Sometimes, I get lucky. (Stop snickering.) As an outspoken music freak, people love to recommend tracks or suggest bands to me. Most of the time, because I am kind of a loser and spend hours a day trolling the internet in search of something new and exciting to listen to, I have heard the proffered […]
“Pearl Jam is still Alive and well” I must start out by saying that the mere suggestion of having the chance to review the new Pearl Jam 20 album had me immediately contemplating a return to my grunge roots. It was all I could do to resist the immediate urge to don my favorite flannel […]
Tristen’s debut album Charlatans at the Gate introduces us to a bitter sweet world of thought provoking ballads. This alt-country temptress leads us in as she seductively coos a labyrinth of decadently rich lyrics over the course of the 11-track record. A Chicago native, she became a Nashville transplant in search of a more organic […]
It’s hard to chart when Death Cab For Cutie went from being a contextually successful indie group to a consistently gold-selling alternative rock band, but it was definitely somewhere between being name-dropped on “The O.C.” and the unexpected breakout success of Ben Gibbard’s side project The Postal Service — a pair of unwitting bookends that […]
I had never heard of N.E.D. prior to listening to their forthcoming release Six Degrees and thought it best to keep it that way until completing my task. Let me be honest, after I had given the album the once-through, I was prepared to write a very different review than the one you will get […]
Whitesnake – Forevermore Release Date: March 25, 2011 Highlights: Steal Your Heart Away, Love Will Set You Free, Easier Said Than Done, Love Me and Treat Me Right, Fare Thee Well, David Coverdale has never been one to surround himself with slouches. He has recruited everyone from Bernie Marsden and John Sykes to Steve Vai […]
I don’t know how she did it….but she did. Lady Gaga surprised me. Her new, relentlessly hyped album, “Born This Way”, is like no other pop album you have ever heard. And make no mistake, I use the word album intentionally. “Born This Way” deserves to be heard start-to-finish as a whole. It is bold, […]
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. We’ve all heard that at some point in our lives and when I was preparing to write this review, that sentiment was haunting me like a ghost. Full disclosure here, I’ve met the Gin Blossoms, I’ve actually had drinks with them in New York […]
Despite its being comprised of reworked versions of songs that originally appeared around two decades ago, Kate Bush regards her Director’s Cut as a new album in and of itself. And she’s right to: There’s a consistency and homogeneity about the 11 tracks (seven from The Red Shoes, four from The Sensual World) which echoes […]
In 2004, Bowling For Soup had their biggest hit in the US with “1985”, a song about an out of control longing for a time before Ozzy became an actor and when Motley Crue was not considered classic rock. The band has carved out its career fueled by this unending ability to churn out snarky […]
