http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:44:22 -0800 Yahoo! http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/98146/ten-controversial-campaign-songs/ Politicians are a crazy lot. If you're John McCain, your people don't know how to pick campaign songs without causing a controversy. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:44:21 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/98103/the-25-best-britpop-bands/ Ah Brit Pop! That most maligned of genres on U.S. shores, exclusive to elites and kids who don't listen to Korn or whatever it is that kids who beat up on other kids listen to these days. That struggling brotherhood known as Oasis are back with a new album. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:08:29 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/97953/the-25-best-modern-day-psychedelic-bands/ The latest Mercury Rev album is what you call quite a trip and the Jesus and Mary Chain have just released a 4-Cd boxed set of B-Sides and Rarities, which means it's time to talk about post-1960s psychedelia... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:20:09 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/97053/25-piano-men-and-women/ At first sight, the piano comes across as the instrument for the lazy. But that hasn't stopped people from being successful with the ol' piano. Nope. This next generation of kids from the Gabe Dixon Band to Frida Hyvonen sit there determinedly and hope to make a difference. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:06:17 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/96607/the-top-10-southern-california-singer-songwriters/ Jackson Browne has a new album. ou can't listen to Mr. Browne without feeling that sunshine hitting your shoulder, without feeling the Pacific Ocean calling you to join it, without thinking solar power is likely a lot safer than that nuclear stuff. But both can make you glow! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:09:19 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/94643/the-25-best-british-electric-guitar-players/ I've compiled a list of the 25 Best British Electric Guitar Players. I wouldn't get too hung up on where anyone places. There are only 25 slots and list-making demands an order. Wake up on a different day and these guys get juggled in a different order. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:08:10 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/93905/the-top-25-classic-psychedelic-bands/ With the sad news that Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright just passed away from cancer at the age of 65, we remember his great contributions and those he inspired and who inspired him. RIP. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:23:36 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/93823/favorite-onstage-altercations/ Having just viewed the clip of Oasis's Noel Gallagher getting shoved offstage by what the media is describing as a "rogue fan" (somehow "fan" doesn't fit the description), I have to say we have a classic video moment on our hands. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:04:09 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/93331/25-most-controversial-album-covers/ You can't judge a book by its cover? Sure you can! Really lame folk music always comes with an album cover that perfectly reflects the corniness within. Generic metal bands always manage some endless variation of an unreadable logo matched with bloody, "scary" imagery that isn't shocking to a junior high schooler. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:45:08 -0800 Rob O'Connor http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/92240/the-25-best-work-songs-for-labor-day/ When we saw Labor Day coming up on the calendar, we knew it was time to wheel out the work songs. Not the old, smelly work songs that musicologists once discovered in the hands of the workingman, but the ones written and performed by rich rock stars who've never done any real work. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:45:50 -0800 Rob O'Connor