Greetings from Memorial Day Weekend in Cleveland, where I saw Filter for the second time in a week, last night at the House of Blues. Friday night, found me at the resurrected Euclid Tavern for young up and comers The Suede Brothers, who are currently making lots of noise here on the Clevo scene. Here […]
Category: Bob Lefsetz
Quick Hits – Dave Grohl, Stone Temple Pilots, Rick Astley, and more
Here are just a few things that have been rocking my world over the past couple of weeks. Stone Temple Pilots delivered a rockin’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel that might not have been perfect, and definitely had a bit of rust – but man, it was good to see the DeLeo brothers back on stage […]
Nine Inch Nails gives the music biz (and fans) The Slip
So you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, and as you’re waking up your week officially begins with the Monday morning announcement that there is a new Nine Inch Nails album available for download. For free. Reznor writes: Click HERE to get the new full-length nine inch nails record: the slip (thank you for your continued […]
I might not be the only one that’s addicted to vinyl
This one is for the vinyl junkies. I read the following dispatch of email replies to Bob Lefsetz with interest. In particular, take note of the forwarded email from legendary mastering guru Bob Ludwig. In reply to Sound Quality Here are the replies. In particular: Michael Fremer: A) Blu-ray is not a disaster. In fact, […]
Bob Lefsetz on Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
One of the loudest men on the internet, Bob Lefsetz recently penned a couple of pieces relating to the new Mudcrutch CD, which I wrote about here yesterday. He urged Warner Brothers and Petty to put Crystal River online in all of its 9 minute glory, and WB were indeed paying attention, and now have […]
R.E.M.’s new album is great, and the past few sucked, right? Well….
Thanks to Bob Lefsetz for getting my attention with a mention of this: It’s always fun to call out a major print magazine, and The Huffington Post does just that with this great article that looks at the Rolling Stone review history for recent R.E.M. albums starting with the current CD Accelerate. link It’s sarcasm […]