The Smiths Episode
[imgfull] [/imgfull] Do you know The Smiths? If not, you will after the latest First Person podcast. From “Girl Afraid” to “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” we get deep into the English rock band’s catalogue.
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[imgfull] [/imgfull] Do you know The Smiths? If not, you will after the latest First Person podcast. From “Girl Afraid” to “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” we get deep into the English rock band’s catalogue.
[imgfull] [/imgfull] This one goes out to the ladies… in all of our favorite songs. Girls kinda run the world, and musicians have taken notice from Green Day’s “Maria” to Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom”.
New Jersey pop-punk outfit Man Overboard released an album Tuesday that every pop punk band will be trying to duplicate in the future.
The terms “raw” and “glam” are seldom used to describe the same band, but they suit New York’s queer-core Semi Precious Weapons quite well.
It was bold and aptly titled. And it established Go Radio as one of the giants of Fearless Records.
Taking a page out of the book of pop-punk veterans such as Saves the Day and fellow Philadelphia natives The Starting Line, The Wonder Years released its second full-length album aptly titled The Upsides January 26 through No Sleep Records.
This past December witnessed more than snow and sleighs when We the Kings re-emerged with Smile Kid.
Think about if someone approached you in a record store asking for something that blends the unique vocal sound of Hit the Lights, the emo power of The Early November and the homegrown pop-punk sound that The Starting Line have perfected. If that person were savvy enough they would hand you a copy of Think Fast from Just Left, the band’s second album and debut for Victory imprint Standby Records.
The history of rock is full of “Eureka!” flashes of brilliance. Chuck Berry had the idea to fuse country with the blues. Bob Dylan took folk music electric. Nikki Sixx realized that the line “I’d say we’ve kicked some ass” could rhyme with “I’d say we’re still kickin’ ass.” For the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner, the big light bulb idea came in 2005: Get huge by thinking small. Write scrappy little Brit-punk tunes about the humdrum town you’re stuck in, the pissy little pubs you can’t get into, the local girls who aren’t desperate enough to dance with you. Give… Read more »
Season 3, Episode 2. Originally Aired February 15, 2007 on idobi Radio. Music from Relient K, The Early November, Bloc Party, Boys Like Girls, Cute Is What We Aim For, Metro Station, Hi-Standard, and Joey Cape and Tony Sly.
