriky (2020)
Kai Whiston – No World As Good As Mine (2019)
E.B. the Younger – To Each His Own (2019)
Speaker Music – Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (2020)
Relevant Links
Post on Midlake’s Tales of Van Occupanther
Speaker Music source video from Clips Co-Op
The 2021 Radio Playlist from Spotify. Follow for updates!
The first of several previews of music new to 2021, including:
Sault – Untitled (Rise) (2020)
XTC – English Settlement (1982)
Jose Aponte – From Here; From There (2020)
Zara McFarlane – Songs of an Unknown Tongue (2020)
Machine Listener- Metonym (2020)
The Brendan Eder Ensemble – To Mix With Time (2020)
Relevant Links:
The Chomsky review mentioned above
A brief look at the process I used to curate my Top 20 of 2020 list.
The Top 10 from my Top 20 of 2020 list.
Relevant Links:
Post on Floating Points Crush
Post on Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
Post on Kate Davis’ Trophy
Here's a Spotify playlist with representative tracks from the Top 20 of 2020
Review and discussion on Van Halen’s 1979 sophomore album, Van Halen II
Relevant links
Previous post in this series on Van Halen I
A freestanding post on 5150 from last year
