who: Four Year Strong
why: has announced a 2010 tour! This Time Next Year and Title Fight will be opening for FYS with the Bled joining in for the first half of the tour, and Strike Anywhere replacing them in the second half. I've seen these guys once before and let me tell you it was awesome. I wish the sound quality would have turned out a little better at the venue because I could hardly hear the vocals, but I got a good story out of it and they opened for Bayside which was a plus. But I'm ready to see them headline.
Find your venue!
Watch: "Bada Bing Wit' a Pipe"
Story Time
I excitedly walk into the bathroom after an amazing FYS set and approach one of two open urinals.
FYS keyboardist and aggression vocalist Josh Lyford steps in and chooses the empty urinal next to mine and proceeds to piss like a horse.
Me: "Dude, sweet show tonight man."
Josh: "...thanks man... sweet dick."
Josh zips up and leaves without saying another word to me or washing his hands. I appropriately laugh aloud to myself once he leaves.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Attention! - Letting Up Despite Great Faults
who: Letting Up Despite Great Faults
why: because I've been on this ambient/shoegaze/concrete trip lately and I can't get enough. If you listened to my autumn.oh.nine mix and liked the Small Black - "Despicable Dogs" track, you'll like LUDGF.
Unfortunately, Lala doesn't have their latest release available for streaming... but go check them out on myspace and see if you like what you hear.
Rating: fasho.
FFO: Small Black, Silversun Pickups, The Postal Service
why: because I've been on this ambient/shoegaze/concrete trip lately and I can't get enough. If you listened to my autumn.oh.nine mix and liked the Small Black - "Despicable Dogs" track, you'll like LUDGF.
Unfortunately, Lala doesn't have their latest release available for streaming... but go check them out on myspace and see if you like what you hear.
Rating: fasho.
FFO: Small Black, Silversun Pickups, The Postal Service
New Release Tuesday - November 17, 2009
who: John Mayer | Fall Out Boy
why: another slow week in releases, but I'm still doin' what it do.
This week, I would recommend checking out John Mayer's 'Battle Studies'. I understand if you're one of those people too afraid to admit you like John Mayer, but he's a stud... probably the most "influential" (not best) guitar player of our generation, and he's hilarious - so I don't see what's not to like. I was really pulling for him with his last release, 'Continuum', because he wasn't writing high-schooly love songs on that record - it was more mature and adventurous in its' topics. I think Jennifer Aniston shit on his heart with this one though... as he seems to have regressed back toward some more repetitive songs of heartbreak... So altogether, the album isn't as good as I would have hoped - but still the best thing to check out this week.
For some more music you'll try to act like you never liked (seems to be a theme this week), check out Fall Out Boy's "Greatest Hits" CD. I bashed the hell out of this when I heard it was being released... and I'm still not promoting that you buy it. Just give it a listen this week and reminisce about old times. I say don't buy it because they don't need the money from this record... you can buy better music that you don't already have... you can make your own Greatest Hits playlist on your iTunes, Lazy. This is a clear attempt by Island Records (who have whored FOB out on tour for a few years in a row now) to continue to milk the cash cow; and while I hope to one day work in the music industry - a shift needs to be made from making money - to promoting music, end of story.
Notables: Forever the Sickest Kids | Arctic Monkeys
why: another slow week in releases, but I'm still doin' what it do.
This week, I would recommend checking out John Mayer's 'Battle Studies'. I understand if you're one of those people too afraid to admit you like John Mayer, but he's a stud... probably the most "influential" (not best) guitar player of our generation, and he's hilarious - so I don't see what's not to like. I was really pulling for him with his last release, 'Continuum', because he wasn't writing high-schooly love songs on that record - it was more mature and adventurous in its' topics. I think Jennifer Aniston shit on his heart with this one though... as he seems to have regressed back toward some more repetitive songs of heartbreak... So altogether, the album isn't as good as I would have hoped - but still the best thing to check out this week.
For some more music you'll try to act like you never liked (seems to be a theme this week), check out Fall Out Boy's "Greatest Hits" CD. I bashed the hell out of this when I heard it was being released... and I'm still not promoting that you buy it. Just give it a listen this week and reminisce about old times. I say don't buy it because they don't need the money from this record... you can buy better music that you don't already have... you can make your own Greatest Hits playlist on your iTunes, Lazy. This is a clear attempt by Island Records (who have whored FOB out on tour for a few years in a row now) to continue to milk the cash cow; and while I hope to one day work in the music industry - a shift needs to be made from making money - to promoting music, end of story.
Notables: Forever the Sickest Kids | Arctic Monkeys
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