For those of you who know me, you know I have an unholy fascination with Canadian indie music. I’ve even gone so far as to suggest that I wish I could come back in another life as a scenester in the Canadian music scene.
There’s this one song that kept nagging at me, at the back of my mind. I’d hear it, love it, forget about it for a while, hear it again and love it again. The song is Killing[...]
Archive for September, 2006
The 84 Lumber Golf Classic was this past week and there were more than enough ‘complimentary’ tickets going around, so we said, “What the heck. Let’s go.”
But not to see the PGA Tour. Oh no. What we went to see was the Black Eyed Peas. On the Polo Field at Nemacolin Woodlands. In the mud.
Opening act for the Peas was Margot A or B or C or T. She was just okay. Her bandmates tried to get the crowd to[...]
Okay, I’ve gone way beyond my teenage crush and straight into obsession with this new CD, FutureSex/LoveSounds. Yeah, I’ve heard all the songs now, compliments the internets. Will this stop me from buying the CD. Oh, hell no. I’ve got it in my Amazon shopping cart right now.
My favorite track, by far, is still …What Goes Around…Comes Around (Interlude). I’m a sucker for orchestral elements in popular music, so the strings hooked me first. Secondly, JT’s voice shows some[...]
You gotta love the Hype Machine. Always a good place to discover new music. I’m skimming the “Most Blogged” list and thought, “What a cool band name. Let me check them out.” Silversun Pickups is certainly an intriguing name, but once I heard their music, well, intrigued just isn’t a big enough word for how badly I needed to hear their entire catalogue.
I’m seeing comparison to Smashing Pumpkins all over the place, and I get that. Although some of[...]
