When you’re sick, you go to the doctor to get fixed. When your car is broke you can take it to a mechanic for a repair. When you want to hear live music, you always can put in an album. Or, you can get tickets and see it in person. When it comes to getting [...]

Do you remember Vanessa Carlton? Most of us know her as the one who introduced us to ”A Thousand Miles,” a peppy, pretty, popular, pop song (say that three times fast), back in 2002. It was a strong single, followed by “Ordinary Day.” I attended her concert in Boston and was thoroughly delighted by the performance, albeit [...]

The nominees were released, and I sorted through the list. Below are my picks for some of the 109 categories listed on the website. I do recommend checking the site, http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx, and making your list of picks and checking out what I missed.

Category 1: Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Category 2: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Category 3: Viva [...]

If it was a lesser artist who accused Coldplay of plagiarism, no one would mind. But no less than Joe Satriani is suing the band for allegedly copying some of the melody of his 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly” for their Grammy nominated hit song “Viva La Vida”. Most of Coldplay’s fans probably do [...]

I’m afraid for the youth of the future. They will never appreciate an album. The whole economy and social security thing is pretty bad, but not being able to enjoy a piece of art? That is a tragedy.
No thanks to Steve Jobs and the iPod, kids don’t buy albums, they buy singles. Jobs has done [...]

Since there is no proper etiquette for a general admission show, I’m going to cover some ground rules and tips for surviving the floor while trying to enjoy the show.

Be sure to eat before the show and have some water. When you’re on the floor you may not get a chance to use the [...]

I’ve always liked alternative rock, it’s not too heavy, not too light, for me it’s “just right.” I consider it the gray area between heavy metal and pop, though I can understand if other disagree. I really love the sound of Three Days Grace, but honestly the lyrics seem too depressing, an example track title being the [...]

It must be fall, and how do I know for certain? Easy, Don Henley’s answer to Thin Lizzy is in heavy rotation on the radio. No, not that song about dirty clothing, it’s “The Boys of Summer”, silly. Think about it: that song is the answer to “The Boys Are Back in Town” by Thin [...]

Only Axl Rose could create this much hype. Get ready, America, for two shots of turkey next month: Thanksgiving and Chinese Democracy, the long awaited (by whom?) new album from the latest incarnation of Guns N’ Roses.
I will admit whenever I hear “My Michelle” on the radio, I feel the need to roll down [...]

Even after leaving The Misfits, Doyle Frankenstein knew that he still would have music as a part of his life. The punk legend went on to form Kryst The Conqueror before his recent formation of the metal band Gorgeous Frankenstein. Doyle’s newfound metal home is steadily building a cult following of metalheads and punk [...]