Fig. 1 Aside from being what I wish I had majored in at college ‘Snake Oil Superscience‘ is an awesome album. It’s heavy, spooky, fuzzed out and it makes me feel like I’m surfing with the devil (see fig. 1). The Mad Doctors are from Brooklyn and they sound kind of like I imagine Sabbath…
Did you know the Counting Crows are still making music? Probably not, right? Don’t you lie to me. After bursting on the scene in 1993 with August and Everything After, their popularity has gradually decreased, not surprising since their first album, fueled by “Mr. Jones” (yeah that song is over 20 years old now) sold…
Every so often I flip to the back of a Rolling Stone to check out the Top 40 and I don’t know why because it never fails to disappoint me. Nearly everything on there is complete shit. It’s the same story with the vast majority of radio stations and MTV, as well. Sure you’ll…
Ryan Adams is back with his 14th solo album, this time a self -titled job, named after himself for no particular reason other than his inability to come up with anything better. His first solo album, Heartbreaker (named after a Mariah Carey poster), was released all the way back in 2000. Since then he’s averaged…
Two bands that I love. Two bands that I wrote about in a negative light within the past year. I was let down by The Gaslight Anthem’s Get Hurt for not meeting my admittedly high expectations while Against Me’s Transgender Dysphoria Blues, well, just wasn’t very good. But seeing them live wasn’t something that I…
I was going to keep writing about new albums, in this case Conor Oberst’s Upside Down Mountain, but part of the mission statement of Empty Bottle Evenings is bringing to our (imaginary) reader’s attention bands and albums that are underrated, overlooked, or just bitchin’ tunes. Don’t worry, I’m even more uncomfortable using that last phrase…
Summer is almost over so before we’re all forced into pretending we like Pumpkin flavored everything, I decided to do some listening to one of my favorite summer bands, the Rx Bandits. I think of them at this time of year partly due to personal experiences (seeing them live multiple times in the summer, listening…
So I saw Kurt Vile and The Violators open for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at what is easily one of my favorite venues in Philly, The Mann Center. Ya ya I know it was almost a month ago at this point but…. I’m lazy and I tend to just get boozed up after…
Even though The Gaslight Anthem are my favorite band, I’ve never bothered to write about them. I know we’re supposed to give album recommendations here, but there needs to be some consideration for bias. And for having something to say. So let me get caught up. Their first album Sink or Swim was really good….
A bunch of old Southern California punks bands from Epitaph Records decided to rip it up like the old days. The Vandals, Pennywise, and the legends themselves, Bad Religion were slotted in as openers, while The Offspring used their headlining spot to play their mainstream breakthrough Smash in its entirety. A lot of true punk…
