So many albums, so little time. If an album didn’t cut it, it didn’t make the cut. Simplifying the process when it came to reviewing all the new albums released in 2022 eased the burden of writing reviews but prevented … Continue reading Top 10 Best Albums of 2022
Every Muse album, seemingly, has several outstanding tracks and a couple of pretty good to good tracks rounded out with a few that require some listening investment or, more plainly, you just skip. Though not a perfect record, Muse upends … Continue reading Album Review: Muse – Will Of The People
Happy New Year! The final Weekly Playlist. Though, it did ultimately serve the intended purpose of getting me to listen to more music, a month or so ago I had to make an extra effort, as I thought about letting this series lapse and not return. But the goal when I started at the end of August was to finish out the year even if ending on a whimper. Not a whole lot of music this week but I did pull out a few from the past and an obvious one. The Sam Morrison Band – Self-titled (album) I interviewed … Continue reading The Weekly Playlist – Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, 2022
Why can’t Coldplay just be normal? BE NORMAL! Please be a normal rock band. Oh forget it. Coldplay released Music of the Spheres, today, their ninth album showing the band continuing a foray into more experimental music far different from … Continue reading Album Review: Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
Imagine Dragons break some new ground while retaining their core sound on their fifth album Mercury – Act 1, out today, but mostly walk back into their own self-achieved genre. Finding immediate success with their smash debut album Night Visions … Continue reading Album Review: Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Act 1
UNPRECEDENTED! Tired of hearing it? So am I. But we do live in unprecedented times and we should probably just make “unprecedented” the title for 2020. Little did we know a year ago, concerts would come to a screeching halt … Continue reading Top 10 Best Coronavirus Songs
When an artist or band hits it big, whether on their debut album or after releasing a few records, several impediments often prevent a follow-up rise to the top. Remaking that big album or catching lightening in a bottle again … Continue reading Album Review: Alanis Morrissette – Such Pretty Forks in the Road
If such a thing exists as “too many cooks in the kitchen” then the same applies for “too many producers in the studio.” Muse released Simulation Theory their eighth studio album on Friday, an 11 song effort that features five … Continue reading Album Review: Muse – Simulation Theory
Well, that was different. If you’re going to write and record a concept album you might as well play the whole thing, front to back and center the accompanying tour around it. That’s exactly what Dream Theater did with their latest release The Astonishing and they brought it live to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR on Tuesday to the faithful. The casual fan, the mildly interested fan, even the old school fan still cranking out Images and Words and Awake on their way to work might have come away a bit less than inspired but the true … Continue reading Concert Review: Dream Theater – The Astonishing Live in Portland
English rockers Muse brought lights, a diverse setlist and even a bunch of high flying drones to Portland on Sunday night at the Moda Center as part of the band’s world tour in support of the trio’s seventh studio album Drones. Muse rocked out 19* songs during an hour and 45 minute set that included everything the band is known for in their live performances – a dominate stage show featuring a whole lot of lights, video display and of course some stellar playing. Muse Concert Review A dozen or so guards, who looked like the distant cousins of Star … Continue reading Concert Review: Muse Brings Drones to Portland
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