Springsteen fans worldwide were salivating on Thursday morning as details began to circulate of a Bruce Springsteen benefit concert from that previous night at the historic Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. The benefit show was an event that had been set up to raise money for the purpose for restoring the 80 year […]
Category: Good Listening
Song of the Moment – Thomas Jefferson’s Aeroplane – Know That I Would
Pittsburgh band The Gathering Field have achieved “desert island disc” status in my world with all four of their album releases, and are sorely missed on a daily basis in my world. I listen to at least one of their albums during the course of an average week, and I finally got to see a […]
LIVE: The B-52’s at House of Blues Cleveland 4/29/08
I had one of those “God, I feel kind of old moments” last week. I had tickets to see The B-52’s at the House of Blues here in Cleveland, and I realized that it’s been 16 years since the last time The B’s and I saw each other. I was in high school in 1992, […]
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 […]
Song of the Moment – Liza Bundy – Just in Case
You know, people come and go from your life, but inevitably there are good things that come out of the experience. This musical connection came courtesy of one of those life experiences. Liza Bundy is a very talented young musician that at age 16, is making music so good that it kills me. Okay, it […]
Airstream – the new CD from singer/songwriter David Wilcox
“For in this darkness, love can show the way” Singer/songwriter David Wilcox (not to be confused with the Canadian rocker) has been a longtime favorite of mine. I first came across his music in 1991, and was captured by his CD titled Home Again, which had the subtext title of “for the first time.” In […]
Song of the Moment: Jackyl – Locked and Loaded
Funny randomness – My rock and roll comrade TDavid had a post today talking about among other things, the upcoming album from AC/DC, which is currently being helmed by Brendan O’Brien, who has certainly had his hands on a number of great rock albums over the years, and maintains a diverse selection of clients from […]
Song of the Moment – Death Cab – I Will Possess Your Heart
I have more than the occasional random thought, and I’m going to share one of them with you now. First of all, before I get to that, this post is Death Cab for Cutie related, and related to that, you’d probably be interested to know that Death Cab recently recorded a live session for Daytrotter, […]
Coldplay – Violet Hill
Coldplay made the first music from their upcoming new album available for free download (for one week only) today via their official website. The official website has been slammed, so here it is for your listening pleasure. Download Coldplay are a guilty pleasure for me that I got into a long time after many had […]
A recommendation for the new album from Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
Before I get into this, I’d like to throw a brief recommendation towards the new tunes just posted by one of Detroit’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Dirty Americans. Surf on over, and give ’em a listen. I just wanted to put up this post in case you’re feeling any skepticism about picking up […]