As I've written before, one of my favorite bands is Moxy Früvous. I saw them six times. Three of those were "show of the year" type gigs, although I was much younger and was more easily impressed, so that's a bit suspect. Regardless, those gigs are indelibly printed on my memory. If you could hook a printer up to my brain I could generate tons of ( Read more... )

I was listening to Greasy Kids' Stuff today and heard the most wonderful thing: a cappella metal by a German group called Van Canto. Five vocalists, one drummer, no other instruments.

For a sample, check out this audio clip of their cover of Metallica's Battery. Listen to the screaming heavy metal 'guitar'. To actually see the band, you can watch ( Read more... )