Album A Day: Jeff Buckley – Grace

Artist: Jeff Buckley Album: Grace Release Date: August 23, 1994 Let me just say this right off the bat. As much as Jeff Buckley’s cover of “Hallelujah” is iconic, mind-blowing, and otherwise beautifully interpreted, there is significantly more to Buckley’s lone album than this one song. Grace is loaded with tracks at least as wonderfully [...]

Billy Joel & Elton John at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA; July 30, 2009

In case you missed it over the last three days, last night I went to the first of two performances of the Face 2 Face 2009 Tour, featuring Billy Joel and Elton John. Oddly enough, no reviews or commentaries have appeared regarding last night’s show, and my camera is temporarily out of commission, so sadly [...]

Check Me Out On Twitter For Concert Updates

Hey all, I’m going to (or at least try to) be tweeting from tonight’s Billy Joel/Elton John concert tonight in Philadelphia. Set lists, commentary, and any other random thought will be going up on my twitter over the course of the evening. If you haven’t followed me on Twitter yet, now would be a good [...]

Album A Day: Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Artist: Elton John Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Release Date: October 5, 1973 Yep, you guessed it. Even though this is considered Elton John’s best work, I can’t say I’m a particularly huge fan. I like it, and I can appreciate why it’s so beloved. But I think the fact that most of my earliest [...]

Album A Day: Billy Joel – The Stranger

Artist: Billy Joel Album: The Stranger Released: September 1977 Doing this one in honor of tomorrow night’s Billy Joel/Elton John concert at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, which I shall be attending. This is actually the first actual Billy Joel album I’ve ever heard (I’ve previously stuck with the greatest hits collections). But in listening [...]

Thom Yorke to Give New Moon Soundtrack Some Pitchfork Cred

I just want to say that this post will be at least the third one I’ve devoted to the Twilight series since mid-2008. I’ve now spent about 5000% more time writing about the franchise than I’ve spent reading it/watching its films. So take my comments on it with that grain of salt. I last brought [...]

Panic! At the Disco and The Young Veins Both Release New Music

In light of their split from (then exclamation point-free) Panic at the Disco, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have announced their new project, entitled The Young Veins. The Young Veins follow more closely along the path forged on Panic’s second album Pretty. Odd., but its not a pure evolution from one to the other. The [...]

Album A Day: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys

Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival Album: Willy and the Poor Boys Release Date: November 2, 1969 I’ve long held a soft spot for CCR. People give me dozens of reasons why they’re overrated, most of them boiling down to the fact that they were corporate rock before the term was coined, but I don’t buy it. [...]

Album A Day: Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts

Artist: Carrie Underwood Album: Some Hearts Release Date: November 15, 2005 Fact: Some Hearts is the best-selling American Idol album to date (unless Kelly Clarkson’s new album topped it). Listening to it for the first time now, I’m not the least bit surprised. Idol debut albums have had a tendency to be hit-or-miss, but Carrie [...]

Between The Headphones, Part II

Welcome to a new sporadic series on VLM in which I tell you about stuff that’s crossed my headphones recently. This was the kind of thing that I started the blog on, and then this Album A Day series came along and shifted things. Hopefully in the near future there will be more balance between [...]