Priestess “Run Home” Video
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Though the band offers up one of the year’s best albums, the video for the single “Run Home” is slightly mediocre. But the good kind of mediocre…if such a kind exists:
Archive for July, 2006
Everclear “Welcome to the Drama Club”
Monday, July 24th, 2006Everclear’s new album Welcome to the Drama Club is a wasted effort from a nonexistent band past its prime. While such a criticism might be merited, actually listening to the album proves it wrong. What has Art Alexakis done? The band is different, but the music is refreshingly enjoyable. The band [...]
Thom Yorke on The Henry Rollins Show
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Another interesting performance from The Henry Rollins show follows Thom Yorke through an acoustic solo performance, an electonic track and a variety of interviews touching on a number of aspects:
Silversun Pickups “Carnavas”
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006“In the brutally cold world of Big Rock Biz, there’s something very comforting about just knowing that a band like L.A.’s Silversun Pickups exist.” Something tells me that the band’s press release has an air of arrogance stemming from varied facets, the main being that it is the truth. Simply said, there is something [...]
New York Dolls on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Friday, July 21st, 2006Conan makes an unusually long introduction for this performance, noting how the Dolls legend status is essentially based on a mere two album output. In today’s landscape, it’s hard to understand how a band could have such impact on generations to come. I had a professor who lived in New York during the [...]
Tom Petty on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Friday, July 21st, 2006Since first hearing the single I’ve heard many comparisons with ZZ Top, but I have a differing opinion, I think it sounds like George Thorogood. At least the part that Petty plays, as it sounds like a throwback to the great cover Thorogood did of “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.”
Kaki King “…Until We Felt Red”
Friday, July 21st, 2006In preparation for a new album, it becomes fitting to revisit an artists older work, and in doing so various thoughts and memories are too revisited. Re-experiencing Kaki King’s live performances revealed a longing for her music that was unbeknownst to me at the time. While refreshing memories, a number of videos became suitable [...]
Brand New Heavies “Get Used To It”
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Popular early 90s funk revivalists The Brand New Heavies new album Get Used To It jumps straight into a sound that precedes the group wherever it goes; acid jazz, lounge funk or even soulful grooves, if you will. Or at least history would lead you to believe this to be the case, as it [...]
Supersuckers: “Paid EP” Update
Thursday, July 20th, 2006I love the Supersuckers. The band performs a non-stop freight train of gritty, liquored up and rubbed down countra-fied rock. The band’s new EP, Paid, sports some great tracks which follow last years B-Sides release from the band and Eddie Spaghetti’s solo release. Check ‘em out!
AOL’s 18 Nights of Bruce Springsteen
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006AOL has a great look at Bruce Springsteen’s recent US tour in which supported by The Seeger Sessions Band, a beautiful twenty-some piece old time band. The web site follows Bruce & the band as they travel across the country and gives forum for Bruce to reflect on his favorite song for each of 18 [...]
Bands To Watch - Trainwreck Riders
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Unfortunately I wrote the Trainwreck Riders off the first time I heard the band. I watched the video for the track “Slow Motion Cowboy” and thought that it was cheesy, a bit tacky and lacking enough kick to really differentiate itself in any modern scene. I think that’s just the point, however. [...]
Gov’t Mule “High and Mighty”
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Gov’t Mule stands out as one of those bands that are recognizable by name to many but are truly appreciated by a select sect of music fans. Historically, I do not find myself in that particular segment however, and often I have found myself making possibly unjust associations between the band and jams bands; [...]
Sonic Youth - “Reena” on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Another great performance from Sonic Youth on Jimmy Kimmel Live:
Sloan: New Single “Who Taught You To Live Like That?”
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Sloan has long been considered one of the best bands in the history of Canadian music. To be honest, for the longest time (well, 5 years) I hated the band and most of the band’s music. It all changed when One Chord to Another was released. Since that album the band has [...]
Band of Horses on The Late Show with David Letterman
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006To be honest, Band of Horses is another band that I have avoided listening to for the most part due to a lot of mainstream attention. I suppose it’s another situation that’s contradictive, the band is good so it gets attention and I don’t listen to the good band because of the attention it [...]