As mentioned before on T-Sides, yours truly has something of a haphazard acquaintance with music that is loud and heavy. It all began with Metallica and sort of sprung off from there, but didn’t extend too far. Then I chose to go to college on Long Island, which is something of a capitol for the...
If you saw Lisa Gerrard, without knowing who she was, it’d be practically impossible to tell that she is half of noted Goth duo, Dead Can Dance. There is no black clothing, no black hair, no trace of black eyeliner — just long, blonde hair pulled back, naturally peachy toned skin and elegant off the...
Though he’s mostly known for his part in Seattle pop-rockers the Lashes, Eric Howk has a really fantastic set of solo songs up on MySpace under the name Palmer, AK. They’re short, sweet, and relaxed pop, the kind that’s perfect for driving with the windows down, laying in the park and cuddling with your sweetheart/friend/cat/dog....
When I saw St. Vincent at Union Hall a couple weeks ago, I was really taken with her cover of Jackson Browne’s “These Days.” Of all the cover versions of this song, it’s unsurprisingly most akin to Nico’s, with its folky, rambling speed. Browne’s “original” — although he wrote the song, he recorded it...
It’s no secret that yours truly has a strong love for a little twosome from San Francisco called Two Gallants. Of all the bands to grace these pages, they’ve probably appeared the most. If you’re anything like me, the more someone pushes something, the more apprehensive you become, so I don’t blame you if you’ve...
1. Last week’s The Week in Rock Roundtable was especially hilarious. Check out our musings on The Tubes, Steve Perry, and Damn Yankees — plus plenty of off-topic subject matter — here. 2. I contributed a song to this week’s EarFarm theme chosen Contrast Podcast. The picture above is your hint to which song I...
It’s been a long week. One of my two other roommates decided to move out, resulting in a lot of stress over money, landlords, finding new roommates, etc. All the housing stress reminded me of my first apartment hunt, and then reminded me of something my editorial & review class professor told me about in...
The line for the 10:30 Patti Smith Bowery Session (the last of three) was enormous. It curved around the corner and went around halfway around the next block. I was easily the youngest person in line. At some point, the couple ahead of me (probably also in their 20s, but definitely older than me) had...
It’s never been especially easy for singer-songwriters. It seems like every Jane and John Doe who can play a guitar thinks that means that they can write good songs. With the blogs and MySpace and how the two have completely revitalized how people discover music, it’s become even harder. Any marketing student or employee can...
Okay. You caught me. I’ve been busy. For the past month or so, my life has been consumed by my advanced photography class. We had a show last week, and I poured every free minute of my time into it. But now it’s done, which means that T-Sides is back on track. HOORAY! Luckily, this...
Let’s be upfront, shall we? I know diddly squat about any kind of heavy/hard music. If you’d like proof, I can tell you that the first hard/heavy music I listened to was Metallica. Not Metallica circa Kill’em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, Justice for All or the Black Album, but Metallica circa Load....
Quoth Spider-Man: “with great power comes great responsibility.” While claiming a blog as power might seem silly on some levels, when one considers that this blog, a tiny little blip in the world of blogging, recieves between 1,000-2,000 hits a day, one realizes the kind of power that lies in their hands. Jeff, writer of...
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