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Concert Review: Matisyahu at Georgia Theatre in Athens
October 26, 2012
It was a quiet Thursday night in downtown Athens, as the usual bustling bar scene was replaced by tranquil streets and relative calm. Last night marked the start of the Georgia/Florida football weekend and UGA’s coordinating fall break, and undoubtedly many students were en route to the Landing in Jacksonville for the World’s Largest Cocktail
Album Review: Mumford & Sons ‘Babel’
October 22, 2012
The opening minute of “Babel” immediately sounds like any song from Sigh No More, revealing both the strength of the band’s motif and perhaps their total lack of flexibility or ability to grow. This opening track addresses the question posed to all bands with their sophomore releases, and the answer appears clear: Mumford & Sons
Album Review: Muse ‘The 2nd Law’
October 22, 2012
The story of this record for most fans seems to be that Muse has changed things up again, but that isn’t really the case from my perspective. Sure, there are a couple of new elements present, but it’s nothing outside of their already very broad lexicon. The fact that they have gone this far without
Stevie Nicks Says Fleetwood Mac Tour Aiming for April 2013
October 17, 2012
Earlier this year Stevie Nicks confirmed that Fleetwood Mac will be going on tour next year, and now she has confirmed that the tour will likely begin around April or May 2013. “We go into rehearsals somewhere around the end of February,” Nicks told ABC News Radio recently. “So… if everything goes to plan, we
Album Review: Dave Matthews Band ‘Away From the World’
October 13, 2012
Dave Matthews has always been good to his fans. He has put out a standing offer, from an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, to correct the album cover when he signs autographs for fans who bring their copies. He opted not to include nipples on the nude women who adorn the cover of Away From
Album Review: Diana Krall ‘Glad Rag Doll’
October 12, 2012
Are you tired of mass produced and pandering music? Does raw talent turn you on more than image and spectacle? Do you long for a simple, beautiful collection of songs that aren’t obviously trying to sell you anything? Then you– yes, you– may be utterly put off by my infomercial-style sales pitch, but you should
More Rolling Stones Concert Dates Coming
October 11, 2012
The Rolling Stones just released their first single in six years, and it looks like we can expect some additional tour dates to go along with the new music. In late March, Billboard reported that an anonymous source revealed the band would play two shows at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and two shows at
Album Review: Green Day ‘¡Uno!’
October 11, 2012
Green Day was my favorite band when I was eleven years old, and it’s sort of surreal to me that they are still going and making almost exactly the same sort of music almost twenty years later. I imagine there is a generation who think Green Day got their start with American Idiot, and who
Album Review: Bob Dylan ‘Tempest’
October 10, 2012
It isn’t easy to review a living legend, because there is a small part of me that might want to go easy on Bob Dylan. After all, I am probably not qualified to offer criticism to a man who surely knows a bit more about music than I do. Even if I find fault with
Album Review: The Killers ‘Battle Born’
October 3, 2012
The Killers still feel like a young band. Granted, they are only in their thirties, but they manage to feel even younger, like twenty-somethings or even teenagers, poking at life with a long stick and exploring music and expression with great passion. They do it with respect for their own songs though, and they take
