Singles Bar: Weezer, “The End Of The Game”
The supposed simple charms of "The End Of The Game" just don't hang in there.
The supposed simple charms of "The End Of The Game" just don't hang in there.
Now, I’m not always prone to deflect a kind remark when something better comes along, but, listen listen, follow my logic here. At the end of the month, Exploding In…
She may never be America's Sweetheart, but Lover at least signals a desire to move away from tabloid sensationalism into other areas.
The new Tool album is good, but is it thirteen years good?
Holy shit, man. How a rock band sounds so vicious, yet so calculated and razor-sharp precise on a record, never mind a debut LP, is beyond me. In short: the…
If ever there was an act best served live, it’s Old Crow Medicine Show. This Harrisonburg, VA six-piece which mixes bluegrass, alt.country and various other Americana stiles together, is fully…
The Turbosonics, one of Pittsburgh’s more reliable surf bands, always has been a bit of a cultural throwback for me, and I don’t mean that in a pejorative sense. Yes,…
As posthumous releases go, the new 7-inch from Pittsburgh-by-way-of-Altoona’s The Lampshades, out today, is the exception to the rule in this fatalistic sub-genre: an afterthought of sorts that is actually…
The terms “honest” and “true” are most often prescribed to the following: When the situation and/or products are clearly neither, but the marketing team wants you to believe otherwise Foods…
Name off a list of the most influential bands ever. I’m sure you started with The Beatles. The Beach Boys? Agreed. How about The Velvet Underground and Black Sabbath? In…
Multi-instrumentalist Tomas Svoboda is clearly out to toy with listeners’ expectations of recording fidelity. The Czech musician’s third LP as Meeting With Hans – titled Genius Loci, available now on…
The Anderson Council, in a just world, would be known all over the country. They should be, by now. And with a little luck and people getting it, with this…