The word “super group” gets thrown around a lot – so I won’t use it. Them Crooked Vultures is a near perfect union of 3 monster talents: Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), and John Paul Jones (from this little band called Led Zeppelin). Josh’s buzzsaw guitar attack and smooth, [...]
I stumbled across this song while making a mixtape for someone (that’s what you give for Christmas when you’re poor). Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” caught me by surprise and I listened to it so much that I nearly missed this song, “As Simple as …” With production help from MGMT and Ratatat among others, [...]
I wasn’t really sure what an Avi Buffalo was. Come to find out, it’s a kid from Long Beach, California named Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg. Sounds Irish. He’s only 18 years old which means this song could suck worse than I think it does, but for now it’s stuck in my head.
A full moon hung over the perfect storm that brewed below on the streets of downtown Miami. On a near 80 degree night in late-December, New Year’s Eve revelers, Phish heads, and Lady Gaga fans came together in such a mind-boggling confluence that it didn’t merely defy the laws of physics, but actually tore a [...]
I didn’t really put too much thought into this, but I heard it on the way back from Miami (More on my first Phish concert shortly) yesterday and figured it was a good a song as any for a New Year’s message. It’s sort of positive, yet sad enough for me to like it. Go [...]
