David Bowie still relevent in 2013? A Short David Bowie Retrospect

Does anyone really care about David Bowie in 2013? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE David Bowie. He has had so many CLASSIC albums and changed the game with albums like Low, also Heroes might be my favorite song ever. I even enjoyed the last two albums on first listen but never listened to them ever. Personally I feel Bowie should ditch music for a now and make more movies cause hes a really good actor.

 Does anyone care for a new Bowie album in 2013? Maybe the die hard fans but I feel his creative peak was during the 70s and start of the 80s. From his first album to Scary Monsters, David Bowie changed the rock world and created new trends and made interesting music. He made glam rock cool, he made electronic music become more accessible, made masterpieces of rock, he hung out with Iggy Pop (the godfather of punk) and was just a hugely interesting dude.  My favorite Bowie story is when he made Station To Station, the legend goes that Bowie was so high off cocaine that he does not even vaguely remember that time in the studio nor making the album. His diet was red chilli peppers and milk. He was under 100 pounds. That's a lot of cocaine!

Bowie's most creative era has to be the "Berlin Era". When he realized he had to let go of his addiction he moved to Berlin and become friends with the great Brian Eno (the godfather of electronic music?). During these years Bowie made three albums that were very different from his previous work and from the mainstream,. Low, Hereos, and Lodger were the albums and they were mainly electronic based with lots of emotion streaming throughout. I personally consider Low a masterpiece along with Ziggy Stardust and are two of my most prized vinyls in my collection.

Most of the 80s for Bowie consisted in the mainstream with hits like Let's Dance, Modern Love, and Under Pressure. Although during the 80s his career started to go to into the mainstream. His music was not interesting and this continued into the 90s and as we know now the present. I will say though that Let's Dance is an amazing fun, catchy, mainstream album. I mean come on. Let's Dance, China Girl, Cat People. So much fun Bowie tunes.

So in 2013 do we really need a new David Bowie album? I would say no. But he is still a legend in my eyes.

Heres his website with his new single along with a video that looks like it was directed by David Lynch
http://www.davidbowie.com/the-next-day

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to return February 2013

This news is a tad late but since this blog is new I decided to throw this in since I love everything Nick Cave. For me personally, Nick Cave is the best artist working right now. He has 3 decades of great unique music under his belt and everything he has done has been amazing.

Check out this track the band release earlier this month

The song seems to have a The Boatman's Call feel to it with its very simple instruments and lyrics. Its a very nice change from the recent garage band type sound Nick Cave did with the last Bad Seed album and Grinderman. I for one can't wait to hear all the new stuff and I'm sure it will be a great add on to the stunning Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography.

My Bloody Valentine follow up to Loveless actually happening?

All signs head towards yes. This news was hard to believe at first since it feels Kevin Shields, master mind of the band, says the new album is coming out soon each year. With each year I simply ignored whenever he would bring it up during interviews,but this time it seems very very real.

For those that don't know My Bloody Valentine is regarded as the best shoegaze band alive and their album Loveless is not only a masterpiece in the shoegaze genre but a masterpiece in music period. Unfortunately, I feel that since Loveless is so highly regarded many don't take the time to check out their past projects which is as good as Loveless in different ways. If you only heard Loveless, do yourself a favor and check out the You Made Me Realise EP and their first album Isn't Anything.

The band has stated that the album was finished being mastered on 12/21/12 on their Facebook. This news made me jump up in joy. He also stated that he plans on releasing on their website by the end of this year. I really do hope this is true. While I'm not expecting Loveless 2, cause how could you follow up to a complete masterpiece. Shields has said that the few people who have heard it said it was "weirder" but he feels its a continuation of the sound on Loveless.

A 20 year gap between albums is a very huge gap and that's why I am keeping my expectations low, but that does not mean that I simply can not wait to hear newer My Bloody Valentine!