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Passenger - Walk You Home

Passenger’s new single (well, for the US anyway) Night Vision Binoculars is one of those irresistible tunes that you can’t help but play over and over.  What starts as a romantic paean to unrequited love quickly unravels to reveal a disturbed and obsessive boy.  The song is bouncy and the lyrics are oddly comical. Ah, [...]

Album Review: Ready Fire Aim ‘This Changes Nothing’

You gotta admire a group whose name echoes my strategy in dealing with life. Ready Fire Aim are Sage Rader (Vocals, Lyrics, Electric Violin & Synths), Shaun Morris (Production, Mixing, Engineering & Synth), and JTR3 (drummer for the live shows).
Their debut CD entitled This Changes Nothing has just been released and it is a [...]

The Cure’s New Single ‘The Only One’

Leading up to The Cure’s perpetually delayed, yet eagerly anticipated album, the band will release a single on the 13th of each month which began on May 13th. Also generating buzz is guitarist Porl Thompson’s celebrated return to the group. (Side note: Porl’s current look rendered him unrecognizable to me.) And if that isn’t [...]

Album Review: R.E.M. ‘Accelerate’

After a string of listenable, yet lackluster releases (Up, Reveal, Around the Sun), R.E.M. retools and gives us a taut and energetic album.
I remember listening to 2004’s Around the Sun and thinking, “Man, these guys are ready to hang it up.”  Well, all that has changed with Accelerate.  In keeping with the album’s title, the [...]

The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride

Release Date - February 19th
The Mountain Goats are back, and don’t disappoint.  The songs are tight, timeless and Darnielle’s narratives (through his familiar nasally delivery) are heartfelt and earnest.  The band’s passion is evident in this recording and I frequently found myself nodding my head saying, “Hell ya, that’s how it’s done”.  Heretic Pride is [...]

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