Nine Inch Nails mainman Trent Reznor continues to be one of the most innovative artists in the music industry today. It’s a title that in my book, Reznor has had a nearly constant grip on for nearly 20 years now. In 1997, the NIN track “The Perfect Drug” (from the Lost Highway soundtrack) made its […]
Category: New Releases
Speaking of The Smithereens – live album AND DVD on the way!
The Smithereens – Blood and Roses (live at the Court Tavern, cool video!) If you enjoyed the previous link to the interview with Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio, you’ll be happy to know that there is more news from the band. The live album that was recorded at the band’s old stomping grounds of The Court […]
VIDEO: Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
Awesome! Can’t wait for the full album, and the tour as well. Will be good to see Death Cab back on the concert trail! Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
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 […]
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings – delayed thoughts on the new album
I’m digging on the new Counting Crows disc Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings. I was a little bit bummed initially, because I thought the album was going to be a real “double album.” When I hear double album, I think of CD 1 and CD 2, and even when you have an album like Wilco’s […]
Shelby Lynne loves the analog
Kudos to the fine folks over at The Vinyl District for this great reading from Shelby Lynne about her new album Just A Little Lovin’. On a side note, she mentions legendary record producer Phil Ramone (Billy Joel, etc) within this article. If you haven’t read Phil’s great book Making Records yet, it is a […]
Gary Louris – Vagabonds
The Jayhawks are a longtime favorite band of mine, and when the two principal ‘Hawks, Gary Louris and Mark Olson came to a splitting point in the mid 90’s, I wasn’t sure how I would deal with an Olson-free Jayhawks. As it happened, the loss of Olson gave me a glimpse of how much I […]