Pete’s Top Albums of 2011
2011 was another year of musical discovery for me. Clocking in highest on the discovery meter were San Francisco’s Girls; but right up there with Girls were two bands that can’t technically qualify for my best of 2011 album list:…
The Friday Five: December 23, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
I Support The War on Drugs
Man, I can get behind The War on Drugs. Their latest, Slave Ambient, is fantastic – one of those albums that instantly draws you in. It’s a rock & roll framework, but the album title doesn’t lie – there’s an…
It’s So Hard To Just Walk Away
For the past several weeks, I have tried to get myself to the point where I could tell all of you that the new album by Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto, is a must for your Christmas stocking this year. Sadly, I have…
The Friday Five: December 16, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
Impossible But…
Before it had even arrived in the mail my mind was made up. There was no way in hell that the new Subways album, Money and Celebrity, was going to be as good as their last one. All or Nothing…
The Friday Five: December 9, 2011
Friday Five : ‘frī-(,)dā,-dē ‘fīv : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we’ll…
He Stands The Test of Time…Like Beatles and Stones
(Beady Eye, Live in the Main Room, First Avenue, 5 December 2011) Liam Gallagher is doing just fine without Oasis. Well, actually, he took most of Oasis with him and formed a new band called Beady Eye so he’s not…
Deer Tick’s New Video for “Main Street” [NSFW?]
If there’s one thing that’s true about Deer Tick frontman John McCauley, it’s “what you see is what you get.” The man is completely unfiltered and open, which is quite evident in Deer Tick’s brand new “uncensored” video for “Main…
Sons of Anarchy, Katey Sagal, and Leonard Cohen
I’m knee deep in another great TV series courtesy of Netflix’s streaming. A couple months ago, I fell into Breaking Bad, and it was without question the best damn TV show I’d ever seen in my 40 plus years. I…