Break Yo' TV: Billy Squier - "Rock Me Tonite"

By Lloyd Poast on September 23rd, 2009

In the early eighties, Squier had a pretty decent career going, with songs such as “The Stroke” and “Everybody Wants You”, until he shot the laugh-fest that would become a perennial contender for worst video ever.

Album Review: Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

By Lloyd Poast on August 31st, 2009

The hype machine has drowned more than one promising career, but the band’s latest album, Humbug, proves that not only are the Arctic Monkeys treading water, they’re almost walking on it.

On Second Listen: Meg and Dia - Here, Here, and Here

By Lloyd Poast on August 26th, 2009

It isn’t the most innovative or groundbreaking album around (and it may not even be their best work), but there are highlights a-plenty and not a single throwaway song in sight. They may be ready to leave college for the bright lights, after all.

YouTube Live: HIM's "Vampire Heart" bleeds in Belgium

By Lloyd Poast on August 16th, 2009

Throw some things into your knapsack, we're going to Belgium!

Rock History 101: CBGB's

By Lloyd Poast on August 4th, 2009

Where punk rock used to live...

Album Review: Those Darlins - Those Darlins

By Lloyd Poast on August 3rd, 2009

With songs that are both catchy and fun, Those Darlins snarl like the sassy offspring of Johnny Cash and Joan Jett, and while they may not be enough rock and roll for some, and maybe too much rock and roll for others, they’re content in their own skin and appear headed for greater horizons.

Listen: The Drums

By Lloyd Poast on July 23rd, 2009

Album Review: Spinal Tap - Back From The Dead

By Lloyd Poast on July 13th, 2009

1984 wasn’t nearly the dark image of government control that George Orwell envisioned in his 1949 masterpiece, and although he created The Party and Big Brother, not even Orwell’s flamboyant imagination could have conceived the very real, over-the-top fashions and sounds of the eighties… or the lovable metalheads that were Spinal Tap.

Rock History 101: Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

By Lloyd Poast on June 27th, 2009

It might sound like a piece of the score to 1982's Blade Runner, but it actually means something, too.

Album Review: Madina Lake - Attics To Eden

By Lloyd Poast on June 26th, 2009

Attics to Eden is a solid, but unspectacular, album that teases with glimpses of much greater potential.