Bon Iver’s “For Emma, Forever Ago” ranked #3 on our ZME Top 50 of 2008, making it, for us at least, one of the best albums of year and one of the best debuts in years. Although “Blood Bank,” the latest material from Justin, is just a short, four track EP, it’s interesting to see if he can produce music of the same quality, without being confined to an isolated Wisconsin mountain cabin. For those…
I may piss some people off with this post, but this sounds pretty…notable, to say. We’ve written I think douzens of posts about the alleged Led reunion, speculating rumors and officials press releases alike, but we’ve still yet to see any palpable. Today, Jimmy Page’s manager confirmed that the band is set to go on tour and also intend to record a new record, all without Robert Plant. The band last played together at last…
Hey, Folks! Happy new year! The recently passed year of 2008 was a decent one, musically. Decent because we saw quite a couple of fine albums come out, with some nice, surprising debuts (see Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver), but nothing really that stood out. Frankly, ten years from now 2008 will only be remembered by people as the year Chinese Democracy came out. Period. For 2009, though, I’m hoping for a more memorable…
Every year has it’s own flavor, and when you look down on it, there are somethings that will stand out, that will musically define a year, and those are the things that give the flavor. So when you look back on 2008, what albums will stand out?? Well, 2008 will remain as a year of veterans. Metallica, AC/DC, Motorhead, BB King, they all rocked (and so did others), but it’s safe to say they’re not…
www.myspace.com/companyofthieves http://www.companyofthieves.net/ As an early Christmas present I figured I would give you the best gift of all- the gift of music. Genevieve Schatz (vocals), Marc Walloch (guitars), and Mike Ortiz (drums) are COMPANY OF THIEVES. Natives of Chicago, Company of Thieves already have a large following in the Windy City and the rest of the midwest…not to mention their sold out shows in Chicago. Genevieve and guitarist Marc met at Chicago’s Union Station and thus creating Company…
One of our most anticipated releases for 2009, U2’s eleventh full studio release, has finally received a title and release date, after months and months of silence around the subject. U2’s new album, “No Line on the Horizon,” is set to for a March 2nd/3rd release date (I’m not sure whether it’s on the 2nd or 3rd, yet. A lot of blogs have been mixing the date up, ’till now). The production for the record…
Well we haven’t did a smilejerker in quite a while, shame, shame, 3 times shame. If funny things ran out, I’d have an excuse, but they didn’t. I suck I don’t suck!! Anyway… We’ve all heard about the dude that plays guitar over Pachelbel’s Canon (no pun intended). Here’s the original version of the classic tune: And this is how it sounds covered (he didn’t transcribe it, a great guy named Jerry C did that)…
Cody Diekhoff aka The Chicago Farmer is a “folk-singer.” But, just saying that would be a huge disservice! He combines the grassroots of folk, the swooning of blues and seals the deal with honesty + harmony. A clear Dylan fan lyrically and one hell of a musician. Cody is originally from Central IL hence his second release title, “From a Small Town in IL.” He made the move to Chicago a few years ago and…
Whoaaa aren’t we loving this!! After the Velvet Revolver soap opera, after going back to lifetime love STP, Scott Weiland decided it’s time to move on in his musical carreer. Again. After releasing his second album, he spoke to USA today about that. According to him, writing songs that would become hits is the least of his priorities at the moment. “There’s a beauty in being part of a band, when there’s equality and trust….
In case you’ve been living on some other distant planet, you know that in every shop you go there’s at least one record in the ‘must have’ section that involved Ritchie Blackmore. Whether it’s from Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s night or any other project he’s been involved in, you know it’s a work of art. Still, you have to admit, the man’s taste for music has changed considerably along the years. Starting with hard rock…
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