Posts Tagged ‘ alternative rock ’

It’s really a shame that the new Editors album is so disappointing.  But I haven’t given up on them.  The first two albums were so good and I won’t forget that.  I just hope they play a lot of material from those first two when I see them in San Francisco next month (Feb....
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Mark Oliver Everett aka E aka Eels just released one of his best albums.  That’s saying a lot from the one-man project that has put out 18 releases in the past decade.  You know who Eels is even if you think you don’t.  You’ve heard E‘s work in movies like Shrek, American Beauty, Knocked...
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I am not going to do a Best of Decade list. I am going to post bands and albums that defined the past 10 years under the heading Decade:Zero.  These will be posted throughout the year and decided by using random on itunes and posting when I come across something worth posting. The first...
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I am not going to do a Best of Decade list. I am going to post bands and albums that defined the past 10 years under the heading Decade:Zero.  These will be posted throughout the year and decided by using random on itunes and posting when I come across something worth posting. In 2003...
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I know this sounds like a rewind to 1990 and not 2009, but these bands that were so influential in the 80s and 90s have put out three great releases in the past year. Sonic Youth’s The Eternal builds on the promise of Rather Ripped.  It is the best album they have put forward...
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I put this under the Rewind heading because this album came out last year, but I could have listed it under New Artist Discovery.  Evidently this Irish band has been around since 2006, but this is the first I am hearing from them.  Not sure where this album came from but just got around...
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“Radiohead are back in the studio.” “They are in a different place than they were with Kid A.”  “The vibe is fantastic.”  This is good news!  But to be honest I really don’t care if they release a new album or not, I just want them to come play Red Rocks!  I have only...
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When reading a review of a new album I usually stop as soon as I hit the word emo.  Even if everything else about the material sounds good, I have to move on.  I don’t know why this is.  Oh yea, it’s because most emo music sucks.  It cannot be related to by anyone...
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After 13 years apart, the original members of Soundgarden have reunited according to posts on Facebook and Twitter by Chris Cornell.  It’s been quite awhile since I’ve even thought about Soundgarden, but now that I am, I am thinking this might be a great show.  Not too sure about a new album, but hell,...
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