One of the first shows I ever saw was Shudder to Think, February 1992 at Rockafella’s in Columbia, SC. I got older and they broke up. Well, they reunited for a small tour this year, and I was lucky enough to see them. It was awesome.This is X-French Tee Shirt, from their major label debut, Pony Express Record.
Judging from the Live in Phoenix album, Fall Out Boy is the worst live band ever. Great albums… horrible live.
Bonus… also contains the worst cover of Beat It ever put to tape.
In this case, the left hand knows exactly what the right hand is doing: they’re both giving you the finger.
REM’s new album, Accelerate, was released today, and it is awesome. Go and buy the Special Edition CD+DVD! Hooray!
Of course, that dirty little trickster Karma conspired against me again today. REM played at Rockefeller Plaza this morning, a short cab ride from my hotel. And where was I, stuck in a meeting! Blast and Double Blast!
On April 1, REM is set to release Accelerate, its first album since 2004’s Around the Sun, and the first single off of Supernatural Superserious, is awesome. Music critics from Spin, Paste, and many others are hailing the album as a return to form, and the strongest album since 2001’s Reveal.
The story on REM over the past view years is that they had lost their way, and were now no more than a nostalgia act. While I agree that Around the Sun was a stylistic and musical mess, Reveal was one of the best albums of 2001, and would have been hailed as such if any other band had released it.
With this new album, it seems as if they have returned to form, and I am eagerly awaiting its release; something I haven’t done in a very long time.
Last month, The Killers put out Sawdust, an album of B-sides and covers. Included was a respectable cover of Kenny Rogers’ Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town. Since then, I’ve been listening to a fair amount of Kenny Rogers. Today, I found this little gem on the Tubes. Kenny Rogers… on the Muppet Show.
Oh yeah. Ike Died Today.
Jeff Magnum of NMH doing the original version of Holland 1945.
Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra and Brand New cover Neutral Milk Hotel’s Holland, 1945. This is the shit.
