Archive for November, 2009

No More Stories From Mew

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Those sad little Danish boys are at it again, and after an album as epic as And The Glass Handed Kites it was easy to get excited about what Mew would do next. This record isn’t quite as epic as their last, and not nearly as poppy as the ones that came before, but still [...]

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The Capes Say Hello

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The synthesizer-rock combo is nothing new to the music scene, so you’d expect the bands that try their hand at it in this point of time wouldn’t come off as awkward. The Capes constantly blend catchy with annoying in Hello. All was well in the mix until the synthesizers and effects were added; not all [...]

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New URL & Upcoming Changes

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The review section of the site is going through some changes, hopefully for the better. It’s still all about music, but there will be some new article styles, including some upcoming “Best of 2009″ reviews.

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Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

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I was honest-to-God shocked when I heard that the Kings of Leon, a garage rock band I first heard in 2005 with their minor hit “The Bucket” and saw them with their scraggly looks courtesy that of the latest fashion trends, scored a Billboard no. 1 hit with “Use Somebody”, after making teenage girls swoon [...]

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