I’ve been pissed lately. Not about personal things. Love life is great, work isn’t terrible, I even got a full night’s sleep last night. But I’m increasingly more upset with every over the top news story, every reported failure of the government, and every demonstration of society’s ignorance and apathy. And when I’m feeling…
I’ve been digging The Districts since I saw them open for Dr. Dog a few weeks back and as I mentioned before I was pretty blow away by their performance. These dudes are young but they don’t play like it. They’ve got a great folk rock sound that combines clever, catchy lyrics with sweet and…
After covering the spring concert here, and boycotting the fall version because they wouldn’t respond to our inquiry for press passes, it’s time to start talking about Boston Calling again. This week they have announced the lineup for the three day festival spanning May 22-May 24th. This year’s biggest names include Beck, The Pixies,…
The last time I listened to Chuck Ragan was when Hot Water Music’s “A Flight and a Crash” was playing regularly on my Winamp Music Player. Yes, 2001 was a long time ago. I really liked the wildly intense 2 minute punk song, but for some reason never got into the band. 14 years…
It’s a rare occasion that I venture to NY to see a show but in this case it was well worth the trip. Dr. Dog took the stage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg for the second night of their 8 show run in New York. It had been quite awhile since I’d been able…
I don’t really know how to categorize what John Kelsey does but I’ve been a fan since the first time I saw him play. He was wielding some sort of a homemade synth keytar, ripping an epic Talking Heads cover and I though fuck this guy knows how to party. There’s a little bit of…
Holy crap, another year gone and I can’t believe it. Wait a minute. I can totally believe it. God, that took forever. If there wasn’t enough music to distract me I would have jumped in the ocean twice. Once because I was done living and the second time because it was the kind of year…
This album is really good. No, trust me. I know Weezer has put out like 10 albums in a row that suck but these are the best songs they have recorded since Pinkerton. No hyperbole. It’s like Rivers finally decided to stop fucking around and write good songs that aren’t jokes or just plain terrible…
Merry Christmas from Empty Bottle Evenings! Or Happy Christmas to our non-American readers. Or Go to Hell for everyone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas. It was a pagan holiday, it’s not even close to the day Jesus was supposed to be born, and you get a day off from work to open presents and celebrate. I’m…
So I’m going to continue my trend of recommending albums that have been out for awhile and you’ve probably already heard of… but you know what fuck it. So on that note….. I love this album. It Still Moves been in my top ten ever since the first time I listened to it. My Morning…
