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Archive for the ‘Album Reviews’ Category

October 2nd, 2007

Cake - B-Sides and Rarities

The Sacramento natives just released their 6th album, which is a collection of b-sides and rarities, just as the title implies.
Among the songs on the 12 disc compilation is a number of diverse covers done Cake style, ranging from Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”, Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night”, Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give […]

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September 25th, 2007

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

The evolution of the Foo Fighters discography has been an interesting one.
The band’s self-titled debut featured only Dave Grohl, in an attempt to establish himself as a new force in the music world. The band’s follow up, The Colour and the Shape became an instant classic. Their third album, There Is Nothing Left To Lose, was […]

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September 25th, 2007

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

The evolution of the Foo Fighters discography has been an interesting one.
The band’s self-titled debut featured only Dave Grohl, in an attempt to establish himself as a new force in the music world. The band’s follow up, The Colour and the Shape became an instant classic. Their third album, There Is Nothing Left To Lose, was […]

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September 18th, 2007

Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild

It’s hard to believe that it’s taken Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder so long to release an entire non-Pearl Jam album. Afterall, Stone Gossard has Brad and one solo album, Jeff Ament with Three Fish, Matt Cameron has Wellwater Conspiracy and Mike McCready had Mad Season and The Rockfords.
That’s not to say that Vedder hasn’t […]

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September 4th, 2007

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

It’s that time of year when the dreaded school year begins, but who said it can’t be fun?
I’m sure that many of us at some point saw a Schoolhouse Rock short, whether you were around in the 70’s or not. But, if you had never heard of Schoolhouse Rock, you certainly had to in […]

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August 28th, 2007

Black Market Radio - Better Than A Killer

The first question you may be asking is, who exactly is Black Market Radio.
Well, that’s a good question. Black Market Radio is a New  City based band formed by Peter Cornell (this would be Chris Cornell’s brother) and bassist Keith Mannino. Currently, the band is rounded out by the brothers Hummel on guitar and drums.
Better […]

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August 21st, 2007

The Flaming Lips - U.F.O’s at the Zoo

If you have ever seen the spectacle that is a Flaming Lips concert, then you know that this band is one of the best live shows around. Imagine their already famous show, but at a zoo in their hometown. That’s exactly what U.F.O’s at the Zoo delivers.
Filmed on September 15, 2006 at the Zoo Amphitheater in […]

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August 21st, 2007

The Flaming Lips - U.F.O’s at the Zoo

If you have ever seen the spectacle that is a Flaming Lips concert, then you know that this band is one of the best live shows around. Imagine their already famous show, but at a zoo in their hometown. That’s exactly what U.F.O’s at the Zoo delivers.
Filmed on September 15, 2006 at the Zoo Amphitheater in […]

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August 14th, 2007

Mad Season - Above

So last week I wrote an FYI post about Alice in Chains and another B5 blogger, Jennifer who writes some great stuff at Hippie Sounds, reminded me of Mad Season’s Above.
Mad Season was a Seattle supergroup consisting of AIC frontman Layne Staley, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and […]

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August 7th, 2007

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

This was STP’s third, and in my opinion, their best album from 1996. While Core was a decent debut and Purple remains a classic; Tiny Music established STP as one of the best bands from the 90’s. The album was, and still is, incomparable to the rest of STP’s catalog.
Scott traded in his rougher […]

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