I was hoping that the sad, sad weather lately was just a passing depression, but it has gone on long enough for me to realize the parade of different shades of grey isn’t going anywhere. I’m trying really hard to hold on to that sunny Summer feeling of earlier in the season with some help [...]
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I make no bones about knowing next to nothing about music news. I don’t follow it very aggressively and tend to zero in on those stories that light a fire under me. So, everytime my at bat for the Round-Up comes around I break out in panic sweats trying to find out what, if anything, [...]
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This song – the Pretenders’ third single from their debut album (pictured) – doesn’t really need any justification for being called a Classic. It’s simply lovely. It’s a little bit sexy, but in an incredibly sweet way. It proves that love songs don’t have to be slow and gooey and full of pain to be [...]
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Today’s Backtrack is a time-warp of sorts. Not wanted them to get buried underneath the next batch of music I get, I took the opportunity to listen to some CDs I got last month. Out popped this white-ass dude Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & The True Loves. You would be forgiven for assuming Eli Reed & [...]
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Lime Headed Dog is Joel Cox of Good Shoes fame. Strangely, his MySpace page raises more questions than it answers – what with the porny blog entries and no information it provides. So I’m not sure whether this band is just a fun side project or whether he’s really going to release music under that [...]
Filed under: Music, New Band Day | Tagged: Good Shoes, Indie, Lime Headed Dog, Must Hear, Rock | 2 Comments »
