If you’ve got/know/are teenagers that like Paramore and/or Fall Out Boy, you should check out Las Vegas’ Away We Go. Their horribly titled EP Lights! Camera! Attraction!, features everything from acoustic songs to radio-ready pop rock and is some of the most derivative stuff I’ve heard in a long time. Sure, it’s power [...]
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12 Days of Christmas MP3’s: Day 9 (funny/creepy songs)
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine ladies dancing… and a whole bunch of Christmas MP3’s. Ladies dancing? This ain’t the Silver Slipper Saloon so don’t expect any dancing ladies, especially considering the nature of these songs. The Christmas songs below range from funny [...]
12 Days of Christmas MP3’s: Day 3 (annoying songs)
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three French hens… and a whole bunch of Christmas MP3’s. In this case, some of the worst/most annoying/most awkward Christmas songs I’ve ever heard, and these aren’t meant to be novelty or joke songs. It’s true. I mean, every time I [...]
My Daughter Hailey vs. Scott Murphy
Out of the blue a few months ago I got a call from my former Allister band mate Scott Murphy about the possibility of having our oldest daughter Hailey model for the cover of his upcoming CD Guilty Pleasures Love. Scott is (for those of you who don’t know) somewhat of a pop star [...]
The Maine – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
I think I’ve hated on The Maine before (right here) because of their glossy and juvenile ultra-predictable mainstream power-pop lite but I’d be lying if I said that I totally hated their latest album Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. The songs are catchy even if they are uninspiring. Honestly, this wouldn’t make terrible beach music for [...]
