Album A Day: The Last Goodnight – Poison Kiss

As much as I like writing about albums that I like, sometimes it’s just more fun to analyze why an album just misses the mark. That’s the premise behind today’s selection. From minute one The Last Goodnight and their debut album scream “forgettable”. I have no problem with a pop-rock outfit who records their first [...]

Album A Day: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

This seemed like a wonderful pick on a day like today, when a late night, 2 classes (an inevitably unpassable test in one of them), and another tech rehearsal seem to have my brain running in about 12 different directions. As much as the tripped-out absurdity in their music frustrates and loses me, on a [...]

Album A Day: Dashboard Confessional – So Impossible EP

Another kinda short one today. The good news is this is the last day of tech, and tomorrow we’ll be returning to the regularly scheduled quality posts. As always, if you have suggestions for what you’d like to see me give a listen to, I’m more than welcome to entertain such suggestions. Thanks, and happy [...]

Album A Day: The Moves – One Two Three Four

With my show going into tech this weekend, I’m afraid the next two days of Album A Day posts will be a bit lacking in the substance department. But fear not, I’m still here, and the project is still alive. The Moves are an under-the-radar rock band from Chicago who late last year debuted their [...]

Moment of Zen: Trent Reznor Got Nothin’ On This

Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese just released Since 1972, his first solo album. In so doing, he has effectively changed the game for alternative pricing schemes. So, here it is your moment of Zen. See for yourself. Buy Josh Freese’s new album, Since 1972 Think if I get everyone I know to donate 20 [...]

New Green Day, Rob Thomas Album Details Emerge

In the last 48 hours word got out about two fairly impressive releases due out later in 2009. First, we got more details about 21st Century Breakdown, the forthcoming Green Day album. The follow-up to 2004′s landmark American Idiot will drop worldwide on Friday, May 15th, as opposed to the standard Tuesday release date for [...]

Album A Day: T.I. – Paper Trail

This is going to be one of those rare posts where I talk about something bigger than the music. It isn’t a coincidence that I’m writing this on the day that TI is sentenced to prison to serve a one year and one day prison sentence for federal weapons charges dating back to last year. [...]

Album A Day: Tool – Lateralus

I’m pretty sure this is my first time hearing this album. Tool is one of those bands a lot of my music geek friends are into, and I’ve had Lateralus on my computer for awhile, but I probably just kept passing on it in favor of other stuff. Usually a band that specializes in epically [...]

Album A Day: Augustana – All the Stars and Boulevards

I got the chance to see Augustana perform live in April of 2007 at an MTV-U show in Philly where they opened for Gym Class Heroes and Dashboard Confessional. Even though this album doesn’t always make it clear amongst the camouflage of adult contemporary sheen, Augustana are a damned good rock band. All The Stars [...]

Album A Day: Pearl Jam – Ten

I was originally not going to be so obvious as to play this album on the day its hugely epic reissue comes out, but then I decided I just wanted to listen to it, so fuck it. Though I must say I love the re-issue artwork more than the original. Even though it came out [...]