Long-time readers of the blog should know that I'm a big fan of Austin-based The Eastern Sea.  I first profiled the band in the now-defunct "mmm" feature almost two years ago, and reviewed a copy of the band's debut EP back in July of 2008, giving it a...

Joy Division:  Unknown Pleasures Originally Released:  June 15, 1979 Genres:  Indie Rock, Post-Punk Rating:  5 out of 10 I gave up on trying to like Joy Division shortly into my first listen to Unknown Pleasures.  Whether it was the...

Over two years ago, I wrote a list on this blog titled, The Top 5 Artists I Absolutely Have to See Live Before I Die.  It's quite a mouthful of a title, and the bands on the list were no less epic.  Since I wrote that article, I've seen 4 of the 5...

Okay, okay...maybe I got the billing wrong, but in my world that's the way things were last night.  Now I know that the reason 50,000 human beings decided to pay outrageous ticket and parking prices ($20 to park, seriously?) was to see U2 do their...

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