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Category Archives: music reviews
Take a [Late Night Drive Home] to alternative rock bliss
So far, 2024 has been a wonderful year for discovering new alternative rock music. First Been Stellar and now a terrific band out of the El Paso, Texas area. In both cases. I have to thank Britain’s NME (New Music … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, alternative, El Paso, fun, history, Late Night Drive Home, music, new music, reviews, rock, songs, Texas, tracks, tunes
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Tardy Tuesday Tunes: Best songs with a year in the title
Below are my favorite songs (heard to date) that include a calendar year in the song title. Until a few weeks ago, 1979 had held the top spot for many years, but Kids 1995 by Been Stellar has surpassed it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Been Stellar, fun, Kids 1995, music, songs, tracks, tunes, video
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Tuesday Tunes: Most under appreciated rock album of each decade
2020s (to date) – fourth ep – girlhouse (2023) 2010s – Kintsugi – Death Cab for Cutie (2015) 2000s – Logic will Break Your Heart – The Stills (2003) 1990s – Underworld – Divinyls (1996) 1980s – Warrior – Scandal … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, art, Artful Dodger, bands, DCFC, Divinyls, fun, girlhouse, history, music, rock, Scandal, The Stills
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“There’s Something About”…Been Stellar
Updated 4/3/24 Holy crap this band is good! Got my first chance to listen to Been Stellar (yes named after movie comedian Ben Stiller) after seeing an article about them on NME.com. Am I ever glad I gave them a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Audiotree, Been Stellar, Ben Stiller, EPs, fun, indie, Indie Rock, lyrics, music, new music, NYC, review, reviews, rock, rock music, Scream From New York NY, songs, The Strokes, tunes. albums, writing
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“Portraits” is a monumental rock album by Quarters of Change
Though Portraits by Quarters of Change (QOC) was just released on January 26, 2024, in this rock music aficionado’s mind it may have already have claimed the title for best rock album of 2024. It certainly will be tough to … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, alternative rock, art, entertainment, fun, indie, lyrics, music, New York City, Portraits, Quarters of Change, rock, songs
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Favorite songs from previous years first heard in 2023
Below is my list of favorite songs from previous years that were first heard in 2023. With four spots on the list including an amazing song that was wonderfully covered by The Pretenders in 1999, the rocking Australian band Divinyls … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, entertainment, fun, history, lyrics, music, songs, tunes
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Ten+ best TV shows, movies, & books in 2023
The following are my ten favorite television shows, movies, music, and books seen/heard/read for the first time in 2023. These will be updated from time-to-time and with end-of-the-year results. TELEVISION – Comedies 1. The Bear (Season 2) FX/Hulu 2. Ted … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, art, comedy, drama, entertainment, film, fun, movies, music, songs, television, video
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Tuesday Tunes: Song titles of the rock era that contain state names: A-M
These include, rock, pop, indie, alternative, folk, punk, new wave, country rock, Motown, and similar rock music sub-genres. When known, the years of the release is listed with the song title and artist. Any additions, corrections, or suggestions are most … Continue reading
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Tagged art, entertainment, fun, geography, history, lyrics, music, song titles, songs, state names, states
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Tuesday Tunes: Favorite rock musician(s) by nation
Australia: Divinyls Canada: Metric Denmark: New Politics England: Wolf Alice Finland: Delay Trees France: M83 Germany: Scorpions Ireland: U2 Italy: Maneskin Netherlands: Golden Earring New Zealand: Split Enz Norway: A-Ha Scotland: Trashcan Sinatras Sweden: The Hives USA: girlhouse Wales: The … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, art, bands, fun, music, performers, rock, songs
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Now’s the time to “think about” listening to girlhouse!
Back on May 4th, girlhouse released her fourth EP in just two (2) years. This weekend, she’s embarking on a concert tour across the country. And late last week, while we driving through Amarillo, Texas we heard her music for … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, concerts, EPs, girlhouse, Lauren Luiz, lyrics, music, records, songs, tracks, tunes
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