If anyone’s paying attention then they’ll know that I’ve featured Radiohead in the past in the Live Flashback series. And why wouldn’t I? They’re one of the all time greatest live bands and there is an almost never-ending supply of amazing videos available on YouTube… It’s only a matter of time before I feature them a third time! In any case, I wanted to highlight a different side of the band, where the first performance I featured, “There, There”, was a straight up, guitar-based, Radiohead rock song, todays song, “Idioteque”, shows the band in a completely different mode. continue reading...
This week’s flashback is another performance that features a guest musician but instead of a vocalist, this one features guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica. The setting is the 2008 outdoor festival called Bonnaroo and the song is “One Big Holiday” by one of the greatest and most underrated bands in the current musical landscape, My Morning Jacket. I’m not gonna say too much more about this performance, but if you like guitars you will shit your pants. Enjoy: continue reading...
Here we go once again… the season of “Best Of” lists! Here at SoundMojo I’ll throw my Top 20 Albums of 2008 into the never-ending pile of opinionated lists that inevitably feature a variation of the same 50 bands or so… Without further ado, here are the 20 albums that I enjoyed the most this year:
I liked “The Day That Never Comes” on my first listen, but this song sounds even more awesome live. Hetfield and Hammet doubling guitar lines in an extended soloing intelude is sure to make any fan wet themselves in excitement: continue reading...
Here is the first look at new Metallica music. The album, Death Magnetic, is apparently through the mixing stage and the band “could not contain themselves any longer”. On first impression it sounds a lot more like old Metallica than we’ve seen in recent years, which is very promising. Can’t wait to hear the entire album, check out “Cyanide”: continue reading...
This is great! From UltimateGuitar.com:
Pearl Jam has commenced recording of its ninth studio album with producer Brendan O’Brien, guitarist Mike McCready told Seattle radio station KISW last Thursday (May 1). Though only “four or five” songs are complete so far, McCready said the band is hoping to release the record in 2008. continue reading...
Here are the Major category winners from last nights Grammy Awards (winners in Bold):
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.) continue reading...
Tickets go on sale Feb. 16th at noon EST.
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Damn I wish I was going to this concert… Let us all pray that Led Zep decides to do some sort of a tour in 2008. Here’s a quick primer for the reunion show in London tonight from Canoe.ca by way of Sun Media:
So, what can we expect from the band that redefined hard rock in the ’70s? Here are answers to the 10 burning questions surrounding the reunion: continue reading...
