Road Trip: Ireland It's common to hear people talking about their dream vacation. And while that phrase has a wide and varied meaning you can almost take it literally if the journey in question is to the charming green world known as Ireland.
Rock Reads: Bruce Springsteen: The Light in Darkness To this day, I can't go to a Springsteen show without someone telling me a tall tale about how they saw Springsteen "play an eight-hour show and then he took out a broom and swept the floor of the club". It's almost laughable, but understandable.
SwampDaWamp - Rock This Country SwampDaWamp is a band for the real working class man and true Americans. They're a band that likes to get down and party with the best of them but also a band that has morals and is patriotic to their country.
Keith Urban Live in Chicago Nov 2009 Urban kicked it all off with an intimate full band performance for a few hundred fans at Joe's on Weed Street in Chicago. He brought the tour full circle with a one-off acoustic/ Q&A performance for a mere 300-fans once again at Joe's.
The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists If you're a metal head, you need to buy this book immediately and start reminiscing about the stories, nitpicking at stuff he forgot, gloating over the excellence of this genre in general, and marveling at the devotion of the author.
Megadeth Live Thrash titans Megadeth led a mixed bag of bands to the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Saturday, November 14. Despite an undercard well beneath Megadeth's caliber, the legendary band delivered such a barnstorming set the night was still a roaring success.
Hot In The City: Age of Evil, Triple Double Band, blessthefall and The Word Alive It's not often that a band whose members are still in high school draws raves from a respected rocker like ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman. But Age of Evil has done just that. Kevin gives you more on this and other "hot" new releases from AZ bands!
On The Record: New Tales to Tell---A Tribute to Love & Rockets- Wax Tailor A who's who of music greats team up to pay tribute to Love & Rockets and Kevin pays tribute to the color vinyl LP release and 7" color single. Plus he reviews the new "vinyl disc" from Wax Tailor featuring ASM.
The Fall Of Troy - In The Unlikely Event The stylistic progression works well, combining jarring polyrhythmic lines with groove and extending beyond that. If you're an adventurous listener unfamiliar with them, this is as good a place as any to jump into their catalog.
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