Album Review: Lupe Fiasco ‘Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1’
November 23, 2012
The title isn’t referring to a house party or a barbeque, but a statement made in the introduction about the malaise and lethargy of daily American life. “Food and liquor stores still occupy the block, while police and community watchmen justify why they shop.”
Album Review: Jason Aldean ‘Night Train’
November 23, 2012
As country singers go, Jason Aldean has a voice and a style that absolutely drip of stereotypes, laid on so thick as to seem like a caricature, but he’s so insanely good at it that nobody seems to mind that he might be playing
Garth Brooks Concert Tour Rumored for 2014
November 20, 2012
There have been hints floating around for some time that Garth Brooks may return to touring in 2014, and now it looks like a world tour may in fact be in the works for 14. Brooks just wrapped up a three-year residency at the
Album Review: Christina Aguilera ‘Lotus’
November 18, 2012
Who would have thought that Christina Aguilera would put out one of the best pop collections of the year? No, really; I mean it. I posted it on my Facebook and everything, and nobody there believed me either. Lotus is not the paint-by-numbers record
Musicians & Advertising: Where Music & Commerce Collide
November 17, 2012
There is a long-standing and complex relationship between the advertising and music industries. Musicians seek any method possible to provide their music with exposure, especially in a highly competitive industry with a seemingly endless list of products/artists. But how far is too far? Is
Album Review: Aerosmith ‘Music From Another Dimension’
November 17, 2012
From the intro this almost seems to want to be a concept album, but the auditory wow-factor of moving sound from one ear to the other is not exactly cutting edge at this stage in the history of rock music. It’s Aerosmith’s first record
Buddy Guy Heads Out on Tour with Jonny Lang
November 15, 2012
Legendary bluesman Buddy Guy will be heading out on the road next month for a North American tour along with Jonny Lang. The tour will kick off at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Bossier City, La. on Feburary 2, 2013, and is scheduled
Concert Review: Regina Spektor at The Tabernacle in Atlanta
November 11, 2012
It’s been a shade over three years since Regina Spektor was last in Atlanta promoting her album Far, and needless to say, her Atlanta fan base has been clamoring loudly for a sprinkle of that sonic goodness that only she can deliver. They turned
Album Review: KISS ‘Monster’
November 10, 2012
It feels like I should be talking about how long it has been since this band took up the charge of heavy, epic rock music, but they have technically been back for a while now, with 2009’s Sonic Boom being a slightly glossier attempt
Album Review: Taylor Swift ‘Red’
November 9, 2012
Taylor Swift is a bit anomalous in her ability to come off as charming and intelligent while focusing her creative efforts on types of music more closely associated with people who can neither write, nor sing, nor play an instrument. Genre, though, does not