Archive for the ‘Bands’ Category
Ted Leo Goes Hard on Fallon!
I want to see Ted Leo live so bad, this guy absolutely throws it down… and sounds great. New album is out today, do yourself a favour and check it out! Also don’t forget to have a boo at Broken Bells, performing live this Thursday on the Jimmy Fallon show.
Best of the rest….
Here’s the albums that didn’t quite make my “Best of” list, that are still really great. It starts with some indie/alt picks, moves into more rockin’ territory and closes out with a handful of hip hop releases that had my head bobbin’ in ‘09. It’s really a testament to how great this year was when [...]
Best Music of 2009
This year I’ve chosen my favorite music of the year based on what I actually found myself listening to the most, as opposed to what are critically (or technically) the “best” albums of the year. So without further adieu, here they are, in no particular order…
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
Their second album since reforming in 2007, [...]
Blakroc on Jimmy Fallon Tonight!
Blakroc’s album came out recently (The Black Keys + hip hop guests), and it’s a pretty solid collaboration. Here’s their Tuesday performance from Letterman as a primer for their performance on Fallon tonight featuring the RZA!
Gaslight Anthem + Springsteen
This gave me goosebumps, honestly. Such a good live band… even without The Boss. Can’t wait for the concert in September.
Featured Artist: The Rural Alberta Advantage
Not to be confused with the RIAA, The RAA is a new indie band from Toronto, Ontario (Lead singer from Edmonton, Alberta). Combining really good songwriting with absolutely manic percussion (that will become their trademark), their debut album “Hometowns” has garnered high praise from reviewers (and even Pitchfork) while namechecking Alberta places like Edmonton, [...]
Whatcha Want?
I know what I want, I want MCA to not phone it in so badly. I know he’s getting old, but it looks like they had his Dad fill in or something. Looks like he doesn’t even want to be there! At any rate, The Beastie Boys perform an impromptu classic backed by the Roots [...]
