Dec 29 From the Blog
GALACTIC COWBOYS: Long Way Back to the Moon
When your debut album is the greatest album in the entire universe ever to be released, it’s hard to top your own output. The two-album “Geffen Records era” for...
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Dec 5 From the Blog
U2 – Songs of Experience
If I recall my U2 gossip (and I don’t claim to be as fervent about my fandom as others), I think the band recorded two albums’ worth of material...
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Oct 17 From the Blog
SPOCK’S BEARD: Snow Live
Oh my gosh! This is so awesome. So well-paced. The pauses, the soft vocals, the instrumentation, the jams, the melodies, the audience reaction (singing along), the power vocals, the...
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Oct 5 From the Blog
DELIVERANCE: The Subversive Kind
Jimmy Brown was right, this is their Reign in Blood. For the uninitiated or those not familiar with the seminal Slayer album, the new (11th) Deliverance album, The Subversive...
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Oct 4 From the Blog
FOO FIGHTERS: Concrete and Gold
The feel good band of the millennium has released its 9th album, and they do their catalog, fans and current momentum well, but that about sums it up. This...
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Oct 3 From the Blog
MUTEMATH: Play Dead
Every time I hear a new MUTEMATH full-length album for the first time, I have the same negative reaction: “Oh no! They’ve gone too pop!” I even did this...
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Sep 23 From the Blog
So, stavesacre has a new album. Ho-hum, right?
WRONG! THIS COULD BE MORE GREATNESS. Bite your tongue! Staveascre is important. Why? I’ll answer that later. For now, let’s have a discussion. You must have seen them live...
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Sep 21 From the Blog
Why Blackfoot was better than Lynyrd Skynyrd
Them’s fightin’ words for a lot of folks. I mean, Lynyrd Skynyrd was like America’s Led Zeppelin, although Aerosmith made a decent but drug-impaired attempt at that title, but...
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Jul 31 From the Blog
CONCERT REVIEW: Theocracy
Theocracy Houston, TX July 28, 2017 I’ve had the joy and privilege of seeing just about everyone in concert. Besides the Beatles, maybe, and an official Led Zeppelin, I’ve...
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Jan 23 From the Blog
CONCERT REVIEW: King’s X
King’s X December 8, 2016 The Parish, Austin TX King’s X is monumentally great. They’re just three guys that love and make very special music together. They’re such amazing...
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