Category Archive: reviews

There Are Many Like It But This One Is Mine: Favorite Albums of 2022(!), etc.

Since I brought my blog back, let’s sink our teeth in to the timeless Music Blog Album Of The Year list tradition. Yum yummm. Being a Music Snob is exhausting. I was one,… Continue reading

Five Favorite Records of 2018

Hippiesandhipsters has been around since 2011 and I can’t even believe it. What’s worse is I do not update enough. But here we are again at the end of another year and I… Continue reading

The Year End List That Never Was

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything here. But the fact is, I’ve been doing A LOT of writing in 2017. More than I ever have before. I finished draft three… Continue reading

Review: 22, A Million//Bon Iver Is Back, Reminding Us All To Breathe

When we talk about music being life, we all have an understanding of what we mean. It’s a daydream, a drive with the windows down, and a soundtrack to our…whatever. It’s the same… Continue reading

Surprise! There’s a new Wilco record and it’s called ‘Star Wars’

2015 is Wilco’s 20th anniversary and they’re showing off. Last week they joined the Assertive Musicians Club by releasing a surprise album. But wait, they released it for free. And wait, they named… Continue reading

Azealia Banks Finally Stirs It Up Right With ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’

“I’m so tired of all this drama,” Azealia says. She finally showed up: Miss Azealia Banks, Yung Rapunxel herself has her very own full-length debut album.   Broke With Expensive Taste has been… Continue reading

Spoon Rewards Us, Again, With ‘They Want My Soul’

The narrative of Fight Club revolves around one scene in the movie. Tyler Durden is sitting across from The Narrator in a bar. Earlier that night, The Narrator came home to find his… Continue reading

I’d Like To Go Down The Lazaretto with Jack White EVERY DAY

Do not adjust your eyeballs. You are, in fact, reading a late-to-the-game review of Lazaretto. Here’s what happened. I was scheduled to write something for philly.com just like the few other times I have (tUnE-yArDs,… Continue reading

Merrill Garbus is My Spirit Animal. I Love Nikki Nack

When I listen to a tUnE-yArDs record, I wait for the moment when my mouth drops open. Sometimes I’m alone, dancing at home, and other times I’m on the street, making faces at… Continue reading

IT’S JACK WHITE DAY: NEW JACK WHITE RECORD ANNOUNCED

Because you know I am the ULTIMATE JACK WHITE FANGIRL, I’d like to take this brief special moment to tell you about the NEW JACK WHITE RECORD. Third Man Records is releasing his… Continue reading