Playing Catch-Up…

So between a blizzard of insane proportions striking the east coast,my real life entering an incredibly busy period, and the usual malaise of things getting in the way, I’ve been derelict in my blogging duties. Since I have several hours now where I can sit and take care of all the things that have fallen [...]

Fall Out Boy to Fans: “Sugar, We’re Going Down”

Go ahead and groan at the title of this post, but it beats the millions of people making jokes about Pete Wentz saying “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”. Now, let me preface this by saying that there has been no official statement that Fall Out Boy has disbanded. Reports that they have, including this one, come [...]

Lil Wayne’s Rebirth: 10 Months Late and Still DOA

In looking back at reviews I’ve written over the last couple years, I realized that I tend to view things with rose-colored glasses at first. In part it’s because I believe that every piece of music has some redeeming value, and in part because as a general rule I don’t like writing bad reviews. Why [...]

Nick Jonas & The Administration Aim Big On Debut Album

“I’m kind of modeling it after Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band… It’s kind of the look we were going for stylistically on the album cover and just the project in general… [Springsteen] pours so much passion and emotion into all of his songs every night and I hope I can capture that too.” [...]

An(other) Announcement from Viva La Mainstream

Hey everybody, First off, I want to offer the deepest of thank yous to everyone who dropped messages of support since my last message when I announced that the free posting of mp3s was going to cease. It was comforting to see my cynicism about why people visit music blogs proven wrong. Feels good to [...]

The 2010 Grammys: Because They’re Right, We’re All Fans

So unfortunately due to obligations rooted in my real life, I wasn’t able to watch last night’s Grammy awards and snark them in real time as I have in years past. But thanks to some lovely twitter followers, I was able to keep track of the goings-on in almost real time. If you follow me [...]