In sophomore year of college I discovered Rancid randomly. I had listed to the album “Rancid 2000” before, but thought it was mediocre at best and moved on. Sophomore year I found songs like “Bloodclot” and “Red Hot Moon‘. I fell in love instantly, and saw Rancid rocket up into my top ten with lightening [...]
I kind of sucked out last week with content updates due in part to three days of working from home (thank you G-20), and a general case of malaise.
I was so ridiculously tired – the change of seasons does this to me every spring and every autumn, and I unfortunately kind of fall into [...]
I have mentioned my deep and abiding (if not a little creepy) love for Third Eye Blind at least twice now on Sound and Tonic.
Here comes round three.
Ursa Major was released not so long ago, and I’ve been mulling it around for a few weeks now. I know that it often takes a reasonable amount [...]
This last Monday (September 17, 2009) I got to see one of my all-time favorites in concert, and in my home city nonetheless! The last time The Sounds visited the region they hopped through Cleveland, which, while being better than Chicago, was still further than I would have liked to travel on a work-night.
This [...]
I love music that is over the top.
Absurd, outlandish, and way, way over the top.
I have even started collecting specific examples of exemplary over-the-topishness in a playlist. You wouldn’t have expected, but I call this playlist ‘over the top’.
Right now there is one song that heads the list of ridiculousness in such a [...]
And I couldn’t be happier. I’m back from The Sounds concert at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh – what a show. I was less than thrilled with the openers, Foxy Shazam, but The Sounds more than made up for whatever enthusiasm Foxy Shazam failed to instill.
I’ll share more on that later.
Suffices to say [...]
As much as I try to keep this blog posted with a review Monday through Thursday, I just keep sucking out lately. This time it’s Excedrin headache edition because, well, I came home, passed out for a good three hours and woke with the same bloody headache that kicked in some time after lunch. [...]
When I was relatively young and primarily into punk music, I stumbled into the record shop and threw $18 down on the counter for the most recent Basement Jaxx album. “Rooty“.
I had heard “Where’s Your Head At“, and dug a lot. I thought perhaps this would be a good opportunity to spread out from my [...]
I’ve been on a regional music quest. As much as I love all the heavy hitters, I was jonesing for something more grassroots.
Being in Cleveland, I decided regional music from this locale would be best, as perhaps if I fell in love I could wander out and enjoy.
I stumbled across three bands that I [...]
Stumping for bands is second nature I believe for any music lover. We all have our favorites, and we make damn sure that everybody else knows just how much we like them. Regrettably, stumping for local bands tends to be a more cumbersome endeavor…
People rarely know of the group being discussed. Concerts are [...]
