Yeah I’m a week behind on recapping this show but to be fair it’s probably taken me this long to recover from it. Man, Springsteen just doesn’t quit. Between his 66 year old self rocking out for over 3 hours as well as his 90 year old dancing partner I really shouldn’t be the one complaining…
I wouldn’t say that a beer tasting…at a casino…in the middle of Minnesota is the place you should normally go to find a punk rock show. But beggars can’t be choosers, and I’m Begs McGee here, desperate to listen to something that isn’t country music or talk radio about lake fishing. And to be fair, The…
The downside of writing about music for fun is that you don’t get paid any money. The upside is that you can get as drunk as you want at a show and you probably won’t get fired. Plus, it’s Empty Bottle Evenings. It’s kind of the point. Our Drunk Guy Recaps are not just a…
I was having dinner at a restaurant a few weeks ago and The Clash’s “Spanish Bombs” started playing. This got me thinking (shocking I know) so I went home and listened to London Calling for the first time in ages. Then that got me thinking more about The Clash. Their 3rd album is their masterpiece,…
Tonight even if you don’t like football you will probably be watching the Super Bowl. I don’t care who wins, I hate commercials, and I have no money on the line but I’ll be watching too. We have no choice. We’re American. It calls to use in inexplicable ways like fried food and pornography. But…
I’ve seen Josh Ritter in Massachusetts. And in Maine. And in Montreal. Thankfully for alliteration’s sake I’ve moved to Minnesota. Wednesday night it was finally time to drive to “the cities” and take in a concert for the first time in the next M’s favorite “M” city. Ritter delivered as usual. His positive energy…
When I found out that there was live music less than 10 minutes from my house I was ecstatic, which says a lot since I think the last time I was ecstatic was probably when I was able to find rare action figures at Toys R Us. I don’t know if Toys R Us is…
After finishing an exhausting list of albums from 2015, I’m sick of last year. Nothing good came out. Music is dead. Everything that I listened to was a dreaful waste of time, Alright, I’m not being entirely truthful. But after listening to a slew of new material I’m not interested in seeing what 2016 has…
Here we go. My favorite 25 Albums of 2015. In case you missed Part I where I ponder Kendrick Lamar and go through my honorable mentions, click HERE. 25) Justin Townes Earle | Absent Fathers – JTE’s bluesy country musings on being ditched by his dad, romantic heartbreak, and trying to sort out your shit…
Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar. He is all that matters in music in 2015. Apparently. In the 3 years since Lamar’s previous album, his following had been growing and growing. Not just in the hip-hop community but among people normally more interested in indie, alternative, punk, or even weirder, not interested in music at…
