“You’re pretty sentimental aren’t you,” she asked me via text message. Well, yeah….you read the blog, right? That’s what I was thinking, with so many sentimental memories connected to songs, albums, places, and people, I guess like pretty much everyone else in the world. Although I can tell you that I’ve met plenty that aren’t […]
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Jenny Owen Youngs – If I Didn’t Know
Transmitter Failure, the new album from Jenny Owen Youngs will unquestionably wind up as one of my favorite albums of 2009. While I’m still waiting for a Cleveland date from Jenny, I can in the meantime share her latest video with you…. And yeah, buy Transmitter Failure if you don’t have it yet!
Good Listening: Justin Currie – Seattle, WA – 5/13/08
Today’s post is dedicated to my good Chicago-based pal David Lifton, host of the fantabulous Wings for Wheels podcast and blog of the same name. I became a Wings for Wheels fan long before I started this blog, and I’m thrilled that he’s back with a new episode of WFW featuring Chart Attack/Mellow Gold fiend […]
Good Listening: Matthew Sweet “Altered Beast” Demos, Vol. 2
This post is a combined rock and roll effort brought to you by the fine folks at Addicted to Vinyl and captain’s dead. Our man Gregor recently posted the first volume of a two volume set of Matthew Sweet demos from the Altered Beast album. I got in touch with Gregor and let him know […]
Catalog reissues, anthology due from The Jayhawks
Paste Magazine have announced details of a giant fundraising campaign to help ease the current financial hardship that the magazine is experiencing. You can read more about the fundraising efforts via this excellent post from Heather at I Am Fuel, I Am Friends. A donation to the magazine’s campaign will get you a free download […]
Contest: Win tickets to see Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at the Beachland on Sunday!
Several years ago, my friend Rebecca and I were in Minneapolis for work. The annual Aquatennial celebration was going on during the time that we were there, and for those of you that are unfamiliar, the Aquatennial is basically a really huge block party that takes over the entire downtown area of Minneapolis for 10 […]
Musical Hangups: The Hooters – All You Zombies
Peter Chakerian and I were trading text messages yesterday about a new double live album from Philly rockers The Hooters. The talk made me pull out my copy of the Hooterization retrospective to provide the soundtrack for my drive to the Beachland Ballroom last night. On the drive over, I became reacquainted with “All You […]
Cage Match: Jefferson Starship vs. Joe Walsh
Ola friends! As we get going, let’s start of by congratulating Steve in Nashville, who is the winner of the contest for the super-awesome Jane’s Addiction vinyl reissues of Nothing’s Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual! Congrats Steve! You know what that means – it’s time to give something else away! But you’ll have to […]
Blow Your Face Out!
What if Peter Wolf and the J. Geils Band were to decide to come to Detroit and play a couple of random rare shows on a weekend? That would be awesome, right? My friends, it certainly was. I finally got to cross another band off of my list of “concert regrets” – bands that I […]
Hell freezes over and in related news, The Oak Ridge Boys cover The White Stripes
Sometimes a new blog post just drops into your lap, like a gift from rock and roll heaven, hurled downward by Rock and Roll Jesus his self. Such is the case with today’s post. I’m sitting here, and an email pops into my box that says “New Release from Oak Ridge Boys – Seven Nation […]