Maybe it’s because it has Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” featured throughout the song, or it could be the light piano and guitar playing in the background. But I can’t deny it, Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long” is such a catchy song. It’s just one of those perfect summer songs that take you back in time. Listen to it and see for yourself.
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I’m in California for a few days visiting my friend who moved out here last September and what better song to feature this week than the classic Red Hot Chili Peppers’ hit, “Californication?” I’ll be covering a show tomorrow night with UK band Supergrass as well as interviewing them, so check back sometime next week for that once I get back to Jersey!
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Happy Fourth of July! I thought it’d be cool to feature a new song each week on my blog. Maybe a song I’ve been hearing on the radio a lot, or just a blast from the past. My first song of the week is Florida-based band We the Kings’ “Check Yes Juliet” — a catchy pop-rock song with an entertaining story book music video. If you like what you hear, be sure to catch them this summer on Warped Tour! Here’s their MySpace for some more music and check out their video for “Check Yes Juliet” below.
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Here you go! This is my interview with Mike of Passenger for you to listen to and enjoy his lovely accent. I’m hoping to upload my concert review from tonight’s show at Mercury Lounge tomorrow before I leave for vacation for a few days. This week will be a fun-filled week of Passenger coverage for you all! They’re going back to the UK for a bunch of upcoming tour dates, but check out their MySpace if you haven’t yet and their full-length album out later this summer! Below is a video if you want to put a face to the name and learn a little more about the band.
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(Special thanks to my friend and former Jane intern Monica Perry for creating this awesome graphic for me! And the previous soundbite graphics for my blog!)
As promised yesterday, here is my phone interview with Jacob from Paper Rival. Listen to him talk about changing their band name, the new album and what inspired some of their songs. Enjoy! Be sure to check them out on MySpace and if you like what you hear, pick up their new album, Dialog, in stores June 3.
Editing down these interviews has taken a lot longer than I had previously expected. I’m hoping to get more of my interviews up in audio format from the “Get A Life” tour soon . . . can’t make any immediate promises though. Here is my interview with Vince broken down into two segments, each about 10-minutes long for your listening pleasure. Let me know if this is a good length, I know everyone has busy lives and you don’t really have time to sit down and listen to a 40-minute interview, so I tried to cut it down to the most interesting parts. Enjoy!
Click here to listen to Vince talk about how Army of Me prepares for tour, what they do on their days off and how their new pre-show ritual came about.
Click here for more from Vince on how the audience’s vibe impacts his performance, getting dropped when jumping into the crowd to crowd-surf, the struggles of being in a band and more.
As promised, here’s the MP3 format of my interview with Tim Foreman a few weeks ago. Special thanks to my friend Tom for making this possible! I interviewed Tim after Switchfoot’s Rutgers show while the guys were hanging out and chatting with fans. There is a bit of background noise, but I think you should be able to hear him pretty well regardless. Listen to Tim talk about the upcoming album, their Music Builds Tour and the writing process behind latest song, “This Is Home” here.
So I’m trying my hardest to transcribe the 5+ hours of interviews I did this past week . . . hoping to get some up by the end of the weekend! In the meantime, feel free to check out my “Most Spun” list of albums from 2007 featured on inReview.net, a website I just started writing for. Can you guess my number one? Let me know what you think! You can read my picks here.
Also, here’s a cool video of singer/songwriter/one-man band David Ford I saw in concert a few weeks ago. It’s featured on YouTube’s homepage this week. Making music while having breakfast, he makes it look so easy!
As promised earlier this week, here are two tracks off of Lost Tricks’ latest EP, Keep It Together. Let me know what you think!
Track 1. “The Fall”
This one’s my favorite. I love the piano intro. One of Trev’s favorite tracks too, in the interview he said,
Check it out here.
Track 2. “Keep It Together”
The title track of the EP and Trev’s favorite on the album. He said: “I really think that ‘Keep It Together’ came together the best as far as production and how things gelled and the grove of it. I think it’s one of the better representations of us on the album, what we were going for.” Listen to it here.
If you haven’t yet, be sure to listen to the full interview with Trevor. And check out their MySpace for upcoming shows!
I know I have been slacking lately on my blog posts. So hopefully I’ll make it up to you with the second part of my interview with Sia live on mp3 for you to listen to! Special thanks to my tech-savvy friends, Tom, Joel and Dan for making this possible! Listen to my phone interview with Sia here.
Lots of exciting things are coming up and I promise to update my blog more! Look back later this week for a concert review of Ingrid Michaelson and The Hotel Cafe Tour as well as some album reviews and interviews in the upcoming weeks! Thanks again for reading and for all your comments! 🙂