Review: Johnny Foreigner – Waited Up Til It Was Light (2008)
The wait was definitely longer than expected, but Johnny Foreigner’s debut album Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light (Best Before Records/Nettwerk, 2008) hit digital…
Last.fm’s Fresh Redesign
Alas, I’ve lost my black Last.fm homepage and have to deal with an impersonal red…but the improvements galore make up for the lack of…
Review: Kiss Kiss – Kiss Kiss EP (2005)
Kiss Kiss emerged out of New York, releasing Reality vs. The Optimist on Eyeball Records in 2006. Their EP (Eyeball Records, 2005) depicts a…
Noah & The Whale’s Latest Single
If you could hire Wes Anderson to produce a film and soundtrack to document yourself during those summers you reminisce over first loves and…
Review: Alkaline Trio – Agony & Irony (2008)
Opening the sleeve of Agony & Irony (Epic Records, 2008), you pull out a rather simple, but elaborate disc with the retro font logo…
Review: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive (2008)
A couple years ago, Cursive responded to The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek, 2003) with a definite political-themed album interspersed with their unique spinning of…
Now & Then: The Anniversary and Dri
Years ago I opted out of doing the 1h20m drive into Chicago to catch a Kansas band, The Anniversary, a missed opportunity to this…
Concert Photography Criticized
Source: Got Live If You Want It (On My Flickr Page), Eric Harvey I ran across this posting earlier today and, as an amateur…
Now & Then: Past Lives and The Blood Brothers
Earlier this week I had to justify why Gogol Bordello put on the best show I had ever seen out of the roughly 200…