Through my cable provider, I randomly won a draw for two tickets to the Molson Amphitheatre. I'll be seeing Kid Rock this coming Saturday night. Kid Rock isn't an artist I'd ever pay money to see, but hand me a couple of free tickets and I'm there for the party.
Have you heard "Writing's On The Wall" by The Tea Party yet? If you haven't, you can hear it here. CFNY Edge 102 currently has it on heavy rotation ensuring they make their CanCon quota. Everytime I hear it I start singing "Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots. The
I just heard Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" for the one thousandth time this summer. It's one of a trifecta of 80s inspired songs that salvaged radio in the spring and summer of 2004. You heard them at every turn, they couldn't be avoided and they shouldn't be avoided. If
In addition to their Thursday 30 countdown, CFNY Edge 102 maintains a list of "Other Tunes". I was just perusing this list when I saw there's a new tune from Seven Mary Three there. Seven Mary Three is one of those bands that had a cool single that was followed
Two of my favourite songs this past spring were Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" and Modest Mouse's "Float On". In fact, I liked them so much they not only made SLS11 back in June but they're first and second respectively on the playlist. They open the lastest edition of SLS
Music sounds better loud. It just does. Period.
I just heard Green Day's latest single, "American Idiot". It's clearly a Dubya-inspired ditty. Below is a taste of the lyrics. Well, maybe I'm the faggot America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along in the age of paranoiaIt got me
The BBC conducted a poll to find the best movie soundtrack. Below are their top 10. The Blues BrothersPulp FictionTrainspottingSaturday Night FeverDirty DancingGrosse Point BlankKill Bill 1 & 2Lost In TranslationThe Royal TenenbaumsFight ClubA glance at My MP3s reveals I own the top three as well as the two Kill
The latest Tom Cruise movie, Collateral, opens Friday. I know this because I saw the trailer prior to Spider-Man 2 and the advertisement frequently appears on my television. I loved the trailer and the ads for this flick, but not because I'm particularly looking forward to Michael Mann's latest film.
Remember when I told you about Pearl Jam's first ever full-length, mostly acoustic live show being released on a double disc CD entitled "Live at Benaroya Hall". It's due July 27th and Mike McCready will preview tracks from the double album via a live, one-hour radio broadcast beginning 20:00
Where's my head at? Yesterday's Friday Five was completely inaccurate. My favourite all-time song with a female on lead vocals is "Kool Thing" from Sonic Youth. From Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo, "Kool Thing" was indeed a cool thing. You can't understate Sonic Youth's influence on the scene that would
I never believed women could rock. I know that sounds sexist, so please allow me to elaborate. My musical preference is hard rock. I enjoy an edgy guitar sound with angst-riddled lyrics delivered in a baritone voice. For the most part, I prefer my music rough and that means I've
Two of my favourite songs these days are Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" and Modest Mouse's "Float On". There's a clear 80s influence in both. It's undeniable. Both are a modern spin on an 80s sound and both are great. Other cool recent tunes that are appearing on SLS11 are
I certainly wasn't there, but the Toronto Sun's Jason MacNeil was and he wrote this review. The following excerpt says it all. Although Good Charlotte headlined last night's Edgefest, even lead singer Joel Madden knew that most had come for the Canadian content, namely Billy Talent. "You guys have a
Admittedly, I'm not a very big fan of soccer. In fact, I rarely pay attention to the sport unless it's during the World Cup or big ass tournaments like the one taking place right now in Portugal. Yesterday I actually paid close attention to the results from Euro 2004 because
As readers of this site already know, Pearl Jam is releasing "Live at Benaroya Hall October 22, 2003" on July 27th. If you don't want to wait that long, there is another option fellow Jammers may want to consider. The double disc set will be available for a special pre-order
The alternative charts are anything but alternative these days. When is the top 50 selling alternative albums in Canada compiled from a national sample of retail store and mass merchants' reports collected, compiled, and provided by Nielsen SoundScan not really the top 50 selling alternative albums in Canada compiled from
It's tragic what is happening to The Ramones. Within the past few years Joey Ramone died of lymphatic cancer and Dee Dee Ramone died from a drug overdose. Now Johnny Ramone is losing his battle with cancer. In the 1970s, The Ramones were punk pioneers, paving the way for bands
There has never been an official Pearl Jam acoustic release. Every Pearl Jam fan has a bootleg of their awesome MTV Unplugged performance from 12 years ago, but for whatever reason it was never released as an album. Eddie and the boys unplugged produced a simply awesome sound. Pearl Jam
A few weeks back I got a hold of the debut album from a local band by the name of Billy Talent. I've been spinning this disc like crazy since because it might just be the best new CD I've heard since Queens of the Stone Age and Audioslave. Billy
I'm sure this is old news to everyone who would care, but I just wrote about it on the Smells Like Sour Blog. Music fans, Creed has called it quits. Despite being nothing more than a fairly good Pearl Jam cover band, Creed managed to release hit after hit for
Speaking of the devils, Pearl Jam will release their first ever greatest hits album before Christmas. I'm not so interested in the disc itself because I already possess everything they've released and more, but I'm very curious as to what the tracklist will look like. Assuming they go with a
I made a point of watching The Way The Music Died, a PBS Frontline documentary that aired last night. They made a big deal about the perfect storm that is killing the quality of new music. I was intrigued by their analysis of the big six occurrences that created this
I've been using the Audioscrobbler plug-in for Winamp for about three weeks now. Feel free to check out my Audioscrobbler page to see what I've been listening to. This thing is great. It works so deep under the covers I don't even realize it's doing it's thing. For fun, here
I recently introduced James to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". I remember my brothers and I having a great time singing along to this epic even before Wayne's World introduced it to a new generation. James and I holler along to the operatic part and bob our heads in unison. It's very
