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It’s raining outside. Noah’s Ark day thirty-eight level rain too, not some whimpy droplets of condensation. I’d even call it a deluge. The wind is punish-fucking my bushes, maybe even crying Mary, and the thunder and lightening are more boisterous than twenty world class drag queens ... read more |
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There’s certainly a little Rome here (an evening in Alabama at an “alternative” nightclub, a drunken branding on the buttocks by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong), but there’s also plenty of hard work and lessons learned by the surprisingly likeable characters of little-known band Kut U Up
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These are the songs I consider to be the ten worst in my iTunes. Call me a music snob all you wish, but I can no longer force myself through Hanson or N’ Sync. I can’t remember the last time Drive Thru Records sent me an update. There’s something about the nineties into the early 2000s that keeps these songs alive for me, at least alive enough to keep me from hitting the delete button ... read more |
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Question: what can a band do when they’ve done the same thing for so long that the industry has completely figured them out, decided exactly what is marketable about them, and created a caricature-like role for them to play that emphasizes their marketable aspects while minimizing their unpredictable, unmarketable “real” aspects? Answer: they can play along, they can quit being a band, or they can secretly start a completely different band ... read more |
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Are the Foxboro Hot Tubs simply Green Day emptying their brains of extraneous ideas before hitting the studio to record the real stuff? Or are Billie Joe and company priming their fan base for a sharp turn from pop-punk into flower punk? Whatever they’re doing, if indeed they’re doing it (and from the sound of it, they’re definitely doing it), the 6 song EP Stop, Drop, & Roll is full of melodic sunshine, recalling the Kinks, the Zombies, and the Go-Go’s at their most raucous ... read more |
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Three piece mega-trio Green Day has made plans to enter the studio early next year. Early reports have indicated the multi-platinum group will steer away from the politically-charged rantings of their 2004 bestseller American Idiot. This altered course could pave the way for more feel good hits like “Welcome To Paradise”, “Basketcase”, and “Brain Stew.” Sweet ... read more |
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