Barking Carnival

For those of you living here in the United States of Amnesia, you probably don’t remember Billy Squier. It’s not your fault. The music industry is fickle, and past stars are forgotten all the time. Rick Rubin can’t rehabilitate everyone.
But Billy Squier was/is a fantastic rock singer and guitarist who put out a great body […]

I was fortunate enough to have attended New Orleans’ Jazzfest over the weekend, and my brain cells have finally regenerated to the point where I’m able to write about it. Three nights at the Old Absinthe House and two mornings of bloody marys at the Chartre House will have that effect on a person.
BTW, […]

I’m a rocker through and through. Here’s a list of my favorite bands: AC/DC, Van Halen not Van Hagar, Skynyrd, Def Leppard…and now Black Tide.
They’re four teenagers from Miami who are one of only a handful of new metal bands I’ve liked in the last 15 years. The guitars sound crisp and the drums don’t […]

Many might say Morello: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
The end is incredible.

They finally got rid of the most overrated vocalist in rock music, Scott Weiland.
Weiland sucks. There, I said it. I’m not pretending that it’s a brave statement of any kind because anyone with ears smaller than Ben Stiller’s knows Weiland sucks.
He’s Scott Farkas from ‘A Christmas Story,’ and every time I see him I […]

So I decided to take off work on Friday to check out some afternoon free shows at SXSW. I didn’t get a wristband or badge so my options were pretty much limited to the daylight hours.
Started off by going to see Billy Bragg on the corner of 7th and Red River. Looked like they […]

I’ve mourned the steady decline of rock guitar over the past 15 years. So for me it’s always refreshing to listen to a band who understands that rock and/or roll is electric guitar. Young Heart Attack is from Austin, and they’re a lot harder than your typical Austin ‘rock’ band. Better, too. Released their first […]