I’ve been a fan of the Handsome Furs since I heard their first single, What We Had, from their first record, Plague Park. Now husband and wife team, Dan Boeckner (also of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic) and Alexei Perry hit the road to support their second record, Face Control.
And it rocks just as hard, [...]
For today’s Fresh Track, I thought I’d throw out the killer song that will be rockin’ the parties all summer long: Lonely Island’s I’m On A Boat. This is actually a group comprised of Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg and SNL writers Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. You may remember them from Dick [...]
I’m a Coldplay fan. Probably not enough of a fan to shell out hundreds of dollars for good seats when they’re on tour, but good enough that I have all their records and am happy to throw them on for some good, mindless and enjoyable listening. Are they as good as U2? Not a chance [...]
Oh boy, I’ve been waiting for this album to drop (as they say in the hood) for awhile now, ever since American Idiot wormed itself into my brain a few years ago. I was one of the first to get 21st Century Breakdown when it was released today and my first impressions are that it’s [...]
Time for a Rock n’ Roll Doubleshot of great tuneage. Kings of Leon are blowing up this year on this side of the Atlantic. The first song that made me fall in love with them was Fans, off their 2007 album, Because of the Times.
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Get Fans on iTunes.
Their big [...]
