May 25, 201213 yr Has anyone listened to my man-crush, John Mayer's new album Born and Raised? Definitely a solid play and rebound from Battle Studies. This one has Continuum staying power, but it's in a more folk/Cali genre. Walt Grace is the star track of the album.
May 29, 201213 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 25, 2012 -> 08:09 AM) Foo Fighters I'll be seeing these, perchance, in Atlanta as a result of them playing the same festival as Pearl Jam. I've been meaning to see them for a while so this will be a nice bonus. Ludacris will be there too.
June 2, 201213 yr I've been banging this Legowelt early 90s rap mix for the last few days and love it. A bunch of obscure stuff from Memphis. Here's his description: Summer is coming so I made a little mix with my favorite 90s Memphis rap trax - one of the greatest music genres in history especially during its golden days circa 1993-1994 - Think over the top OMINOUS John Carpenter basslines, more tape smudge and obscurity then all minimal wave records in history, enchanting inspiring melodies and pure unadulterated poetry. More then 50 minutes of the most obscure best Memphis Rap songs all mixed to perfection to play LOUD in your car -> cruising in your neighborhood while u laugh and smirf at all the pedestrian jock bro mediocrity moving past you Can be found on his homepage by scrolling down a bit.
June 8, 201213 yr Tonight, Roger Waters brings "The Wall" to Wrigley Field. As usual, Alfonso Soriano will go nowhere near it.
June 9, 201213 yr A cool thing about the Roger Waters show that I heard a while back was that because of visuals and the presentation, closer isn't necessarily better. I remembered that today while I was taking a gander at how much tickets were going for on Stubhub. Never really got into Pink Floyd enough to consider going though.
June 9, 201213 yr I probably had the best tickets that Ill ever have to any show all things being considered. The Wall is an amazing show, but as a Pink Floyd fan its always bitter.
June 10, 201213 yr Watching a stream of Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Bonnaroo- Apart from Foo Fighters, I don't think there is another band that I like and dislike to this extent at the same time. It's weird. Also, the loss of John Frusciante (again) is really, really bad for the relevance of this band going forward, so make him an offer he can't refuse to bring him back or something. When you look past the era of EV Halen/Joe Perry/Slash, he's one of the better modern guitarists. The dude hired to replace him- notsomuch. It's like Ozzy replacing Zakk Wylde with Joe Holmes as a touring guitarist. There's nothing worse than when a guitarist replaces another one who wasa big part of the band for a long long time and plays parts that the departed guitarist crafted and wrote himself. Gun 'N Roses and Slash is a good example of this. Slash's replacement plays a lot of Slash's material better than Slash does from a technical standpoint. It sounds cold and has no feel- I would rather imagine Slash's playing than hearing someone plagiarize it. Edited June 10, 201213 yr by Swingandalongonetoleft
June 10, 201213 yr Ha that post is the exact problem with a Roger Waters show, the soul of Glmour is gone. But brilliance is catching fire, once its gone it may never come back.
June 11, 201213 yr Radiohead was good. Im not their biggest fan, but they did play both songs that I wanted to hear (Karma Police and Reckoner), they played a lot from In Rainbows which I was a fan of.
June 11, 201213 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 09:28 AM) CMA Fest tomorrow! Well that was a wild 4 days.
June 11, 201213 yr Author QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 12:42 PM) Radiohead was good. Im not their biggest fan, but they did play both songs that I wanted to hear (Karma Police and Reckoner), they played a lot from In Rainbows which I was a fan of. Something new from their setlist:
June 11, 201213 yr They actually played 2 new songs, Full Stop and Identikit. Which may indicate another album. It looks like that may have been the debut for Full Stop.
June 12, 201213 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 10:42 AM) Radiohead was good. Im not their biggest fan, but they did play both songs that I wanted to hear (Karma Police and Reckoner), they played a lot from In Rainbows which I was a fan of. I think I'm the only person in the world that has Pablo Honey > The rest of their catalog.
June 12, 201213 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) I think I'm the only person in the world that has Pablo Honey > The rest of their catalog. Haha probably. I don't hate on Pablo Honey as much as most people, but The Bends is definitely my favorite album. It's an absolutely fantastic record.
June 12, 201213 yr Today, I bought "Tim"* on vinyl at the record store the Replacements hung out at and their manager owned. Awesome. *They were out of Let it Be or else I would have gotten that. Tim's my second favorite though. It's their first major label album, and I think the commercial reception was only lukewarm. It's got some great songs on it -- Waitress in the Sky, Swingin Party, Bastards of Young, Left of the Dial, Here Comes a Regular. Also, the Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack) cover of Here Comes a Regular is pretty decent.
June 17, 201213 yr 1 dead, 1 hurt in Toronto at a Radiohead concert when a metal scaffolding collapsed minutes before fans were going to start coming into the show.
June 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (farmteam @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 10:20 PM) Haha probably. I don't hate on Pablo Honey as much as most people, but The Bends is definitely my favorite album. It's an absolutely fantastic record. Agreed on the Bends. One of the best albums of the 90's.
June 18, 201213 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 06:14 PM) 1 dead, 1 hurt in Toronto at a Radiohead concert when a metal scaffolding collapsed minutes before fans were going to start coming into the show. Watching a youtube clip of the Indiana stage collapse still gives me the heebie-jeebies a year after the fact.
June 19, 201213 yr I usually steer clear of outdoor music festivals cause of my hated or people, crowds of people, crowds of smelly people and the heat, but this line-up is RIDICULOUS (to me) http://fyffest.com/ And a HELL of a great price for weekend passes.... I will be there
June 19, 201213 yr QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 18, 2012 -> 11:28 PM) I usually steer clear of outdoor music festivals cause of my hated or people, crowds of people, crowds of smelly people and the heat, but this line-up is RIDICULOUS (to me) http://fyffest.com/ And a HELL of a great price for weekend passes.... I will be there Dionsaur Jr., nice. And Against Me! is there, so you can see what the show is like with Laura Jane Grace at the helm. She did her first show last month and it apparently went really well.
June 19, 201213 yr QUOTE (farmteam @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 08:16 AM) Dionsaur Jr., nice. And Against Me! is there, so you can see what the show is like with Laura Jane Grace at the helm. She did her first show last month and it apparently went really well. Yeah I'm curious to see how it all works out with her. The LA crowd should give a pretty warm reception i'd imagine. There are at least seven bands I want to see. That is such a high number (at least for me) to be on a festival line-up. Last years FYF Fest had literally zero bands I listened to. Also the LA Comedy scene is amazing so I imagine when the comedy line up is announced it'll be pretty stellar.
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