Freetown Sound

Best Albums of 2016

Every year, I do a rundown of my picks for the Best Albums of the Year. Sometimes I rank them. Sometimes I don’t. I do what I want. In no particular order, here’s what kept my ears happy this year: Blood Orange – Freetown Sound Blood Orange, aka the London-born New Yorker Dev Hynes, is no…

TLWPodcast

The Littlest Winslow Podcast is ALIVE!

For the first time in forever, you can now listen to The Littlest Winslow with our brand spankin’ new podcast! The show will cover many of the same topics that you can find on the blog here, but with more extra goodies! Like my horrible voice, drunk rantings, and bad jokes and puns! Each episode,…

Brody Dalle’s Diploid Love and Sexism in Rock Journalism

Brody Dalle, former frontwoman for The Distillers and Spinnerette, has finally released her solo debut entitled Diploid Love. It’s a tight, raging collection that appears to cover the gamut of Dalle’s life: her struggles with drugs and depression, her complicated past with her estranged biological father, and her ability to rise above it all. Though…

Music Monday: Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’

Last night, I finally got the chance to sit down with Dave Grohl’s 2013 documentary (and directorial debut) about Sound City Studios, a studio responsible for so many legendary albums from Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, Rage Against the Machine, and countless others. The film, simply titled Sound City, chronicles the studio’s early…

Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Doc to Premiere at Sundance

When the Foo Fighters set out to record their latest release, Wasting Light, frontman Dave Grohl and his bandmates went old school, digging the art of analog from its grave and recording straight to tape. No computers, no bells, no whistles. With the upcoming Rock-Doc Sound City, Grohl is still celebrating analog from the vantage…

FREE stream of Them Crooked Vultures album

It’s true. Here’s my fave, “Elephants.” The rest can be heard by clicking through to YouTube, or by searching for username “themcrookedvultures.” This album is SICK. Props to Dennis for the tip. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kALt-S8WjNc]