Garth Brooks Eyes Concert Tour in 2014, Yearwood May Join
July 16, 2012
Though Garth Brooks announced his official retirement 12 years ago, he has often opened up the possibility of a new tour after all of his children are out of high school – and he reiterated this point recently, implying that he could be on
Concert Review: Slayer at Mayhem Festival in Atlanta
July 15, 2012
The crowds at Atlanta’s Mayhem Festival survived the onslaught of heavy hitting bands who rocked the Jaegermeister and Sumerian Records stages. As evening crept closer to Slipknot’s closing bell, the crowd found their feet and displayed the horns when friggin’ Slayer mounted the stage.
Concert Review: Motorhead at Mayhem Festival in Atlanta
July 15, 2012
After a couple weeks of seeing what the rest of the country had to offer, the Mayhem Festival parked their rigs and tourbuses at Lakewood Amphitheatre (the kids may know it better by its corporate moniker — Aaron’s Amphitheatre) in Atlanta, Georgia for one
5 Best Music Films and Documentaries on Netflix Instant Right Now
July 14, 2012
As a result of their recent beef with Dish Network, Viacom not only pulled all their channels from the popular satellite provider, but decided to punish everyone by also disabling many video feeds from the internet sites for their popular stations. What does this
Album Review: Slash ‘Apocalyptic Love’
July 14, 2012
With his first solo record, 2010’s Slash, Saul Hudson went for the Carlos Santana approach with a diverse set of songs and a host of featured singers. It was a good enough record, but for the followup Slash has opted instead to work with
Album Review: Carrie Underwood ‘Blown Away’
July 13, 2012
It’s no surprise that Carrie Underwood is the most successful among her American Idol alumni, and she would likely have been able to achieve the same level of success even without the show. Since 2006 she has released four albums, selling millions of copies,
Stevie Nicks Confirms Fleetwood Mac 2013 Reunion
July 12, 2012
Stevie Nicks has confirmed that Fleetwood Mac is planning to reunite next year. In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” the singer for the band didn’t offer many details, but said that the reunion is in the works. “It’s the plan,” she said. “Because
Album Review: R Kelly ‘Write Me Back’
July 11, 2012
Write Me Back is a direct followup to 2010’s Love Letter. With that album, R. Kelly was able to show his prowess in a new light, and thus separate himself from all of the controversy and weirdness that his career had become. It was
Album Review: Usher ‘Looking 4 Myself’
July 5, 2012
Since the first time I saw Usher perform, which I suppose had to have been around 1997, I found myself in the odd position of advocating the man, singing his praises with wild and uncharacteristic hyperbole. I didn’t even like his music very much–I
Album Review: Regina Spektor ‘What We Saw from the Cheap Seats’
July 3, 2012
Many of the tracks on What We Saw From the Cheap Seats have already been heard by fans over the past ten years, but it probably wouldn’t be fair to call this album a b-side collection. Regina has completely reworked some of her older