Time to update my list of Bands I Have Seen Live. I am not listing every single band I’ve ever seen. There are plenty of opening acts I was forced to sit through to get to the main event. Festivals are similar… lots of bands I “saw” but don’t care about having seen. It’s basically [...]
Aught-Nine ended up being a high watermark year for me in terms of music. 2008 was a pretty weak one and both 2007 and 2006 had some good stuff but not really… a lot. 2009? Where do I even begin? There are no less than four records competing in my heart and head for “album [...]
David Bazan Curse Your Branches Barsuk 10 tracks / 38:42 www.davidbazan.com The first solo LP from David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) is equal-parts indie rock, folk and Americana, a sharply cutting, personal portrait of Bazan’s newfound agnosticism, delivered with poignant heartache by a master storyteller. “Hard to Be” opens Curse Your Branches with a crescendo [...]
DAVID BAZAN w/ Say Hi The Media Club Vancouver, BC November 5, 2009 The Media Club isn’t the worst live music venue I’ve ever been to, but it’s close. A claustrophobic rectangular room where only the eleven people at the very front of the room will see anything more than the musician’s heads, with the [...]
*Matthew Good’s fourth solo album Vancouver came out this past Tuesday. *Forget and Not Slow Down is Relient K’s newest disc. *Living Sacrifice fans will have to wait a little longer for The Infinite Order – the long-awaited reunion CD from the metalcore legends has been delayed until January 26, 2010. *Future of Foresty’s Travel [...]
David Bazan is headin’ out on tour and apparently needs a new tour van. You can buy a sweet limited edition t-shirt to help a man out! You can get the shirt alone, shirt + Curse Your Branches, or shirt + Curse Your Branches + DVD. Plus a five dollar off coupon in his online [...]
Stay tuned for the following reviews over August & September here on RNSrobot.com! Showbread – The Fear of God Stavesacre – Against the Silence EP The Crucified – The Complete Collection mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream! It’s Alright Maylene & The Sons of Disaster – III Coriolis – [...]
Since it was released for Rock Band last week, my friend James and I were discussing just how damn great the song “My Name is Jonas” by Weezer is. Possibly the best opening track on a debut album EVAH? In that spirit, here is a totally non-definitive list of best opening tracks on albums (that [...]
Relient K – “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been (acoustic)” mewithoutYou – “Timothy Hay” Project 86 – “The Spy Hunter” (never gets old) Stavesacre – “…the Band Played On (Against The Silence Pt. II)” Maylene & the Sons of Disaster “Listen Close” Matthew Good – “Born Losers” mewithoutYou – “The Fox, The Crow & [...]
*The Chicago Reader has posted an excellent article on David Bazan, his journey out of faith, and recent appearance at Cornerstone Festival. You can read it here. *NEON HORSE RIDES AGAIN! Neon Horse has released a second album, titled Haunted Horse: Songs of Love, Defiance and Delusion. You can check out some tunes and watch [...]
As a follow-up to Cornerstone Journal of Epic Length, here are links to awesome bands that played the festival! Coriolis INDUSTRIAL METAL White Collar Sideshow CHAOTIC PERCUSSIVE ART-ROCK Children 18:3 PUNK ROCK Grave Robber ZOMBIE PUNK ROCK mewithoutYou ART WORSHIP ROCK STUFF JUST LISTEN Project 86 HARD ROCK/METAL Stavesacre DYNAMIC RIFF ROCK The Crucified OLD [...]
THURSDAY I was not scheduled for the press tent on Thursday, but the marathon the day before had me beat. After a laaaazy morning, I checked out Grandfather Rock’s “Where is the Wonder?” rant/discussion at the Press Tent. Then it was time for a trip into Macomb for an oil change and groceries at Wal-Mart. [...]