Mike Hopkins

Tag: Rock

  • Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys

    Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys

    If the line “I got rhymes galime, I got rhymes galilla/And I got more rhymes than Phyllis Diller” doesn’t sell you on Licensed to Ill, nothing I write hereafter will either. Right off the bat, this album is something that sounds like a setup to a great joke: three Jewish guys from New York and…

  • Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

    Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

    I’ve long been a disciple not so much of Pink Floyd, but of their seminal album Dark Side of the Moon. It is about the best example of a flawless album as there is in the world. But, truth be told, I wasn’t too familiar with much of Pink Floyd’s other efforts. Of course, I…

  • Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

    Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

    The word “eclectic” is thrown around a lot in the music world, but I’m pretty sure if you looked it up in the dictionary, the album Plastic Beach by Gorillaz would be the definition. This album has everything. Are you looking for electronic rock? Done. Old school hip-hop? Got it. World beats overlayed by British…

  • Plowing Into the Fields of Love – Iceage

    Plowing Into the Fields of Love – Iceage

    Sloppy. That’s the only term I could think of as I neared the half-hour mark of Danish punk band Iceage’s third album, Plowing Into the Fields of Love. As the opening notes of “Against the Moon” started in, I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. This was going to be a really difficult project.…