Category: Rock

Watch! Muse – Panic Station

When we saw Muse a few weeks ago in Toronto, the band played Panic Station off of their new album. While I want to like this song, I have a hard time getting past the homage the band are playing...

Listen! The Velvets – Shoot You Down

We have some straight up blues rock for you from Australia. The Melbourne-based via Queensland band are a four-piece band called The Velvets. The brick wall artwork doesn’t lie. The track is called Shoot You Down, which sums up what...

Watch! The National – Demons

You know it’s going to be a good Monday when it starts off with a new song by the National. They are releasing their follow up to the excellent High Violet this May 20/21, with an album called Trouble Will...

Listen! Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger

Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye are about to release album number two. If they have the dreaded “sophomore slump” they could be in trouble, as album number one didn’t exactly set the world on fire. TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek...

Watch! !!! – One Girl/One Boy

Bands didn’t have to worry about picking names that no one could “Google” 30-40 years ago. That’s how we ended up with a band called The Band. But now we have Google and apparently other search engines, so it’s wise...