I will say, despite my love for a lot of Vampire Weekend songs, their albums as a whole have never quite landed with me. Sadly, the same can be said for their latest full-length effort, Only God Was Above Us.
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New Music – Singles Edition! Pt 2
More new music with a bit of an eclectic flair.
Read moreNew Singles Review
So much new music I’m behind on! But not anymore. Keep reading to see what’s out there.
Read moreMini Mansions Guy Walks Into a Bar… – Album Review
Oh man, I wish every song off of this album by Mini Mansions was more like “Works Every Time.” A lot more singing by Michael Shuman, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Let’s start breaking down Guy Walk Into a Bar…
Read moreJames Righton – The Performer Album Review
At the moment I have a lot of albums stockpiled from last year to this year, and I am slowly making my way through them. On this bleak weekend, I decided to sit down and draw for a bit while listening to James Righton’s feature debut, The Performer. For some cool background, Righton was a member of one of my favorite now defunct bands, Klaxons (still holding out hope they will reunite). Another cool factoid about Righton is that he’s been married to actress Kiers Knightley for quite some time! Now that we know that cool stuff, let’s get to the review!
Read moreMusic Review: Tame Impala
My music listening continues! As does my drawing, which is why the music is happening more. This time, I popped in Tame Impala’s records, Currents and The Slow Rush. Since the latter album just dropped on Valentine’s Day, I really haven’t had the opportunity to give it a listen. And since it’s been four years since the release of Currents, I decided to give that another spin.
Read moreConcert Review: Bear Hands
The concerts keep on rolling in and I am not mad about it! Last night I had the pleasure of catching Bear Hands at one of my favorite Cleveland venues, the Grog Shop.
Read moreConcert Review: Band of Brothers Tour with Magic Giant and American Authors
The concerts keep rolling in, and this time, I got my favorite concert buddy and her husband to go with me! They’ve been out of the concert loop for a little bit, so I’ve vowed to get them back in the swing of things. To start it off, we went and saw the Band of Brothers Tour which featured co-headliners, Magic Giant and American Authors!
Read moreFan Art Friday: Arcade Fire
In honor of this amazing band’s debut album, Funeral, being released 15 years ago, here they are! Also, I’ve seen them live twice and they are truly fantastic! So you must go if you get the chance!
Concert Review: Imagine Dragons
I’m going to start by being honest. At the beginning, I was a fan of Imagine Dragons, and I’ll still sing to newer songs on the radio, but somewhere along the line I discovered that first graders unanimously liked the band, and I that turned me off hardcore. Sure, I’m a hipster in that way, but selling out just really turns me off. So, when I heard however many months back that Imagine Dragons were going to basically be performing in my backyard for the Pro Football Hall of Fame week, I briefly looked into getting tickets. And then I saw those prices.
But fate has a way of working its magic, and one of my really good friends had the hook-up last minute! So I went, and I had a grand old time! It was the closest to a VIP experience I’ve ever had, so that meant close parking, shuttle golf carts, unlimited food and drinks, and oh yeah…fourth row floor seats! The closest I’ve ever been to the stage for a name that big was four years ago when I saw One Direction (no regrets!). It was awesome!
Despite the fact that there were way too many children (Dan Reynolds apologized for swearing at one point), a small thunderstorm delay, and a little bit of rain, nothing got too pushed back and the evening was still very pleasant. I think opener, Bishop Briggs, got shorted on her set, but she made the most of her time belting out her radio hits with swagger. Since I’ve seen her live once before, I wasn’t too disappointed, and she seemed genuinely giddy being able to play this venue.
Imagine Dragons took the stage a little while later and opened with their mega-hit “Believer,” and then pretty much belted out hit after hit for the rest of the set until they ended with their first mega-hit “Radioactive.” Front man Reynolds took a few beats in between some songs to talk about self-love, mental illness stigma, and a moment to acknowledge the horrendous shootings in El Paso and Dayton. All in all, I recognized about 90 percent of the songs played, and was slightly disappointed that “Shots” and “Sucker for Pain” were shortened, acoustic renditions. Ultimately, I was nervous that the band wasn’t going to sound all that great, but the certainly proved me wrong!
An A+ experience for sure!
