I wasn’t expecting Ben Kweller’s opening act to outperform him. But, that’s what happened when I saw Whitley last fall at WOW Hall. Equipped with an acoustic guitar and a nice pair of hipster glasses, the Aussie played rich songs from his freshman album, Submarines as well as new ones. Now, Whitley’s back with an [...]
When I found out that Death Cab for Cutie composed a song for the New Moon soundtrack, I was a little upset. I defended the band when they left indie-label Barsuk, and signed with Atlantic Records and insisted that they hadn’t sold out. However, when bassist Nick Hammer said, “We wrote ‘Meet Me On the [...]
I’ll admit it; during high school I went through a pop-punk-emo phase. I’m not embarrassed to say that blink-182 was my favorite band from middle school to the beginning of high school… I still like listening to Take off Your Pants and Jacket and I own their greatest hit CD. However, during junior year I [...]
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