Black Lips: Arabia Mountain
For those too impatient to wait two weeks, Grooveshark is currently streaming the album in its entirety…
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New The Horrors: “Still Life”
Skying, the third album from The Horrors, is set to be released this July. In preparation for this, the band just released the album’s lead single, “Still Life,” which can be heard after the jump…
Friendly Fires: Pala
As the album sinks in more and more, I realize how thankful I am for a band like Friendly Fires. Their take on indie/dance rock is refreshing, like a revamped version of an early Cut Copy. Lead singer Ed MacFarlane is in a class all his own these days –…
Ten Songs That Remind Us The Rapture Didn’t Actually Occur on Saturday
So much was made about the Rapture itself that it’s now finally time to point and laugh at those who actually believed it was going to happen. All this talk about the Rapture has a shelf-life of about another week, so I figured I better strike while the iron is…
Your Favorite New Band: Hooray For Earth
I know what you’re thinking: Oh great, another fucking indie band from New York. I know, I know — but hear me out on this one. Hooray For Earth are legit as legit can be. With its mix of tribal-esque drums, kitschy 80’s-inspired synths and subtle gloom overtones, True Loves — the…
The Ten Best Last Songs on an Album
However, for those worried about the fate of humanity, I have prepared a list of the ten best last songs on an album. These final tracks are the last glimpse we have of a certain album — that last gasp of air before the silence comes and we have to…
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Red Fang: “Wires”
I don’t always write about music videos, but when I do, you can bet that they are fucking badass. When my attention was directed towards the latest video from Portland grunge/stoner rock band Red Fang for their song “Wires,” I was initially skeptical. For one thing, the video was simply…
Earl Sweatshirt Speaks With The New Yorker
However, no one Odd Future member is as intriguing as Earl Sweatshirt, né Thebe Kgositsile. Sweatshirt, who has been absent from the Odd Future limelight for some time, was recently found to be at a boarding school in Samoa. The New Yorker recently reached out to Sweatshirt — and his…
Bret Michaels Last Night at the Scottsdale Waterfront
Bret MichaelsThe Scottsdale WaterfrontMay 13, 2011There’s an old adage out there that goes something like “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In this particular instance, it is being applied towards former Poison lead singer Bret Michaels and his setlist. The last time Michaels was in town — at the Arizona State…
Top Ten Best You Asked For It Songs
Like they always say, “If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all.” In honor of this most important credo, I now present my list of the top ten best You Asked For It songs…
Bret Michaels Talks Boys & Girls Club, the Barrow Neurological Institute, Sharing a Stage with Motley Crüe and Rock of Love
I digress. Michaels re-upped his image in 2007 with his VH1 reality dating show Rock of Love, availing himself to a new, younger generation of fans — myself included. The show was beyond a guilty pleasure for myself — it was something I truly enjoyed watching, as “trashy” and whatever…
Friendly Fires: Pala
Such is the case for today. Pala — the sophomore album from British dance rockers Friendly Fires — is now streaming in full thanks to the fine folks at the Hype Machine. Details about the album — plus the stream itself — are after the jump…
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Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact Review Roundup
That claim may not be that far fetched. Gang Gang Dance established a pretty bold sound with 2008’s Saint Dymphna, although that album often fluttered away at times with its hyphy/grime/dubstep aspirations. Eye Contact, however, is chock full of good ol’ electronic/dance goodness. It’s as bizarre as it charming, with…
Battles: “Ice Cream” (Feat. Matias Aguayo) (NSFW)
So your most celebrated and, arguably, talented member just left the band to focus on his solo work. For most bands with only one album to their credit, a departure like this would spell a most certain doom. However, New York experimental rockers Battles aren’t most bands.The band’s most prolific…
In Which I Explain Why I Love the Music of Kenny Loggins
[jump] My love of all things Kenny Loggins started with The Essential Kenny Loggins. I purchased the two disc collection not too long after it was released in November of 2002 as a suggestion from a friend. I knew a few of Loggins’ songs — “I’m Alright” and “Danger Zone,”…
Top Ten Worst You Asked For It Songs
By my estimations, I’ve been doing You Asked For It for over a year now — just about 15 months. In that time, I have come across some really fresh, interesting new music from local, unsigned bands. Those albums have shown me that there is a very solid core of…
Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact
Fleet Foxes kicked May off in the proper fashion, releasing what I consider to be the year’s best album thus far. In only a week’s time, however, New York experimental rockers Gang Gang Dance will unleash their beast of an album, Eye Contact.Lucky for us, the fine blokes at NME…
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
It wasn’t too hard a decision to christen Helplessness Blues as my favorite album of 2011. Robin Pecknold knows how to write a goddamn song and the band shows an amazing polish that many bands come across on their fourth or fifth albums — certainly not their second. Such is…
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Q&A: Toby Keith Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden
Two pretty big events have happened in recent hours — events that will forever change the course of American history. First off, the obvious — it was confirmed late last night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by close-range firefight by Navy Seals. Secondly, and maybe just as important, Miley…
Top Ten Indefensible “Your Music Sucks” Comments
As a music writer, I often project my own taste in music in my writing. Take, for instance, my weekly Review Roundups. There are hardly any mainstream, Top 40 bands featured in those posts. Hell, those bands get plenty of exposure — I’d rather write about an album I like…
Cass McCombs: Wit’s End
McCombs has built a brilliant resume since he began recording in 2002, being labeled as “unobtrusively brilliant” by famed BBC disc jockey/journalist John Peel. Wit’s End has already been labeled as “miserable American folk” and “a downer” by some, yet there is an intangible beauty in what McCombs accomplishes over…
Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion’s Ridiculous Name Finally Cracks Pitchfork
Well you guys, it’s official — Pitchfork thinks the new name for Phoenix’s premier outdoor music venue, Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, is ridiculous. In a post about the upcoming tour of Kings of Leon (ugh) and Band of Horses, staff writer Tom Breihan had this to say about a select…