Hell has frozen over. Here are the 11 Best Songs By Van Halen: Panama (1984) Unchained (Fair Warning) Hot For Teacher (1984) Dance the Night Away (Van Halen II) You Really Got Me (Van Halen) Jump (1984) Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love (Van Halen) Women In Love (Van Halen II) I'll Wait (1984) Little Guitars (Diver Down) Jamie's Cryin' (Van Halen) Buy the new Van Halen album, A Different Kind of
Thirty-five years into their epic ground-breaking career Rush is still not in the rock n roll Hall of Fame. Whoever thought when we reached Rush Day (2-1-12) four decades after the release of their album, 2112, that Rush would not only still be working men...not only would they still be a spirit of radio to be reckoned with...but that would still not have received the Limelight they deserve
Recently, the hottest music news seems to be dominated by classic artists. There's Madonna at the Super Bowl. The Velvet Revolver reunion. The Van Halen reunion shows and new album. Bruce Springsteen's got a new album. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney have new albums. Will Guns N Roses reunite for the rock n roll hall of fame? and tomorrow is Rush day. I think there are two reasons why
Wilco played in LA this week and I missed it. Here's the worst part...I didn't even know they were playing. There was a time where I went to see 3-4 concerts a week. Now if I see that many a year...it was a good year. Part of having kids and working all the time, you give up certain things. Concerts seemed to be one of the first things to go. But now my kids are getting old enough that
I will never understand Apple. They really have no ability except to repeat the same mistakes over and over and over. First off, I can't figure out how to turn off Genius from constantly connecting and using up the internet bandwith. But what's worse is that every time it tries to connect, it makes me fill out my password. It's annoying because I don't even want Genius to connect but it
For music releases...the first couple months of a new year is usually a dead time filled with leftovers, new bands, and sophomore albums. It's very hard to make lists for bands with one album since their list is pretty much every song on their debut album. There's really no point in making a list. It's like eating a BLT and then making a list of the five favorite ingredients in the sandwich.
There's no telling if any of these albums are coming out this year...it's all a massive guess...all for fun. Some of these may come out before Fall...some after...but rumors are flying. Here are the 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2012: Tool - TBA (Nov.) Stone Roses - TBA (Oct.) Pearl Jam - TBA (Oct.) No Doubt - TBA (Nov.) U2 - TBA (Oct.) Green Day - TBA (Dec.) The xx - TBA (Oct.)
As we move into a new year, one of the strangest pieces of news has been revealed. Album sales in 2011 actually went up for the first time in almost a decade. Granted it was mostly due to Adele's incredibly popular album...that still proves that the album as a musical format is still very viable. And while all the news articles still like to pronounce the death of rock and how pop has
Tebow nation is on fire. Nothing will further propel his legendary status than throwing 316 in his upset victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. But was it really an upset? Was it really that surprising that Denver won? I don't think so...in fact, I called it. (I swear...you can ask the one friend I told they were going to win). There's three things you have to take into account. First
The final year of existence is upon us...and here's what we have to look forward to. They always did say Van Halen would reunite when hell froze over. I guess they were right. Here are the 11 Most Anticipate Albums of Winter 2012: Van Halen - Secret Title (2/7) The Shins - Port of Morrow (March) Craig Finn - Clear Eyes, Full Hearts (1/24) Paul McCartney - Kisses on the Bottom (1/31)
Here they are. The 111 Best Albums of 2011 as voted on by you my readers. If you don't like the results...then vote for something better next year. I personally, always like the results of this list much better than most critic lists. This list is always more honest to me. While Adele dominated most lists...she only cracks the top 40 here. Or the Decemberists who barely made it on many
I usually don't like doing Top song lists of the year (ironic...huh?) but I wanted to give everyone a last chance to get your votes in for the top album of the year. Just list your favorite albums of 2011 in the comment section below. Monday is the final day to vote. Here are the 11 Best Songs of 2011: 1. Midnight City - M83 (Hurry Up We're Dreaming) 2. Holocene - Bon Iver (Bon Iver) 3.
Back in the 90s...the last couple weeks before Christmas were always a mad dash to the CD shelves. Bands would throw out "best of" collections...holiday collections...etc. Now all that stuff comes out in November...sometimes you see Christmas stuff way back in October...right Zooey? After Christmas, we'd be hit with a dry spell for a few weeks...but things have changed in the digital era.
No song was more infectious this year than Foster the People's Pumped up Kids. What started as a catchy indie rock diddy took off and became an international hit rocketing up the Billboard charts and propelling rock album sales. Most people still don't know the song is about a school shooting. Maybe that why despite its popular success, it's still retained its indie cred. Hopefully this
It was the year of the reunion/comeback. So many big artists came back together to put out one more album. Maybe I'm just getting older and there are more bands under my belt who have the potential to reunite...but this honestly has to be the most reunions I can remember in awhile. The strongest outing by far was by The Cars...and they seemed to have the most stacked against them. Missing
Just the other night, I informed a rather astute music person that the Book of Mormon was written by Matt & Trey from South Park. Even after I told them, they still didn't believe me. It took a web search on a cell phone to confirm my piece of incredulous information. It wasn't that it was impossible to think that Matt & Trey had the musical chops to write a musical...it was insane to
For the week I will count down my favorite albums of 2011. Like a holiday advent calendar I will only give you a little taste of the good stuff one day at a time. There's no denying that this year dubstep broke through to the mainstream like a ADD little boy hopped up on food coloring. For those of us listening to Burial years ago, this was an overwhelming "duh" moment. But for the rest
It's that time of the year...the best of the year lists. As every year...I ask for your help. Starting next week, I'll reveal my favorites of the year. But I want your help to make a master 111 Best Album of the year list. Send me your favorite albums of the year. Give me your top 20...if you can't think of the 20...then just 10, 5, or 1 is fine...whatever you liked. I'll compile the list
Since I did this about a year and a half ago...I figured I would just re-post instead of re-thinking something new. I have been listening to the Cure's Bestival album. It's their new live album with an insanely good track list Musically it sounds solid and Smith's voice sound stellar...although I'm sure it's just pro-tools track at this point (I'm trying not to think about it too much).
The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
Lana Del Rey covers Lovecat magazine!
