Two box sets have recently come into my possession, from opposite ends of the rock spectrum, and opposite ends of the How To Do A Box Set Properly bookshelf. The first is the mega 3-CD box set of The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace, and the other is the even more mega 7-CD set of Brooce Springsteen's first six albums. Six! Don't worry, this isn't going to be a long essay with me wittering on about how The Fall somehow produced their finest record - and [...]
The Pop Five is a series of Pop Candy readers' top five lists. Today's contribution comes from Shannon M. (loisgrl). She writes a blog at ht ...
I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tomorrow night, and I haven't been this excited for something since that time when I got an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle for Christmas a few years back. That's right, the Boss is coming to St. Louis to anthemically rock out the very un-rock & roll Scottrade Center, and I've got tickets. Tickets that I paid nearly $70 for and which will still seat me way up the nosebleed section, but tickets nonetheless. In anticipation I've been listening to tons [...]