• Best of Lists

    Mark’s Top Five Albums of 2012

    For my top five albums of the year, we begin with something I didn’t think I would like but then did. And then loved. And then became obsessed with to the point of nausea. But a good nausea. Folks, I’m…

  • Rock

    Mark’s Top Five Tracks of 2012

    Channeling my inner Cusack via Nick Hornby, here are my Top Five Tracks of 2012. 5. “Don’t Stare At The Sun” – Richard Hawley Haunting and evocative of another time, this song has been stuck to me for the past…

  • cover of the Beach Boys Warmth of the Sun
    Giveaway,  Oldies,  Pop

    Warmth of the Sun Giveaway

    This Tuesday, Epic will release ‘The Warmth of the Sun’, a retrospective of three decades of Beach Boys music chosen by the Boys themselves – yes, even Brian Wilson (along with Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and Mike Love). To complement…