*Soundgarden reunited for a surprise hometown show, playing Seattle’s famed Showbox at the Market to a sold-out crowd of 1200 lucky fans. Check out one review/setlist. *KLANK (Circle of Dust, Argyle Park) has returned with NUMB…Reborn. You can buy it online exclusively at the FIXTstore. *Black Thorn is the new release from Chicago-based Celtic punk [...]
Every Tuesday new DLC (downloadable content) is released on the Rock Band digital music store. It’s how you add to your game and extend its life beyond the less than 100 songs originally on the Rock Band 2 disc. The; the game also gives you the ability to export the songs off of Rock Band [...]
Skillet COMATOSE COMES ALIVE live in Seattle (Kent) WA, October 31st 2009, ShoWare Centre. SKILLET GALLERY
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 [...]
The new album from Living Sacrifice is out. But you probably already have it if you’re a fan. Holly Williams finally released a sophomore album! It is beautiful indie-alt-country, with some traditional stuff wrapped up in a modern candy-coated shell. Demon Hunter has posted some songs from their upcoming album on myspace. If you’re the [...]
*Relient K‘s exceptional Forget and Not Slow Down debuted at #15 on the Billboard Top 200. (source: HM) *Skillet‘s Comatose has been certified GOLD by the RIAA (500,000 copies sold in the USA). Their new disc Awake has sold 200,000 copies since it was released about three months ago. (source: HM) *Eric Clayton, frontman for [...]
SKILLET w/The Letter Black, Decyfer Down and Hawk Nelson ShoWare Center Seattle (Kent), WA October 31st, 2009 POW! BIFF! BANG! Korey Cooper’s encore Batgirl costume was wildly appropriate because her band pushed it GLORIOUSLY OVER THE TOP! Skillet brought ARENA ROCK back, baby, 1980s style! DRUM SOLOS! HYDRAULIC RISERS! SMOKE JETS! GUITAR SOLOS! STRING SOLOS! [...]
Skillet Awake Lava / Ardent / Atlantic Released 08.25.09 12 tracks / 43:13 Skillet’s 2006 release Comatose has become the group’s best-selling record, creeping up on certified gold status. It also angried up my blood somethin’ fierce with its desperate attempt at mainstream appeal, blatant idea theft, and piss-poor lyrics apparently penned by a fifteen [...]
*After a long wait, MuteMath finally released their sophomore album Armistice. They performed the track “Backfire” on Letterman this past Thursday night (you can see it on YouTube already). Review coming sometime soon. The band is doing a major tour in support of the album; they are one of the best live bands I’ve ever [...]
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 [...]
Looking back on my best of oh-seven and best of oh-six lists… *facepalm* Right, many of my picks hold up but I have to address a few outstanding issues here. They weren’t all dingers… OH-SEVEN RETCON Rusty Metal I really put Demon Hunter’s Storm the Gates of Hell as a favorite disc? I’m sorry to [...]
Waaaay back in October of last year (holy crap, that long ago already?), I wrote a scathing, bitter review of Skillet’s recent album Comatose. Being that I am a cd hound, Comatose has sat shoved away at the bottom of the tower, amidst all the “crappy cds I own but haven’t gotten rid of.” Anyways, [...]
BEST ALBUM MuteMath – s/t There isn’t really anything that comes close. MuteMath’s long-awaited full-length release is tops of the pops. And such. Worthy Mentions Underoath – Define The Great Line Jars Of Clay – Good Monsters Norma Jean – Redeemer Stavesacre – How To Live With A Curse Riley Armstrong – La Loop Beck [...]
Comatose Skillet Ardent / Lava / Atlantic Released 10.03.06 11 tracks / 41:59 minutes Some things get better with age. To my great disappointment, Skillet is not one of them. Skillet’s music has soundtracked a good portion of the last eight years of my life. I have unabashedly been a “panhead.” I took the Greyhound [...]