CD Reviews

Album Review: ‘Goodnight Moon Part II’ by Rookie of the Year

Posted: August 6, 2013 at 11:58 pm   /   CD Reviews, Local, Music

There are some songs/albums that just beg to be played on a summer car ride with the windows rolled down. I could list a dozen of each that I’ve played from my iPod/phone countless times. Beyond that, though, there are bands whose entire catalogs appear to be written in this manner. On a roadtrip with your […]

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Album Review: ‘Unimagine’ by Hands Like Houses

Posted: July 23, 2013 at 2:11 am   /   CD Reviews, Local, Music, Reviews

Perhaps it’s something they put in the water, but three of my favorite bands in recent memory have all hailed from the land down under. Back when I briefly played bass for a metal band(!), I was introduced to a metalcore band called Parkway Drive, an extremely talented brutal assault on your eardrums. After them […]

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Alexx Calise – In Avanti

Posted: June 1, 2010 at 7:55 am   /   CD Reviews, Local

As I returned to work Friday afternoon after picking up my corporate lunch at McDonald’s, I opened my e-mail to find an album awaiting me from a young lady named Alexx Calise. I read over the e-mail to make sure it was from an actual person and not the usual shady spam mail on how […]

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Framing Hanley – A Promise to Burn (CD Review)

Posted: May 24, 2010 at 10:32 am   /   CD Reviews, Local

Too often nowadays, it seems like a new album release from a favorite band is a bit like a date with me. The early promises sound terrific, and it seems like it has the potential to be something special, but you quickly discover underneath all the eye candy, there’s not much depth. After a while, […]

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Throwback Thursdays Volume 4-Nevermind-Nirvana

Posted: May 13, 2010 at 12:19 pm   /   CD Reviews, Local

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” was released on September 24, 1991.  The first single released from the album was “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”  In the age of hair metal and pure 80’s pop, this single was something completely different.  With influences ranging from punk to pop rock, self taught guitarist/vocalist Kurt Cobain and Bassist Krist Novoselic along with […]

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Throwback Thursdays Volume 3 – “The Beatles Anthology 2”

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 11:59 am   /   CD Reviews, Local

Hello Everyone!  It’s been a while, but I’m back with you’re weekly music nostalgia column.  This week the album in review is The Beatles Anthology 2. Now, I know I said I don’t like greatest hits records or records that take previous recordings and release them- most of the time if it wasn’t good enough […]

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Throwback Thursday Volume 2 – Bel Biv Devoe

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 11:26 pm   /   CD Reviews, Local

I checked what was next on the list of number one albums only to find out it was a greatest hits album.  While greatest hits albums are nice to have, I feel that they should be exempt from lists because I see them as a cheat.  What I mean is the band/artist just took their […]

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Throwback Thursdays: Volume 1 – Boys II Men II

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 12:01 am   /   CD Reviews, Featured, Local

So you are probably wondering why I decided to review an album from 1995 in an article in 2010, right? Good question. The answer is this: there is so much music out right now and with brand new music coming out every Tuesday, its easy to forget about the great music that came before. Of […]

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Heath Ledger Directed Music Video Released Today, iTunes Sales Go To Charity

Posted: August 4, 2009 at 4:46 pm   /   CD Reviews, Local, Viral Videos

It is hard to believe that we are coming up on almost two years since the tragic death of Heath Ledger. But the beloved actor lives on. Not only does he have a film coming out this year, Terry Gilliams “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” but his directorial debut was released today ion the form […]

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‘Who Said We’re Wack?’ The Lonely Island’s Incredibad

Posted: March 6, 2009 at 12:46 pm   /   CD Reviews, Local

Here is the first thing you need to know about the guys in The Lonely Island, they are going to have some stuff that will make you scratch your head. You are going to listen to a song like “Punch You in the Jeans” and be baffled by why anyone would think that song is […]

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