Black Sabbath: The Dio Years JJ Koczan April 11, 2007 Albums Yeah, it’s a compilation, a Greatest Hits, but still, it’s impossible not to appreciate Black Sabbath’s The Dio Years for the extreme quality of the material. What was originally theorized as a three-disc boxed...
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Ken Shane April 4, 2007 Albums I don’t review many major label releases, but I took this one on for a couple of reasons. First of all I wanted to see how these former indie darlings had fared in the wake of their breakthrough album, 2004’s G...
The Shins @ The Theater At MSG Noah Ruede April 4, 2007 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—As I took my seat, I found myself in a much more intimate setting than I thought I would encounter at Madison Square Garden; there was a General Admission area up near the stage, which was already ...
The Book Of Knots: Traineater Patrick Slevin March 28, 2007 Albums The second of an expected three releases from the New York studio band, Traineater is the seaworthy quartet’s ode to industry. Trains, cities and people who once thrived that have become rusting shells of thems...
Keller Williams @ Nokia Theatre Martin Halo March 21, 2007 Concerts The aroma of burning marijuana and hippie decadence descended upon New York’s Times Square as Keller Williams pitched a tent at the Nokia Theatre fresh off the heels of the release of his 11th studio album, dre...
Arthur Dodge: The Perfect Face Noah Ruede March 21, 2007 Albums In The Perfect Face’s opening track, “She Wants A Cowboy,” Arthur Dodge talks about a girl who “wants the real thing/ but all of them are gone.” Arthur Dodge is no cowboy, but he is by all means a rarity himsel...
The Locust: New Erections Patrick Slevin March 14, 2007 Albums While it may seem a little odd to refer to The Locust’s most recent sonic assault as “mature,” particularly with a title like New Erections, the 11-track full-length is a great leap beyond their already intelli...
This Is Hell @ Fast Lane Duckie Blakney March 7, 2007 Concerts As far as I’m concerned, the best place in Jersey to have a show is in Asbury Park, considering all the historic venues off of Kingsley St., like The Stone Pony and Asbury Park Convention Hall. That being said,...
Blackfield: Blackfield II JJ Koczan February 28, 2007 Albums As you probably guessed, Blackfield II is the band’s second offering. Following up their 2004 self-titled, Porcupine Tree mastermind Steven Wilson and Israeli pop star Aviv Geffen collaborate on a more personal...
Rockstar Supernova @ Spectrum Russ Cohen February 21, 2007 Concerts The Rockstar Supernova tour has begun and so far there is a lot of positive buzz surrounding it. The band got their singer Lukas Rossi from the television show and their opening acts were also from the show. ...
