I made a pretty pretty prettyyy great playlist of some pseudo Halloween songs. My sister made the amazin' artwork and Bill came up with the title. Don't listen with the lights off...
Dot Hacker released my favorite album this year. I knew this creation was going to be something special after first discovering the band through bootleg recordings, and felt like Ralphie after he got his Red Ryder BB Gun when it was announced an official release was coming. You can feel the love this band has for the music they create, and the musical bond they share. The songs are timeless, like they have always been around. I think Bill said it best: Dot Hacker didn't so much as compose the music, as much as captured it.
For something a little different and to go back to what first introduced me to this incredible group, I uploaded a "live" version of Inhibition from various recordings. Enjoy!
With the Rolling Stones set to begin their 50th anniversary celebration, you knew another greatest hits compilation was around the corner. GRRR! is set to be released around the time they hit the road in November. It will be available in both 50 and 80 track versions covering pretty much any and all hits/fan favorites. Along with it are the inevitable two new songs, Doom & Gloom and One More Shot. On their most recent release A Bigger Bang, the stones proved on a few tracks that they still can put together a classic number. Doom & Gloom again proves why The Rolling Stones are still a viable rock act even after 50 years.
Immediately the opening riff brings back flashbacks to the bands peak period of the early 70s. Though a bit weathered, Mick Jagger's vocals recall that period as well. It's obvious the band was inspired from their sessions for the deluxe editions of Exile On Main Street and Some Girls. It is easy enough to say that this is the best Stones 'best of compilation new song,' however much that says.
It is no secret that Rush is my favorite band. They were the first band I listened to thanks to my dad, a lifelong diehard. The complex music plus their desire to continue to improve has kept me listening to them for 15 years now. Just this past year they released their 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels. An amazing feat for a band approaching 40 years in the industry. Even more amazing is that this may very well be their most ambitious and complete album to date.
Although throughout their career, Rush has performed many concept songs, this is the first time they have done a full blown concept album. It's a standard Rush story about a young man unsatisfied with the way he is told life is supposed to be. Set in a steam punk world the narrator leaves his village because he 'can't stop dreaming big.'
It’s Bill’s birthday! It’s probably obvious from our blog
tagline and various posts that both Bill and I are big fans of any Bob Forrest
related music project. So to celebrate, here’s a
download for The Bicycle Thief performing live in Seattle, WA while opening for
the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2000 (I think it may be the only Bob Forrest related thing
Bill hasn’t heard)...
"Hello! Bonjour! Mushi Mushi! fuck I'm on drugs." That was my introduction to the band Fidlar. I was just walking by the stage as they were starting up. I had no intention of really watching them. After hearing that I was hooked. Playing a modern take on classic LA punk, Fidlar was one of the more entertaining bands of Lollapalooza.
