After Alibis And Other Lies failed to truly impress me with its silly and outdated pastiche of arena rock and Australian folk blues, I began to lose hope in probably one of my favorite international bands of all time. After making their masterpieces Easy and New Detention, the latter significant enough to eventually earn a [...]
11
Dec
2009
Grinspoon’s Six To Midnight
Tags: 1997, 2004, 2009, Album, Alibis And Other Lies, Alternative Metal, Arena Rock, Australian, Blues Rock, Chicago Transit Authority, Comeback, Dogs, Easy, Grinspoon, New Detention, Pat Davern, Phil Jamieson, Six To Midnight, Summer, Thrills Kills & Sunday Pills, Tonight, Trout Mask Replica
22
Nov
2009
No More Stories From Mew
Tags: 2009, Album, Alternative, And The Glass Handed Kites, Danish, EP, Filler, Frengers, Fugazi, Hawaii, Hidden Track, Indie, Jeniferever, Mazzy Star, Mew, Music Reviews, Nervous, No More Stories, Record, Review, Ride, Single, Sometimes Life Isn't Easy, The Smashing Pumpkins
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 [...]
06
Nov
2009
New URL & Upcoming Changes
Tags: 2009, 2010, Album, Best Of, Best Of 2009, Changes, December, Futures Passed, Music Reviews, November, Site, Thanks, URL, Writers
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.
29
Oct
2009
Discussion: The Resistance by Muse
Tags: 1984, 2009, Absolution, Album, Alternative, B-Sides, Black Holes And Revelations, Discussion, Exogenesis, Feeling Good, Glorious, Highlander, Lawrence of Arabia, Live, Muse, Piano, Pictures, Queen, Single, The Resistance, Track By Track, Undisclosed Desires, United States Of Eurasia, Van Halen
Mac, Austin, and Steve discuss the latest Muse release, The Resistance, track by track. There were mixed feelings on the album; different for each person in the discussion.
01
Oct
2009
Jimmy Eat World To Work With Mark Trombino Again
Tags: 2009, Arizona, Demos, Jim Adkins, Jimmy Eat World, Live, Mark Trombino, Modified Arts Center, New, New Song, October, September, Tempe, Trombino, Walk Away
On September 29th, Jimmy Eat World announced on Twitter that they would be working with Mark Trombino once again for their next batch of songs. In addition to this announcement, Jim Adkins played one of the new songs on September 17th, at the Modified Art Center in Arizona.
29
Sep
2009
Monsters Of Folk’s Self-Titled 2009 Debut Album
Tags: 2009, Album, Bright Eyes, Collaboration, Debut, Folk, Indie, Monsters of Folk, Record, Review, Rock, Self-Titled
Written by Almightyseancore
Oh great, another indie rock supergroup, with a self titled album, no less. The band consists of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes/Desaparecidos/Mystic Valley Band), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), M. Ward (M. Ward/She And Him) and Mike Mogis (Bright Byes, and lots of production work, including The Gloria Record, and most Saddle-Creek bands). From [...]
21
Sep
2009
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live In Tampa, Florida, September 12th, 2009
Written by Steve
The second the band started playing their opening song “Badlands”, I was drawn in immediately. Although Bruce’s voice wasn’t in the greatest shape that night, he could still hit every note almost flawlessly. That number was followed by “Out In The Street” and “My Lucky Day”, two more songs that beckon to be [...]