It must be difficult being in a band that thousands of other bands emulate. To be somewhat of a ‘pioneer’ of a sound must really be a chore. I say this because the Promise Ring decided to let out what was a feeble attempt at diversifying themselves from the pop-emo genre they helped, if not [...]
RIYL: North Of America
North Of America hailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia (in Canada, duh) hence the band name. They were around for about 8 years or so but have kind of stopped playing.
Anyways, North of America really like Fugazi. A lot. They released a bunch of albums, some on Level Plane which I think is a fine, fine [...]
you GUESSED wrong!
WHY are people watching “Deal Or No Deal”?
They must be watching, because NBC is showing TWO FRIGGIN HOURS of it tonight.
I don’t have a problem with game shows… I love “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel Of Fortune” but there’s one thing that irks me about the popularity of this show:
THERE’S NO SKILL INVOLVED!!!
You heard it here first [...]
how to unplug a turd…
So apparently irony knows no bounds and MTV has decided to degrade itself even further in whatever respect to the music world it still had. You thought Alice In Chains unplugged was bad? Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you:
KORN. UN-F**KING-PLUGGED.
Oh yes, you read correctly. Korn. Now, my only question is: if these jackasses can’t [...]
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav is a hard band to describe. Dance punk? Yeah. Math rock? A little? Post-hardcore? Maybe. No matter how you put it, these dudes rock! I’ve heard a few songs off their last album “Inches” (French Kiss Records) and am damn impressed. Plus, their [...]
Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
My how the greats have fallen. Tonight while watching “Family Guy” I got to have an awful junior high school-type freakout: Nirvana’s “Breed” being used as a promo for ESPN’s MLB 2K7 video game for Xbox. Now, I love video games as much as the next guy, but there’s NO WAY IN HELL this would’ve [...]
