Cajun Tomato’s Most Viewed Posts 2012
Now that 2012 is in the books here’s a look back at my most viewed posts 2012 edition. Thanks to each and every one of you who read my blog! 1. A South Louisiana Native’s First Take On Beasts Of The...
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Why The Strokes Should Retire After Comedown Machine
Out March 26 From the moment Is This It? dropped in 2001 The Strokes’s retrofitted sonic palette appeared destined to be the musical equivalent to the law of diminishing returns – factor of production...
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Album Review: Reflektor by Arcade Fire
The Reflektors NOTE: My distinguished former journalism colleague Lloyd J. Nelson III requested I review Arcade Fire’s latest album as a means, I believe, to start an argument. With this review I...
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Favorite Albums Of 2013
Ringing in 2014 with Vampire Weekend As the final hours of 2013 vanish I am enjoying my warm apartment’s comforts for a while longer before going out into the cold clench of death that is the New York...
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Cajun Tomato’s Favorite Albums 2014 Edition
Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio performs during Governor’s Ball 2014 in NYC. Photo: Cajun Tomato I reached a point in 2014 when the album, as a musical document, stopped mattering to me as much as it had...
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Cajun Tomato’s Favorite Concert Photos 2014 Edition
In the past week I’ve shared my favorite albums of 2014 and my favorite concerts of 2014. In that spirit let’s keep the parade rolling. I snapped a lot of bad photos at concerts in 2014. A lot of dark,...
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The Dodos: Individ
The Dodos’ new album, Individ, is out now on Polyvinyl Records. Am I becoming a grumpy, old bastard incapable of writing anything positive? This question, in all its negative glory, lodged in my brain...
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My Grammys Crystal Ball Is Cracked
Queen Bey, the Album of the Year winner? Beyonce will win four Grammys Sunday night. Book it. If she doesn’t Brit old/new soul Sam Smith will win four. Again, book it. Or Taylor Swift will win three....
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Purity Ring Sticks to Signature, Of Montreal Goes Nuts On New Albums
Of Montreal’s Aureate Gloom released this Tuesday on Polyvinyl Records. You changed. I changed. We both fell down. Think of this as my version of “London Bridges” for sad and soon-to-be single adults....
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Favorite Albums 2015 Halftime Edition
On Carrie and Lowell, Sufjan’s search for meaning in the wake of his estranged mom’s death is arguably his finest work in a superlative career. Today marks the third and final installment of Listicles...
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A late winter bus ride through the rolling, tree-lined hills of Appalachia not only introduced me to my two favorite albums in 2015 but confronted me with thoughts of pain and healing, injustice and...
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