Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever
Red Light Fever In one of the funniest sketches from the short-lived Comedy Central programStella, Michael Showalter throws a dog out of an apartment window. His eyes water immediately as he dramatically apologizes, "I just threw your dog out of the window, and that was wrong of me." The joke is, of course, that being...
The Original Broadway Cast Recording - American Idiot Featuring Green Day
American Idiot (The Original Broadway Cast Recording) Despite what the haters may say, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with a punk band, especially one as big as Green Day, making a musical. They've got the funds, guts and chops, so more power to them. The only misstep Green Day made with the Original Broadway Cast Recording of American Idiot is...
Young Livers - Of Misery And Toil
Of Misery And Toil More damaged and yet more whole than the band's 2007 debut, The New Drop Era, Young Livers' new album, Of Misery And Toil, is a drunken, fucking, bloody paradox. It shouldn't be possible to probe your own guts and ghosts with such precision, especially when your scalpel is this blunt and rusted–but Young...
Moneybrother - Real Control
Moneybrother Real Control Moneybrother's Anders Wendin belongs to a school of frontmen who aren't afraid to sound like the singers that inspired them. The Hives' Pelle Almqvist mimics Iggy Pop; the Hold Steady's Craig Finn copies Bruce Springsteen; and Wendin sounds eerily like the late Joe Strummer. But Moneybrother avoid sounding like a straight Clash...