Album A Day: Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone

There was once a time when Slipknot would release an album and I would either shrug my shoulders and go about my life, or I’d spit blood and avoid it at all costs. What happened? Stone Sour, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor’s other band. Stone Sour proved to the world that Taylor actually had a pretty [...]

Kelly Clarkson to World: “What Comeback?”

Kelly Clarkson’s latest release All I Ever Wanted is a prime example of an album with a story stretching beyond the music. At this point its common knowledge that after the underwhelming success of My December (and the ‘alleged’ conspiracy by Clive Davis to keep the album from existing), the first album written entirely by [...]

Album A Day: Shinedown – The Sound of Madness

As I said earlier this week, I made a crack to my friend Shayna about how I thought Shinedown had gone soft since their first album when she started playing a track from The Sound of Madness. I wasn’t quite promptly told to “sit down, shut up, and listen”, but that’s more or less what [...]

Album A Day: R.E.M. – Accelerate

No time for a real post today, but I’ll be back late tonight with some reviews and the like. This is the album I listened to today though. R.E.M. – Hollow Man [iTunes] (YSI) ==TJ==

Catching Up: Neko Case, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Real Life

Crazy week in the life of college student/music blogger. Started rehearsal this week for my show (Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang, if you’re curious), which hasn’t been hard, just meant a new obstacle to find a path around. In rehearsal the other day the fantastically unkillable “Sex on Fire” came up, because our asst. director [...]

Album A Day: Mishka Presents Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

Started sorting through my music today trying to decide what to listen to and came to the regrettable conclusion that I couldn’t make up my mind. The best way to handle that? A mixtape. I came across Radio Friendly Unit Shifter back in September when Matt posted about it (in a post I can’t seem [...]

Album A Day: Watchmen (Music From The Motion Picture)

Again, sorry this post comes late. Busy weekend, but totally worth it. Last night I thankfully was graced with the opportunity to go see Watchmen. I just tried to type a plot synopsis of Watchmen and failed miserably. It’s so layered and multifaceted that trying to put it in words inevitably leaves something out. But [...]

So if you’ve come to the site today only to find it inactive, I apologize. Chalk it up to a busy weekend. Your regularly scheduled Album A Day Post is still going to come, just in all likelihood not before the usual 7PM deadline. Rest assured; so long as it comes by 11:59 PM tonight, [...]

Album A Day: 3 Doors Down – 3 Doors Down

3 Doors Down lost me for awhile after “Kryptonite” stapled itself to rock radio ten years ago. Away From The Sun was a cool album, but didn’t have anything as satisfying as their debut. Likewise Seventeen Days was a complete misfire in my book. But with the introductory drumroll of “Train”, 3 Doors Down brought [...]

Moment of Zen: Ghostface Killah has got Rihanna’s Back

I haven’t weighed in too much on the Chris Brown/Rihanna mess because, frankly, the last thing either of them need is ANOTHER blogger discussing their personal lives. Should Brown and Rihanna not be back together. Hell Yes. Does Chris Brown deserve to do some jail time for beating Rihanna (assuming he’s convicted)? Absolutely. Is there [...]