Ringo Starr has long been a divisive factor in the world of music, both for casual listeners and musicians themselves. There are those, like me, who think he’s an excellent player, and those who think he’s not at all. Some of the latter agree with the remark that he wasn’t even the best drummer in… Read More Tuesday Tunes: Ringo’s Top Ten Drum Parts
Now that we’re back from our Easter hiatus (hopefully everyone had a good holiday whether you celebrate Easter or just like candy), I (finally) have a new Tuesday Tunes coming up this week, so I thought I’d use this post as a tie-in. You’ll understand how that works in two days, so be sure to… Read More Song of the Week: “Snookeroo” (Ringo Starr)
If the Piano Man is right, The City that Never Sleeps is going to be sleeping with the fishes this year. First, I should note that I used the 12 Gardens Live version of the song not because I couldn’t find the original Turnstiles version, but because I just like it better. It has more energy and… Read More Song of the Week: “Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)” (Billy Joel)
Today would have been David Bowie’s 70th birthday, and Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of his death. So this week I thought it would be more than appropriate to honor him. “Life on Mars?” is, to me, a bit of an underrated song. It’s not totally unknown, of course, and I don’t think I’ve ever… Read More Song of the Week: “Life on Mars?” (David Bowie)
When I decided to use this week’s Song of the Week to promote Honeyblood’s new album, Babes Never Die, I did so without realizing that it was the tenth anniversary of My Chemical Romance’s seminal album The Black Parade. So I decided to make up for it with a full album review. For those who don’t know,… Read More Friday Flashback: The Black Parade
Continuing my recent trend of talking about an artist before their new album comes out, I’m following this week’s Song of the Week with a full album review. You would think that a band called Honeyblood (it’s a self-titled album) would be playing some seriously hard metal, right? You’d be wrong. Actually, I’m not really… Read More Tuesday Tunes: Honeyblood
Continuing the recent trend of featuring a song from an upcoming album, this week I present the first pre-order track from Honeyblood’s new album, Babes Never Die, which drops this Friday. From the start, “Ready for the Magic” feels like a bit of a departure from Honeyblood’s earlier work. For one, I’m not 100% certain, but… Read More Song of the Week: “Ready for the Magic” (Honeyblood)
A few weeks ago, I chose a new Green Day track as the Song of the Week in anticipation of the new album. So this week I thought I’d do the same for The Pretty Reckless. “Take Me Down” was the first single released for Who You Selling For, and quite frankly I think it’s the best.… Read More Song of the Week: “Take Me Down” (The Pretty Reckless)
Today marks the last day of the 2016 New York Comic Con, so I thought it would be appropriate to honor the occasion with a perennial nerdy classic from 1986. As a big Transformers fan, this song felt like the most appropriate option. Sure, I could have gone with a pretty much anything composed by John… Read More Song of the Week: “The Touch” (Stan Bush)
A lot of bands lately are releasing tracks early for those who pre-order an upcoming album, and Green Day is no exception. So in advance of the imminent release of Revolution Radio, I thought I would showcase one of these tracks. “Still Breathing” became one of my favorite Green Day songs the moment I heard it.… Read More Song of the Week: “Still Breathing” (Green Day)
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