Best of the Week
Megadeth- “Peace Sells…” 25 years later
I had been waiting anxiously for my advanced copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Megadeth’s monumental and historic metal masterpiece, “Peace Sells… but who’s buying.” After a mix-up with UPS, I finally got my beloved and highly anticipated package in the mail. Having the opportunity to look back and write about an epic album [...]
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Our Lives In Motion: Stages
Are Our Lives In Motion trendsetters? No. There are plenty of bands out there almost exactly like them, but that doesn’t take away from this group’s drive and determination to somehow set themselves apart with their EP, Stages. Their lyrics sit somewhere on the shelf next to genre favorites Hidden In Plain View, while [...]
Live and Direct
Family Lumber: Look to The Sidelines
If you list Death Cab for Cutie in a band’s RIYL list, 99% of the time I’ll check them out, and about 99% of the time I’ll be disappointed. Thankfully, with Family Lumber’s fifth release, Look to The Sidelines, I found the one percent that is worth listening to. Gibbard’s songwriting is still superior mind [...]
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Farewell Milwaukee – When It Sinks In
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download The beauty of an acoustic guitar. The easy flow of the harmonies. The steady groove of the back line. The heartache yearning squeal of the electric guitar. This is Americana at its finest. This is Farewell Milwaukee. Five guys based out of Minneapolis have come together to [...]
Volbeat – Beyond Hell / Above Heaven
Volbeat is at the forefront, the goddamn infernal head charge of their own colorful, uncompromising revolution. To blast anything less would lend no credence to what the band has done in such a short time. Forming in 2001 and this, their fourth studio album, is undoubtedly the heaviest, grooviest, domineering standard of their intensely original [...]
Foo Fighters Garage Tour
Band to Play Fans’ Garages in 8 Cities This April, Foo Fighters will be playing songs from Wasting Light, the new album they recorded in Dave Grohl’s garage, in the garages of eight lucky fans in eight North American cities. Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear have teamed with BlackBerry® and [...]
Lazarus A.D. Become Victims of Van Robbery in the UK
Money and Personal Items Stolen, PayPal Donations Are Appreciated LAZARUS A.D. is the most recent casualty in a slew of unfortunate band robberies to claim theft of their personal items and money from their touring van. The incident took place last night in Southampton, UK. After breaking a window to enter the band’s van, the [...]
