Last year I got a group of people to go down to the Golden Triangle for the Westword Music Showcase because I wanted to see Built To Spill. When we got down there the rain was so bad we went into the first bar we saw and never left. We didn’t see any live...
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Big Iron Maiden news today. The iconic British metal group kicked off their Final Frontier World Tour in Dallas last night. Every tour Maiden embarks on has a specific setlist, so when they played in Dallas last night they revealed the setlist for this show. (see below) Since The Final Frontier album has not...
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Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition As I open my ears to metal again, it’s nice to come across a new album by one of those thrash bands from my past, Exodus. And to have that album f’in’ rock is even better! Exhibit B might push the boundaries on how long a thrash...
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The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA opened in 1928. It closed in 1966. It survived a fire in ’73, becoming a parking lot in ’75 and then became a landmark in ’78. In 1996, when the theater was bought by the city of Oakland, it was in bad shape. Mold so bad there were...
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The first show at Red Rocks this season that I’m extremely excited about does not happen until October? Are you kidding? I was there for Monolith in September last year and it was miserable! Oh well though, Alice in Chains, Deftones and Mastodon will warm that place up! Blackdiamondskye here we come! Alice in...
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There are some heavy albums that I have had in heavy rotation lately that I just haven’t had time to review…these are those albums: Ihsahn – After This is Vegard Sverre Tveitan‘s 3rd album in a trilogy under the Ihsahn moniker. This Norwegian composer is one talented man. He is most famous for his...
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Last I heard Ryan Adams had married Mandy Moore and had retired from music. Well, as far as I know he is still married to Mandy Moore, but it looks like he’s making music. The extremely prolific singer-songwriter has just released a metal song! I can’t tell this story better than Pitchfork, so I’ll...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Probably beginning to sound like a broken record here, but I am no expert in the metal genre. I am the last person you should be listening to about modern metal. ...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. While I’m standing in line ,the guys behind me are talking about how they can’t share a cigarette with their buddy because he has herpes. Five minutes later a guy selling...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. IRON MAIDEN!!! Denver!!!! June 14th. With Dream Theater! Up The Irons!!!! Not much more to say about that…. Tickets onsale March 2oth (via LiveNation) The rest of the dates: IRON MAIDEN,...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. As I have mentioned before, I am getting back into metal. I’ve been away for some time. But now that I’m back I have devoted most of my time to playing...
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