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Band of the Week: Eye Empire

Per a previous post of Ryan’s and some comments about the now-defunct band Submersed, this week’s featured band is a supergroup called Eye Empire.  Eye Empire’s lead singer is Donald Carpenter, who was Submersed’s vocalist before they sadly disbanded.  This fact sparked my initial interest in Eye Empire, as I think Carpenter has a truly … Continue reading →

“The Cave” & “Welcome to the Black Parade”

I ran across two songs on 99X (97.9 fm) in Atlanta that caught my attention. They’re both a little “different” and that’s probably why they caught my attention, but they’re also pretty good. “The Cave” by Mumford & Sons and “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance have gotten a good bit of … Continue reading →

Band of the Week: Egypt Central

After discussing a band named after an Egyptian god, we will transition smoothly to a band called Egypt Central.  An alternative metal band from Memphis, Egypt Central consists of vocalist John Falls, guitarist Jeff James, bassist Joey Chicago, and drummer Blake Allison. As far as the style of the band, I would best describe them … Continue reading →

Musical Side Notes on an Illegitimate Holiday

Today is Presidents’  Day and Definition 6 where I’m interning this semester gave everyone the day off. What a ridiculous federal Holiday, but it does give me the opportunity to share some great music that even Tommy can enjoy. First off all, I checked out Tommy’s band of the week, Ra, and was impressed. I … Continue reading →

Debut Band of the Week: Ra

In an effort to be more active on this blog, I am starting a new trend called “Band of the Week.”  The title is pretty self-explanatory; every week (or more realistically, every 7-12 days), I will post briefly about a certain band and give a short profile as well as some song samples.  I will … Continue reading →

Annoyed at the World

Tommy has been in his corner playing his guitar, getting a 700 on the GMAT, and not writing anything for the blog so I figured I’d write a little blurb before I head off to Charlotte for the Meineke Car “Who Cares?” Bowl. First of all, wasn’t 32 bowl games enough? We have 35 bowl … Continue reading →

Album Review: Alter Bridge – AB III

Three years after their explosive release of Blackbird, a time period which saw a Creed reunion and lead singer Myles Kennedy performing vocals for Slash, the hard rock and alternative metal band Alter Bridge finally got back into the studio. The resulting product was AB III, a loose concept album that displays some new elements … Continue reading →

What Earns the Title of Music?

I found this question posed on another WordPress Blog, and thought it was interesting enough to post here and share with you. I’d love to hear what you think. I’m also very interested in what Tommy thinks. I know he loves emotional music, but does bland sell-out type noise constitute music if it invokes emotion in … Continue reading →

Album Review: Rooney – “Eureka”

Crazy intense hard rock band, Disturbed, is not the typical type of band I’d like, but man they are talented. Their guitar work is impressive.  I am looking forward to listening to the rest of their new album, Asylum. So far I’ve listened to the title track, “Asylum” (with the instrumental intro they call “Remnants”) … Continue reading →