After the spectacular letdown that last years reissue of Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz turned out to be, it's hard not to look at new releases of the singer's old material a little more closely. Part of that reissue's failure was that it just...
Some people on this planet have a hard time coming to the realization that they are a sidekick and not a protagonist. They simply are not built to have their own story; they're okay, but if they ever tried to rock a big deal production, it would never be Billboard...
Some albums come along which make me want to give up on hip hop. Part of that has to do with personel and practices in the business; for example, there are many artists who are great to be featured on a track but should never put out their own albums. Who’s at...
I have two concerts on my belt that come up at the top of my list when I get asked the question of all questions when I get a music head in my face: “What’s the greatest concert you’ve ever been too?” Yelle, a little band from France that 99 per...
Serj Tankian, lead singer of the world renowned metal group System Of A Down, has been trekking down the solo road for half a decade now. He’s left in his wake a slew of music that, improbable as it might seem, is even weirder than SOAD itself. That said, you...
Everyone who has been following Gaslight Anthem over the last few years has been waiting for the band to make Handwritten. Fans knew they had it in them, they just had to wait for the band to realize it too; after getting their shit together in the underground (the...
Aw yer damn right I'm back junky!How ya been ya vein-spikin' reprobates? I know whatcher sayin', yer cursin' ol' Donnie cause he ditched on ya an' lefcha itchin' fer eight weeks. Sorry about'at, but I wis outta town; I got held up...
Aw yer damn right I'm back junky!Yeah yeah yeah, I know whatcher sayin' addict, I lef'cha hangin'. What c'n I say? I got hauled up for a little turn down south while I wis onna run an' hadda wait it out 'til everything cooled offta get back...
Ever heard a record that you've decided you can't stand within the first minute of its run-time, but find your foot tapping to before long? When it happens, it's a maddening thing; you find yourself being very angry that something in this music which was so...
Sometimes the only way to understand or even hope to enjoy a record is to just ride it out from one end of the line to the other and see where it goes, and then take stock of how you feel about it and what you got from it – if anything. More than most bands, such...