What better way to celebrate the Jewish New Year than with a list by the metal band Mastodon. Five years ago, Mastodon was one of two bands I had stumbled upon that I never thought would try to go mainstream (the other being Fucked Up). It wasn't that I didn't think they would go mainstream...I wasn't sure they could. But early this year, Fucked Up or F'd Up now...found their way onto
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Mastodon
Posted on 23:28 by Unknown
What better way to celebrate the Jewish New Year than with a list by the metal band Mastodon. Five years ago, Mastodon was one of two bands I had stumbled upon that I never thought would try to go mainstream (the other being Fucked Up). It wasn't that I didn't think they would go mainstream...I wasn't sure they could. But early this year, Fucked Up or F'd Up now...found their way onto
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By VHS or Beta
Posted on 23:47 by Unknown
The other day I was trying to compare the choosing of song files (MP3 vs. AAC) to what it was like choosing between VHS and BETA. Back in the 80s, this was an issue that split societies. I remember losing friends because my parents went rogue with the less main stream Betamax, despite it being the higher quality choice. One day I was at a swim party and a friend offered to loan me his copy of
Monday, 26 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Wilco of the 00s
Posted on 22:07 by Unknown
This week the Flaming Lips released a new song to hear online for free. Now this being the Flaming Lips...nothing is what it seems. Now I've always been told, you get what you pay for. So what's the catch? The catch is that the song is 6 hours long. Obviously, my curiosity is high to hear what a six hour song sounds like. But do I want to listen to six hours of the Flaming Lips chaotic
Saturday, 24 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By The Jayhawks
Posted on 00:00 by Unknown
The Jayhawks are the perfect example of the bands we don't know we love until they're gone. I remember when they came out in the 90s. They were a cool filler in between Uncle Tupelo and Archers of Loaf. But they were never the band you stayed tuned to listen for. Though they had a very prosperous 90s...they were always fighting against the trends of garage grunge, adrenaline-charged rap-rock
Thursday, 22 September 2011
The 111 Best Songs By R.E.M.
Posted on 10:27 by Unknown
Alternative Trendsetters. Rock N Roll Legends. American Icons.
January 1980 - September 2011
Here are the 111 Best Songs By R.E.M.:
Country Feedback (Out of Time)
These Days (Life's Rich Pageant)
Losing My Religion (Out of Time)
Harborcoat (Reckoning)
Pretty Persuasion (Reckoning)
Driver 8 (Fables of Reconstruction)
The One I Love (Document)
Orange Crush (Green)
Talk About the Passion (
Monday, 19 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Posted on 22:46 by Unknown
A recent article stated that most department stores a la Target, Best Buy, Walmart will completely remove CDs from their shelves by 2014. It's crazy to imagine that the entire physical element of the music industry will be gone in less than three years. It will exist in space, in a place between nowhere and our ears. Some will go kicking and screaming...clutching the physical form until their
Friday, 16 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Girls
Posted on 23:21 by Unknown
So here's a little rundown of my Spotify saga....
First, when I went to sign in Spotify told me that it could not connect to the server for an update.
Then, I went to the website and they told me to download a new update from the site. So, I downloaded the new update and installed it. It told me that it could not connect to the server for an update.
I went back the website they said I
Thursday, 15 September 2011
11 Songs By Primus That Suck
Posted on 22:25 by Unknown
Primus sucks!
Only a real Primus fan will agree with me.
Here are the 11 Best Songs By Primus:
1. Harold of the Rocks (Frizzle Fry)
2. John The Fisherman (Frizzle Fry)
3. Professor Nuterbutter's House of Treats (Tales From The Punchbowl)
4. Making Plans For Nigel (Miscellaneous Debris)
5. Speghetti Western (Frizzle Fry)
6. Fish On (Sailing The Seas of Cheese)
7. Over The Electric
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By St. Vincent
Posted on 10:59 by Unknown
Wasn't sure what to talk about...but now I have something. My first issue with Spotify. I signed up for the Premium because I like being able to have this wealth of music on my phone. Even though I have spotty cell service in my car, I found it to be rather handy. Until today. Spotify needs me to update my player. Until I download an update...I can't use Spotify. Here's a big problem...
Monday, 12 September 2011
The Unknown: Sleater-Kinney - BBC Sessions
Posted on 22:03 by Unknown
With an insane week of new releases...I have no idea where to start or even where to go from here. New albums drop on Tuesday from Das Racist, Ladytron, Mates of State, Blitzen Trapper, Kevin Devine, Girls, Kooks, Lady Antebellum, St. Vincent, Saves The Day...not to mention some classic artists making big returns like Primus, Alice Cooper, Bush, Anthrax, Blondie, and the Human League. The
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Samiam
Posted on 22:03 by Unknown
Punk bands were never supposed to get old. When I was a kid, the whole point of listening to punk rock was to reject the big name dinosaurs making rock music. Those guys in their forties had no idea what they were doing. We listened to punk rock because it was louder, smarter, and better than any of that mainstream shill. Twenty years later, punk bands are not only in their forties, they're
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By The Rapture
Posted on 21:04 by Unknown
Tomorrow starts another NFL season...and better yet another fantasy football season. I have an ongoing argument with a friend whether fantasy football takes away from what football is about or that it makes it better. I believe the latter. I think the fantasy aspect brings fans closer to the sport. It makes us feel like we are a part of it. It's the closest most of us will ever be to
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Lindsey Buckingham
Posted on 23:41 by Unknown
This weekend I watched "Take Me Home Tongiht" and "Gnomeo and Juliet." Both films relied heavily on soundtracks to help keep the audiences entertained. "TMHT" was slathered in 80s hits, strangely Eddie Money's party anthem (for which the movie is named) is not used in the movie. Nothing bothered me more when watching the movie as I was waiting through the entire film for that pivotal moment
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Free Music Friday (Saturday Edition): Wilco - The Whole Love
Posted on 13:27 by Unknown
Hear the new Wilco album streaming for free.
There is a catch. It's for 1 day only!! Stop watching college football and get listening.
HERE
Thursday, 1 September 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Beirut
Posted on 21:24 by Unknown
I think great music is like a disease. It's contagious. I hadn't planned on doing a Beirut list. I was leaning toward Tom Morrello...but that meant listening to him sing for a couple hours which I wasn't looking forward to do. A co-worker asked me if I had heard the new song by Beirut. I had heard it months ago...but she started listening to it at her computer. I found myself nodding along
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