Norah Jones is arguably one of the most popular contemporary jazz-influenced musicians, a title that she reflects with ease on her most recent album, The Fall (Blue Note, 17 November 2009). Jacquire King, who has also worked with the likes of Kings of Leon and Modest Mouse, produced the album, which features musical collaboration with artists such as Ryan Adams. The Fall debuted at an impressive number three on the Billboard 200 and sold 180,000 copies within a week of its release. If you’re still wondering why, aside from these technicalities, this album may very well deserve a chance in your musical library, read on.
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December 13th, 2009 — Vanna, Therefore I Am, A Loss For Words in Delaware
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Maika Maile, lead vocalist of There For Tomorrow took some time to talk off from the New Jersey date of their Hit The Lights tour to talk about what he was like in high school, what their future touring plans are and how high strung he thinks people can be.
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Jimmy Stadt: My name is Jimmy and I sing for Polar Bear Club. Can I just say, for the record, that I’ve never raped anyone on the road?
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Mikey and Dan of Set Your Goals took some time out of the day for an interview while they were on the AP Fall Ball Tour. Read more after the cut
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Let’s be honest. Set Your Goals doesn’t really fit into any particular scene. Even their drummer, Mikey Ambrose, will admit that. So why did they make it onto the AP Tour Fall Ball’s bill? This is a question that takes hardly any deliberation. What separates this band from others out there today is the fact that they’ve still managed to keep a message within their songs. Instead of losing their focus and turning towards what the crowd or the public may want, Set Your Goals has taken on a no-one’s-forcing-you-to-listen attitude. Despite this, they’ve picked up a lot of buzz in the recent past. Admittedly, their “genre” isn’t always received well and if you showed up at this year’s AP Fall Ball Tour looking for artists falling along the lines of fellow tour mates The Secret Handshake, you might not want to sit through them; but just give them a shot because they deserve to be heard.
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On their second tour after the release of their arguably disappointing album, Nothing Personal, All Time Low has decided to switch things up… well, some things. With their opening acts including The Friday Night Boys, Hey Monday and We the Kings, it seems as if it’s impossible to escape certain bands these days because they all tour in the same, minute circle. This summer All Time Low did a short, two week run with We The Kings and Cartel. Earlier in the year the band also toured with Hey Monday in support of Fall Out Boy, and late last year All Time Low did a string of holiday shows with The Friday Night Boy. It’s becoming tiring.
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11.10.09 – The Swellers talk with PreachElectric.net while their tour with Paramore passes through San Francisco.
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Two weeks ago I got the opportunity to sit down with Andy Horst of This Providence on their New Jersey stop of their tour with Cartel and The Summer Set. After the jump, find out about the concept for their new music video, Andy’s dream tour and the prank Jersey Moriarty of Hey Monday pulled on him this past year.
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Without dissuading you, Say Anything’s self titled album isn’t at all what you’d expect. If you’re anything like a lot of people, their long anticipated release is going to be lacking something. If you’re anything like me and your personal favorites fall along the lines of ‘Walk Through Hell’, ‘Into the Night’, ‘I Want to Know Your Plans’ and the almost purely awful ‘All Choked Up’, then you’re probably going to want to see something similar to those on this album. No… sorry, there’s no room for that here. See, if it weren’t for vocalist, Max Bemis’, crude and witty lyricism and gruff vocals, I would have assumed that this album was Cash Cash’s sophomore attempt. Say Anything is no Menorah/Majora nor is it even close to …Is a Real Boy. Hell, it doesn’t even compare to the arguably disappointing In Defense of the Genre. Truth be told, whether or not you like this album will depend entirely on what kind of person you are. My inner angst-filled teenager that I’ve so long suppressed is raging.
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