Saturday marked my third trek back to DeKalb with the sole purpose of seeing the awesome power of rock duo Local H do what they do best. To my delight, both openers, Geronimo and Kinch, put on a very good show themselves. The first thing worth noting is that Otto’s in DeKalb is damn loud. [...]
This is another one of those albums that I’ve heard about in passing and has been recommended to me by online retailer algorithms based on past purchases. I’ll start off by saying that I like this album, but I’m not sure where to go from there; quite frankly it takes me a little bit out [...]
For a long time I’ve heard these rumblings about this Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, but actually knew nothing of them. The name suggested some obnoxious metal band to me, and I wasn’t really interested in learning more. Still, you can only ignore the rumblings for so long, and then you start kicking yourself for judging [...]
The New Pornographers are a Canadian Indie band on Matador Records. Though I’ve heard the name in passing, it was browsing Amazon.com that they were really brought to my attention. After browsing some other albums, Amazon insisted Twin Cinema was for me. It’s rare an online application alone will convince me to buy an album. [...]
While The Guess Who had their moment in the sun, they certainly didn’t enjoy the success of other 70s rockers like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd or The Who. Nonetheless, it surprises how many of my peers are unaware of The Guess Who. “You know, they did that song ‘American Woman,’” I say. “Oh, okay.” In [...]
The 1993 debut of Liz Phair, Exile In Guyville, received great reviews at the time of its release. I only know this because I did some research on the album before writing my own review. Honestly, I doubt I could have told you who Liz Phair was back in 1993 (or 1994-1996 for that matter). [...]