License To Drive is a new weekly segment at WTMD where we examine an album that is celebrating it’s Sweet 16th birthday, and take it for a test drive to see if it passes. Buckle up.
License To Drive: New Order’s Get Ready
In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, New Order was hibernating. No albums, no touring, nothing. Their hugely successful 1993 release Republic, was a distant memory. So when Get Ready [...]
License To Drive: Mercury Rev’s All Is Dream
Around the turn of the century, Mercury Rev had a decision to make. They needed to decide how they would follow up their critically and commercially successful break out album, [...]
License to Drive: Turin Brakes’ The Optimist LP
Back in 2001, the world was a strange place. The internet was still young, and music was adjusting to the changing landscape of media. England’s Turin Brakes were a victim [...]
License To Drive: Spiritualized’s Let It Come Down
The spaced-out and psychedelic-rock of Spiritualized, is an impressive and progressive sound that challenges listeners to reach for new heights of enlightenment. Just ask any music critic in England. The [...]
License to Drive: Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera
In 2001, Drive-By Truckers did something very uncommon. They crowd sourced an album. And not just any album mind you, but a double album. And not just any double album [...]
License to Drive: Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
This week we take a test drive of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco’s third album, released in September of 2001. This has proven to be their biggest and best selling record, [...]