TLW’s Best Albums of 2014

Music in 2014 just wasn’t as enticing as last year. When 2013 came to a close, I couldn’t bear choosing just 20 albums to include in my Best Of list…and here, I struggled to really scrape up a solid 10. Sure, there were many albums I liked in the last 12 months, but not too…

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: Record Store Day 2014

Good news, audio geeks – Record Store Day 2014 (RSD) is less than a month away! For the uninitiated, Record Store Day is a day where independent record stores celebrate the fact that they still exist. That sounds harsh in a way, but it’s a day truly worth celebrating. Bands put out special RSD releases…