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The 17 Best Albums of 2017

Dear lovers – Even though this post has the headline of “17 Best Albums of 2017,” I certainly didn’t listen to every single record released. Oh, lists. They are fun and great and can offer superb recs, but they’re always subjective little buggers. Love ’em or leave ’em, I suppose. Without further ado and with…

TLW’s Best Albums of 2013: 11-20

There were so many assclowns in music this year that it was almost exhausting. Miley got naked and stuck her tongue out, Robin Thicke got his thunder stolen, and Kanye said…I don’t actually know what he said because I didn’t understand any of it. I presume some shitty Pop-Country crossover tunes were made and some…

Paramore Covers Kings of Leon

Below is Paramore’s cover of Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody.” Hate to say it, but I’m pretty over Paramore. Granted, I’m not their target audience, but I’ve already seen Paramore live way more times than I’d like to admit. However, this isn’t a bad tune! (See also: their cover of the Foo Fighters’ “Hero”!) Worth…

Paramore (and The Sounds!) to open No Doubt's Summer '09 Tour

IT’S OFFICIAL: We have an opener. The Tennesee native pop-punk band Paramore will be opening for No Doubt on their summer 2009 tour! And even better news: THE SOUNDS will be opening some dates. Here’s the official release from nodoubt.com: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           JANUARY 21, 2009 No Doubt Announces 2009 Summer Tour With Special Guest…

THE LAST RIOT! tour stops at Wallingford

The Last Riot tour came to Wallingford on 8/30 with Phantom Planet as openers. Phantom Planet has been on my radar for awhile. I saw them way back on the tour for “The Guest”, Dug ’em then, and still dig ’em now. Their set was rather short, but they played “Do the Panic” and “Dropped”…