I've checked out two of the new songs from the Roxy set, and I have to say that I am really looking forward to the new album. Even with the crowd muddying the sound and only hearing like, half the music, they sounded great, particularly Death Before Disco. I so want to see MCR in concert, some day. Hearing a band live is seriously the best way to ( Read more... )

While in pursuit of the airdate and time of Fall Out Boy's Soundstage show on PBS, I noticed that they'd been tagged as being a pop-punk band. I suppose it's correct, but I tend to think of them as having more of a pop sound than punk. I haven't listened to a lot of their older stuff, so the 'punk' influences may have mellowed a little, or are more ( Read more... )

Okay, so, now that I've actually listened to his stuff, I have to say... Um. At least he's easy on the eyes? I like the way his voice sounds, when he's speaking (minus the, er, sterotypical speech patterns), but I'm not a fan of the way he sings. His backing music is also, um... Not my favorite. It's... He's only eighteen, he's new, he's young, he ( Read more... )

Because I swear to God that Scotty Vanity sounds like someone that would be found among the random bands in some record stores of Konamasi -- somewhere between local talent like Jupiter Knocks and Checkerboard Toast and national/international names like Nail Gun and (bands you've actually heard of ( Read more... )