Bill Adams vs. Ben ShepherdBS: Hell, Bill? BA: That's me, how're you doing Ben?BS: Not bad, yourself? BA: Pretty well, thanks. Where are you right now?BS: Bainbridge Island, outside of Seattle. BA: So you haven't left home yet then.BS: No, we leave on...
What makes great music? Tough question, I know. So maybe it's better to ask, "Why do we listen to music?" What does music have to offer? Well, that is going to vary from person to person, but I think most people can agree that good music does something to...
Hesitation Marks is Nine Inch Nails' first CD in five years and, on it, Trent Reznor doesn't sound fully convinced that making it was the right move, either for himself or his audience. The very first words on the CD are "I am just a copy of a copy of a...
Hey Junky,Awright, I'm onna run ta-day, so there's not gonna be any goofin' around lik ther wis las'week. In out'n done, wham-bam-inna-vein-an' yer good, here it is. I grabbed some good, good stuff fer youse dis week junky, like a new tune from...
While the release of a double album always marks a special achievement in any band's career, it also needs to be understood that some special achievements are more impressive than others. As a case in point, one listen to Meet Me At The Edge Of The World (Over The...
At a certain point, a band just has to get real when it comes time to make a new record. 'Getting real' just means being themselves; eventually, a band comes to realize that they don't have to be a dynamic force of nature or a spectacular phenomenon, they...
Depending on the day, it's very easy to love and very easy to hate the side project albums that members of well-known punk bands make. On the days when the average listener loves them, they'll appreciate the deliberate departures from their established comfort...
For some records, the quality of the songs on them is only part of their lasting appeal; the historical merit of the record coming along when it did is part of the story too, as is the personality of the band as it appeared at the moment the tape rolled. That all...
Since starting his Bootleg Series twenty-two years ago, Bob Dylan has proven that there is definitely lots of material left in the vaults which is worth hearing. There are demos, for example, of material from 1961 through 2006 which give indications of the...
It may have taken ten years for the band to really loosen up and allow itself to really feel the rhythm and possibilities in its music, but Franz Ferdinand has emerged as a new and finer outfit on Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action – their fourth studio...