- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - The founder of the band, Alex Ebert, came up with the fictional character, Edward Sharpe, when we was writing a story after joining a 12-step program for addiction after he hit rough patch in his life. According to Ebert, Sharpe was "sent down to Earth to...
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Band Name Backgrounds
June 10th, 2010 Posted by Louise
Band names continue to baffle me. Seriously, how did a band actually decide upon the name Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros? Did you know that Edward Sharpe isn't even a real person, let alone a band member? Here's what is behind the name of these 5 bands:
YourMusic.com
February 18th, 2010 Posted by Louise
To be honest, it seems like purchasing CDs, real, tangible CDs, is a dying trend. People like iTunes (well, I don't). They're satisfied with hearing a song once or twice on Youtube, and not actually getting the hard copies of the music they like.
"Hey, wait! Weren't you the one who wrote an article on Grooveshark, an online tool for listening to music, just a couple weeks ago?"
Guilty as charged. I often hesitate to buy CDs, especially when I'm just exploring new artists, because I don't know if I'll ever want to listen to the music again after...
Boxes and Boxes
November 30th, 2009 Posted by J Frazzetta
There comes a point in the career of most musicians where someone will compile an unbelievable amount of stuff in a box and market it to the salivating masses for some outrageous price. And we, like idiots, will go and drop the money for material that has never been commercially available before, so we can show it off to other people.
This past week Columbia Records released a massive Miles Davis retrospective box set. It includes all 52 of the albums he recorded for Columbia on 70 CDs, the CDs are even designed to look like miniature vinyls, along with a...
Lack of Options
October 12th, 2009 Posted by J Frazzetta
I was never a huge fan of 104.1 WBCN. In high school I was a devoted listener to 107.3 WAAF, and I listened, not by choice, to Rock 101.1 when I worked in a kitchen. I went to college and worked for 91.3 WKNH, and since I’ve been out all I listen to is 92.1 WFNX. Now, maybe over the course of my dialing I stopped on WBCN to hear a few tunes, but overall I never really became attached to WBCN. Read More »
Summer Fix(er)s
September 8th, 2009 Posted by J Frazzetta
As the warm weather escapes us, we look to the fall and then the dormancy of winter. Well, don’t start hibernating just yet, jump on the ole Interweb and listen to some new singles from Pearl Jam, Weezer and Radiohead.
In anticipation of their new album Backspacer, out September 20, Pearl Jam sounds like they are in rare form. Single “The Fixer” has had some strong reception from audiences this summer and is doing well on radio play. Many speculate that this is a return to more alternative roots for the band. It certainly sounds like their catchiest song in quite...
