this noise of mine

Silverchair is one of those bands that, until they appear on shuffle, live mostly in the back of our minds. Still, back in the early naughts, they were one of the biggest names in rock and roll. The young band stormed into the airwaves with their first single, topping at #1 in the Australian charts, Tomorrow , in 1994. They were just 15 or 16 years old! This was huge for me. I was only 5 years younger than Daniel Johns . He quickly became one of my musical heroes (plus, he married Natalie Imbruglia , I mean…). They released 3 albums ( Frogstomp (1995), Freak Show (1997), and Neon Ballroom (1999)) by the time they turned 20. Neon Ballroom (1999) was, undoubtedly, one of the defining albums in my youth. It had it all. For me, it was an artists’ album, from the intricate guitar tunings to the literary-inspired lyrics. It featured a whole new level of sound for them, coming from the teenage angst of their previous two albums. To me, the album was not only transcendental, but e...

When I started This Noise Of Mine , the focus was to write only about good music. Of course, that’s an extremely subjective standard, but the idea is to maintain that canon throughout several collaborators, and create a diverse space with lots of good music for different kinds of people and tastes. Still, I never thought to write a post about anything related to One Direction , and still, here I am. Music is here to surprise us. Harry Styles , former member of teen boy band  One Direction , released his debut solo album earlier this month. I started hearing and reading of people whose opinions I respect talking about how this album is worth a shot. So I gave it one. It’s not easy to come into this album without preconceptions and escepticism. After all, steering clear of boy bands is the only common agreement among us rockers. So, leaving a boy band for a solo career must be a tricky move. Not only does one have to fight a made-up persona, probably famous, within,...

A talent this rare is found a handful of times in entire generations. What  Chris Cornell  (1964-2017) had was a unique gift, a gift that became one of the leading voices for an entire generation. His music, his songwriting, and his passion will always be what we'll remember him by. Chris Cornell  started his musical career more than 30 years ago, in 1984, when a group of 20 year olds gathered and started a little band in Seattle, Washington. They named it  Soundgarden . They went on to spearhead an entire musical movement, along with other local bands such as  Nirvana ,  Pearl Jam  and  Alice in Chains , inspiring an entire generation through their art in the process. After  Soundgarden  split in 1997,  Chris Cornell  released the first of his five solo albums in 1999,  Euphoria Morning . He then became the lead vocalist of supergroup  Audioslave , with whom he enjoyed success along with former m...