Something I find amazing when I discover an album that I really enjoy is that I usually fall in love with the shorter, more hook-laden tracks first but quickly tire of those. Then there are those songs that you skip because they challenge your tastes of the moment and take more time to appreciate. It is always the albums that contain more of the latter that end up in my permanent collection as favorites. …Read On –>
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I never actually knew more than a few words from the intro, but the tunes always stuck with me in my head, even to this day. …Read On –>
It takes years to perfect a piece of art. Today’s Song Of The Day, Billy Bragg’s “Walk Away Renee”, illustrates exactly that. …Read On –>
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What up ya’ll?
The past month or so I have been focusing a lot of my attention on how I define myself musically. That is, I have addressed my fans as well as those that attack my musical tastes. You may have read in my other posts that I have been accused of being a music snob. It’s a label that I don’t really mind so much, in fact, I take it as a compliment as well as an insult (it depends on the attitude of the person making the claim). With all that running through my mind lately I thought I would try and clarify some definitions and terms I use …Read On –>
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Hello world,
After bashing certain Northwest AC/DC fans with my last post I figured I would contrast it with something I like. Today I bring you the band Maps and Atlases. The band hails from Chicago, Illinois and I would describe their sound as folk sounding math rock. Think speed metal with clean, jangly guitars, tambourines and bongo drums. What makes this band stand out is their unusual riffs and musical placements. The idea behind math rock is the quick pace and frequent calculated timing changes. Basically it’s a rock version of jazz. This is the first band that I have heard apply that to more folk sounding rock. Although the pace …Read On –>
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Hello folks,
Sorry about the delay in posts lately. I have been in the process of moving out-of-state and another contributor to the site and his wife just had their second baby boy…congratulations. With that out of the way I would like to present my first B.O.B. post, this one being bottom of the barrel. So, I just moved from the Northwest down to SoCal (I also went to college in LA as well) and I have quite an idea of how their scenes are different music wise. The Northwest to me has always had a cool underground scene. Growing up in the Nirvana/grunge years in the Northwest definitely impacted my music …Read On –>
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Recently, I was called music snob by some folks I know. I have been called similar things throughout my adult life by various people. I used to take offense to it but lately I have learned to take it as a compliment. It just goes to show how developed my musical taste is that I can begin to distinguish between the cream of the crop and everything else. It’s not that I can only listen to good music, it’s just that after listening to really good music, it makes the really bad music stand out. My musical palette is so full now that why would I waste my time listening to …Read On –>
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So,
Last week I talked about the Greenhouse Party that occurred in Seattle. This week I bring you part two with the other two bands on the bill and a little bit about why these shows are important.
The band Thrones took the stage around 11 pm and had a rocking set. I believe they started in Seattle originally but they are currently located in Salem, Oregon. I would classify this band as doom metal. Heavy bass with dark keyboard riffs and minimal vocals. What I found really interesting about this band is the cool effects they bring to the music. This band is not meant to have straight forward sing along lyrics …Read On –>
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Hello hello hello,
I want to start this post off by giving a little warning first. I am going to make some personal injections which is not very professional, but hey it’s my blog and I can do what I want right?
A Couple days ago I got a call from a friend of mine inviting me to a house party in Seattle. This particular house was notorious for having cool bands play and rocking the DIY scene in central Seattle. For you younger folks out there, this is not a house party like the high school or early college sense of the word. There was no flip cup or beer pong and …Read On –>
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Hello all,
Today as I was listening to some pop music I began to think about how it had been almost a year since Michael Jackson’s passing (RIP). Feeling a little reminiscent I popped in my copy of “Thriller” and gave it a listen. Although not necessarily MJ’s best album it was by far his most successful and also my favorite. It got me thinking about all that had gone into the making of that and almost all of MJ’s solo albums. Michael Jackson really was the beginning of the end of pop. He was the first to really popularize the pop musician as an artist. He looked good, he could sing, …Read On –>
