Tag Archives: pop-rock

Tom’s Top 5’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 (Addendum!)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Upon posting my Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015, friends questioned why I hadn’t included several other exciting new releases scheduled for the coming year. In my defense I can offer only ignorance: in most of these cases, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Aleksander Vinter, Astoria, blues rock, Dire Straits, dubstep, EDM, electronica, glitch hop, Here's to the Zeros, hip-hop, indie, Invasian, Josh Ramsay, Macklemore, Marianas Trench, Mark Knopfler, Neal Morse, pop, Pop 101, pop-rock, prog, progressive rock, Ryan Lewis, Savant, singer-songwriter, symphonic prog, The Grand Experiment, The Heist, Tracker | 2 Comments

Tom’s Top 10 of 2014, Pt. 2

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

It’s a blustery, snowy day here back home in South Dakota. So what better time to bundle up indoors with a cup of tea and finish up my Top 10 Albums of 2014? The first half of my Top 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Albums of 2014, Best Albums of 2014, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Christopher Tin, classical, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, GOASTT, Into the Lime, Jukebox the Ghost, Midnight Sun, neo-psych, New Mendicants, pop, pop-rock, power pop, psych rock, retro, Sean Lennon, Sun Structures, Temples, The Drop That Contained the Sea, The Great Unknown, world music | 1 Comment

Track Spotlight: Paradise Fears, “You to Believe In”

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

Full disclosure: Paradise Fears hail from my second hometown (Vermillion, SD), and their lead singer, Sam Miller, just happens to be the son of my pastor, mentor, and dear friend, whose influence on my life is probably the single biggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Track Spotlights | Tagged alternative rock, Paradise Fears, pop punk, pop-rock, Sam Miller, South Dakota, Vermillion, You to Believe In | 5 Comments

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2006

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

I have little to say about 2006, except that it’s a year from which I own an awful lot of albums and subsequently a year for whose Top 5 I had to be especially choosy. So, let’s nod to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, chamber pop, Colin Meloy, Decemberists, folk, indie pop, indie rock, Jr., Let's Get Out of This Country, pop-rock, power pop, prog, Roger Joseph Manning, Ron Sexsmith, singer-songwriter, The Crane Wife, The Land of Pure Imagination, The Life Pursuit, Time Being, Tom 5 Albums of 2006 | Leave a comment

Album Review: The Electric Soft Parade, “IDIOTS”

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Tom Emanuel

Trawling through the “Best of 2013” lists that proliferate this time of year is a great way to discover new and interesting music. However, it also means that you’re going to be discovering mostly the kind of music that rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged 10cc, Adam Schlesinger, Albums of 2013, Alex White, Badfinger, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beatlesesque, Brother You Must Walk Your Path Alone, Chris Collingwood, Crowded House, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Soft Parade, Fountains of Wayne, George Harrison, Hey Jude, Isn't It a Pity, Mr. Mitchell, music criticism, pop-rock, pop/rock, Queen, Summertime in My Heart, Teenage Fanclub, The Corner of Highdown & Montefiore, Thomas White, Welcome to the Weirdness | 2 Comments