An ‘elbow’, other than the obvious physiological definition, is defined by Webster’s dictionary as “a sharp bend in a road or river; or a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.” It is, in effect, a location where a conduit unexpectedly...
Weezer is back. And it’s the real Weezer this time. Make Believe may have been their biggest commercial success, but in the eyes of many fans and critics alike, it was a colossal failure. While The Red Album could be even more successful than its predecessor,...
I was pretty damned stoked when the lineup for this year’s Gigantour was announced. I have always been a huge fan of the mighty High on Fire, and I was totally looking forward to finally getting a chance to see them on a BIG stage. I had never witnessed Job for a...
El Perro Del Mar creates an echoy, intimate place outside of time on their new CD, From the Valley to the Stars, appropriate for an album inspired by the concept of Heaven. Entirely self-produced and self-recorded by Sarah Assbring in her hometown of Gothenburg,...
To me, a Cloud Cult show is like a repeated viewing of Dead Poet's Society. Maybe a little too earnest sometimes, but emotionally they drag you all over the place, and I always end up with brimming tears, whether it's the “Oh Captain, My Captain”...
There are times when solo and side projects can be remarkably revealing regarding the musical depth of the players involved in them. As a textbook example of that statement, listen to Retribution Gospel Choir’s debut for even five minutes and hear Low mastermind...
I got mad spring fever over here! So much new music for the summer and the bands and labels have said, "hey, let's just give these people a little morsel." Which translates into, FREE MUSIC. There are all sorts of projects up for grabs this week,...
No matter how you look at them, The Decemberists are a completely unique entity in the context of modern rock. Since their first appearance seven years ago, they have won fans that, when put on the spot and asked what is so endearing about the band, couldn’t tell...
The crowd was characterized by its collective hats. There was the straw cowboy, the porkpie, the fedora, the floppy knit in neutral colors that held volumes upon volumes of hair, the short-brimmed military and of course, the newsboy. The cross-section of headgear...
Especially in the last decade and a half, musicians on the East coast of Canada have been trying to shake the image that the rest of the world has of them. Not that it isn’t cultivated; if you believe the lyric sheets of the top or longest standing maritime...