I suppose I probably should have posted this a few weeks ago when it first ‘dropped’, but better late than never, right? This tune, ‘Rocket Skates’, comes from the band’s upcoming record (‘Diamond Eyes’), and it’s pretty rockin. But guys, this tune is nothing compared to the awesomeness of the rest of the record. So [keep on readin', baby...]
Tragic Hero Released July 21, 2009 If you ask me, He Is Legend has always seemed to have a bit of a musical identity crisis. They’ve always kinda been lumped into a category with other bands from the label they were once a part of, Solid State, but that’s never really been fair or accurate. [keep on readin', baby...]
A week or so ago, the lady and I trekked it down to the big city to go check out the fantastic Underoath and her buddies in To Speak Of Wolves in all their live glories. I havta say, I haven’t been to a rock show in a clubish setting in quite some time and [keep on readin', baby...]
There are some moments in life that just stick with you forever. Some things just transcend space and time and everything else transcendable and are so special that they become their own living, breathing, timeless entity of incredible. I can vividly remember the first time I heard that the almighty CREED was reuniting but I [keep on readin', baby...]
As our annual Maystache event slowly approaches it’s finale, today’s stache is one of the more famous in musical history. Freddie Mercury, the late legendary singer of Queen, rocked one helluva stache and I’d like to think it helped him achieve rock & roll divinity in some tiny way. In tribute to Freddie, here’s my [keep on readin', baby...]
Lady Gaga’s song ‘Poker Face’ is oh-so-annoyingly-catchy… so props to this guy for giving me a way to listen to it without ACTUALLY listening to it… -insert’s own hard hitting vocals here- oh, and just laff out loud at these dudes:
I’m a big time fan of the band Underoath, aaand their most recent record, ‘Lost In The Sound Of Seperation, is pretty much fantastic and totally my favorite of their releases thusfar. Well they have themselves a cool new video, and it’s for, coincidentally, my favorite song on the record and really in their whole [keep on readin', baby...]
..but he sure does know how to rock! The song you’re about to listen to, if you so choose, is from the band Heaven and Hell, which is essentially the old Black Sabbath from their days when Ozzy was off being a drunk and drug addict and they were fronted by the legendary Dio. This [keep on readin', baby...]
AND THEY’RE BACCKKK… After 3 years, The Decemberists have returned with a new album dubbed The Hazards Of Love*. First off, I feel that i need to say that I have never been a huge HUGE fan of The Decemberists, call me lowbrow, whatever. Sure, the music is usually rockin’ but the songs that i [keep on readin', baby...]
Ah! The wait is over! The moment you and I have both been waiting for since Jan. 1, 2008 has finally arrived! As I’ve mentioned a few times, the bottom half of this list has already been posted on the sidebar aaand the top 50 (reviews and all) starts right this moment. This is my [keep on readin', baby...]
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