by morristown@scotticd.com | Feb 1, 2010 | **** Four Stars, Music Reviews
* * * * (four stars out of five) You bought the debut Vampire Weekend album as soon as it came out thanks to the pre-release buzz. It lived up to the hype, spending a full year in heavy rotation on your iPod,and everyone you shared it with loved it. You began to...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Dec 13, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Concert Reviews, Music Reviews, New Releases
* * * * (four stars out of five) Can you say “Treasure Trove?” This box set fits the bill – a career-spanning retrospective from one of rock’s steadiest of Eddies, Tom Petty, and his stalwart band, the ever-reliable Heartbreakers. I purchased the working man’s four...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Dec 1, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Concert Reviews
Life gets in the way of even the best-laid plans. The members of North Jersey trio Flatus know this all too well. After 15 years of touring and four full-length CDs, the band was forced to restrict its performance schedule to a mere dozen or so shows a year in 2003...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 27, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Music Reviews, New Releases, Other News, Promotions
* * * *1/2 (four and ½ stars out of five) Let me begin by saying “Wow.” I’ve been saying “Wow” about Brandi Carlile ever since her self-titled debut appeared in 2005. “Wow” because the first thing I expected from a singer named Brandi Carlile was the next...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 27, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Music Reviews
REM released its first live album in 2007 called Live and it was notable for not being very notable at all. The accompanying DVD from the show in Dublin, Ireland gave a better impression of the dynamic live act this band can be, but the set list was heavy with the...
by Jeff from Scottidesign.com | Nov 27, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Five Star Rating, Music Reviews, Other News, Top Sellers
Dan Auerbach – Keep it Hid Four stars out of five The Black Keys are dead. Long live the Black Keys! Dan Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist of the Ohio-based heavy blues rock outfit, has released a solo effort that sounds suspiciously like an evolution of the Black...
