More Rolling Stones Concert Dates Coming
October 11, 2012
The Rolling Stones just released their first single in six years, and it looks like we can expect some additional tour dates to go along with the new music. In late March, Billboard reported that an anonymous source revealed the band would play two
Album Review: Green Day ‘¡Uno!’
October 11, 2012
Green Day was my favorite band when I was eleven years old, and it’s sort of surreal to me that they are still going and making almost exactly the same sort of music almost twenty years later. I imagine there is a generation who
Bands That Will Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
October 11, 2012
In the unlikely scenario that AMC’s Walking Dead does come true and zombies start to wander the earth in search of human flesh, certain skill sets will be in demand. Doctors, marksmen, and foragers will certainly be valued, but what about musicians? When the
Album Review: Bob Dylan ‘Tempest’
October 10, 2012
It isn’t easy to review a living legend, because there is a small part of me that might want to go easy on Bob Dylan. After all, I am probably not qualified to offer criticism to a man who surely knows a bit more
Album Review: The Killers ‘Battle Born’
October 3, 2012
The Killers still feel like a young band. Granted, they are only in their thirties, but they manage to feel even younger, like twenty-somethings or even teenagers, poking at life with a long stick and exploring music and expression with great passion. They do
Up and Coming Bands to Check Out at Austin City Limits
October 3, 2012
Austin City Limits, taking place the weekend of October 12th, is one of the premiere music festivals in the USA. It features plenty of big headliners, like Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, and The Roots. But what about the other
Album Review: Ben Folds Five ‘The Sound of the Life of the Mind’
October 3, 2012
That’s one heck of a title. It could be interpreted any number of ways, but being that this is a Ben Folds Five record I think the simplest explanation makes the most sense: This is an album of modest expression from a group of
Concert Review: Big Boi at CounterPoint Festival in Atlanta
September 30, 2012
The rain clouds loomed large over the CounterPoint Festival grounds on Saturday, but somehow the skies failed to open up to sour the revelry. The rain-shortened Friday session was dominated by the electronic acts, and Saturday featured heavy weights like Skrillex, Pretty Lights and
Concert Review: Skrillex at CounterPoint Festival in Atlanta
September 30, 2012
Saturday night at Atlanta’s Counterpoint Festival, belonged to Sonny Moore, better known as the Grammy award-winning Skrillex. From the first beat, he completely owned the crowd, whipping everyone into frenzy with his well-known hybridization of scratches and screeches. Following Steve Angello of Swedish House
Concert Review: Avicii at CounterPoint Festival in Atlanta
September 29, 2012
Atlanta welcomes electronica in a big way with the advent of the first annual CounterPoint Festival just south of the airport in Fairburn, Georgia. Literally tucked in the middle of nowhere, the festival takes root on an expansive farm that sits on the banks
