Limp Bizkit Join The Reunion Party

Here at school there’s a guy who my friend Justin refers to as ‘Major Buzzkill’ (not revealing his real name for obvious reasons). According to Justin, ‘Major Buzzkill’ has the superhuman ability to make ordinarily fun and entertaining things far less enjoyable simply by showing up and joining in (this has less to do with [...]

Things I Love Include: Foo Fighters Covers!

Few things make me as happy as hearing the brilliance of the Foo Fighters’ music. The one thing that comes very close, however, is folks performing the songs originally done by the Foos. So I humbly present a little something to brighten up the day. Paramore – My Hero (YSI) Brianna Lane – Learn To [...]

Album A Day: The Damnwells – One Last Century

My knowledge of the existence of The Damnwells dates back about 2 days ago, when by way of Addicted To Vinyl‘s Matt informed the masses that The Damnwells’ newest album One Last Century was available free on their website. With nothing more pressing demanding to be heard right now (Lily Allen and Papa Roach can [...]

Album A Day: My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

For those who might be wondering, the selections for my Album A Day are completely and totally arbitrary. If you were about to go looking for the connection between Pearl Jam and My Chemical Romance, you can stop (there probably isn’t one). But that leads to a question; would this project be more interesting to [...]

Album A Day: Pearl Jam – Riot Act

In light of the news that Pearl Jam will be self-releasing their next album (due out this year), I decided to pop in what I consider to be the most stripped down Pearl Jam album (not including the acoustic wonder of Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild soundtrack). Riot Act, if nothing else, proved that Pearl [...]

Album A Day: Blink 182 – Enema of the State

I promise this will be the last Blink 182-related post I do for at least 48 hours (I was considering doing a week’s worth of Blink Album A Days, but just found out my copy of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is borked). Like it was for many, Enema of the State was my [...]

Deconstructing the Grammys: So Much for ‘Hip’ and ‘Edgy’

We’re now about 12 hours removed from the Grammys, and like many other music bloggers, I can’t say I’m either surprised or impressed. Once again, in the face of potentially taking a huge step forward in their goal of making “Music’s Biggest Night” mean something to my generation, the crotchety old Grammy voters wet the [...]

Story Confirmed: Blink 182 Reunites

In a brief, unassuming announcement during the Grammys yesterday, the members of Blink 182 announced that they were back. No performance, no big to-do, just a simple statement saying something along the lines of “We used to play music together, and we’re ready to do it again. Blink 182 is back.” Meanwhile the previously mentioned [...]

Blink 182 Definitely Presenting A Grammy, But Is There More?

Earlier this week word got out that the members of Blink 182 would be appearing at the Grammys tonight to present an award. Kinda cool, but not a huge deal. But apparently something bigger may be afoot. A series of twitter posts between myself and fellow blogger Sheena Beaston brought up a site calling itself [...]

Album A Day: Jason Mraz: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

Couldn’t think of a better album to play on a lazy Sunday like today. Every singer-songwriter in America should be taking notes from Jason Mraz and his most recent album. We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things has variety, style, and a blend between girl-pining balladry and bombastic, fun pop rock that reminds people that [...]