A Quick One While He's Away: This Writer's Ten Favorite Bands, Part 1
This week, since most of you are probably day-dreaming about the coming three-day holiday weekend (I mean, who has to wor…
Read moreThis week, since most of you are probably day-dreaming about the coming three-day holiday weekend (I mean, who has to wor…
Read moreOn Wednesday night, to a standing-room-only United Center crowd of adoring fans, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mull…
Read moreLike a lot of people, I enjoy the occasional Chemical Brothers tune. Who among us hasn't lost our minds on the dance …
Read moreDoes anyone else see Nate's uncanny resemblance to actor Frank Whaley? If the name Nate Ruess isn't a household …
Read more"If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and dial again. If this is L.A. Reid. pretending to talk on the pho…
Read moreComing off of a very successful trip to the Grammy awards, where the affable Mr. Hansen took home three awards, including…
Read more1. Expect to not hear yourself. In all my years of playing every dive bar, bowling alley, and snooty wine hall in the …
Read moreA GREAT Vocal Mic Can Make ALL The Difference! So there I was in the rehearsal studio of a band that was smack dab in…
Read moreSo you're in a band: You've got your drummer, your bass player, a guitarist who shreds, and a singer. You're r…
Read morePet Shop Boys-Please (1986) "West End Girls" was the sort of monumental worldwide pop hit from which most ba…
Read moreIt seems local punk legend/studio owner/engineer Steve Albini was keynote speaker at Spain's Primavera Sound 2015 mus…
Read moreIt was 68 years ago today that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. It was 48 years ago that the Beatles released the n…
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