Artist Spotlight

Dhani Harrison Channels the Dark Horse

By Stacey Allen
October 22nd, 2008

Through a combination of a new album and a rather meticulously designed photo shoot, for a brief moment I could almost imagine it was a different era and one of my musical idols was still young and making new music… all courtesy of his progeny.

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Album Review

High Places by High Places

By Stacey Allen
September 28th, 2008

Every once and a while, an album comes into your life that serves a need that you didn’t realize needed filling. Within the first listen you appreciate it; by the second listen it is speaking to you in a soft whisper telling you everything is going to be alright; by the third listen, it wedges [...]

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Music News

Oasis, Takin’ It to the Streets…Literally

By Stacey Allen
September 17th, 2008

Screw leaking your album on the Internet to build buzz or leaving zip drives in the bathrooms at your concerts and alternate reality games (actually Trent, that idea was a genius lead up to Nine Inch Nail’s Year Zero, do it again!), if you’re looking for a new method by which to intrigue fans… take [...]

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Album Review

The Smithereens Strike a Cord with B-Sides The Beatles

By Stacey Allen
September 10th, 2008

In the beginning of 2007, New Jersey-based band The Smithereens paid the ultimate homage to one of their biggest influences by recording one of their albums, Meet the Beatles! in its entirety. The album, well-received by fans and critics alike, won the group a new audience by touching the Fab Four’s fans with the sincerity [...]

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Artist Spotlight

Old Music Made New: The Avalanches Rediscovered

By Stacey Allen
August 29th, 2008

Thanks to a misfiring synapse a few weeks ago, I was left obsessing over The Avalanches’ 2001 hit, “Frontier Psychiatrist,” for several days. It wouldn’t leave my brain until I finally gave into it. As I was too lazy to walk into the other room and grab the CD, I typed it into a Google [...]

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Commentary

Missing The Police for the Last Time

By Stacey Allen
August 11th, 2008

It’s official… and it’s all down hill from here. For the first time in my life (since I started attending concerts approximately 16 years ago), I am not taking advantage of the amazing amphitheater only a few miles from my house.

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Commentary

The Music Side of Dating

By Stacey Allen
July 31st, 2008

Ah, dating. The age-old method in which we try to find someone we can imagine spending time with… that may or may not lead to love and, if things work out really well, marriage. So many tomes have been written on how to find that perfect person.

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Commentary

What Type of Music Listener Are You?

By Stacey Allen
July 22nd, 2008

Have you ever thought about that fact that not all music fans are created the same? Yet, we’re all pretty easy to stereotype. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the most popular music listeners:

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