Posted on August 1, 2009 by James Brown
So, I’m actually going to do a bit of fanservice to the South here. Because let’s face it folks… Only two things have really come out of Bowling Green anyone actually gives a shit about. Matt Sussman and Cage the Elephant. In all honesty, I think most of America only likes one of them… Enough [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by James Brown
I think it’s pretty well known that Our Lady Peace, aka OLP, is well known around the world. In fact, they’re known in just about every realm from music, to sports, to professional wrestling. Yeah, you heard me, professional wrestling. You remember Chris Benoit’s theme, “Whatever”, right? These guys made it. So, now that all [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by James Brown
Mastodon has been a band that I’ve never really been able to get a grip on, honestly. These Atlanta based metalheads haven’t exactly been on my playlists too often, until one of our new writers actually told me to get in a good listen to them. Needless to say, I did. Crack the Skye is [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by James Brown
It’s been a good while since we’ve heard from Mos Def. Well, musically, that is. Mos has been making his mark lately in movies. The most recent one I can recall is the comedy with Jack Black, Be Kind Rewind. If you ask the guys from Lowposts, his last album was quite lackluster. That album [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by James Brown
If you’re a child of the 80s, you should know the names of Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Joe Satriani. Children of the 90s should know Chad Smith quite well. What do you get when you combine one half of the former Van Halen Mach II, one of the greatest guitarists of all times, and [...]
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