‘Music’ Articles
Rock Band Video Game Opens Up Music Submissions
LOS ANGELES (YBH.ME) - Platforming off XBox 360, Playstations and even Wii, Rock Band, the mega-successful video game, has sold 4 million units and generated more than $600 million in revenue. When released in 2007, Harmonix CEO and Rock Band co-creator Alex Rigopulos said the game "takes the core premise of Guitar Hero and expands it [...]
Life Is Like Art Sometimes – The 2010 Music Calendar
NEW YORK (YBH.ME) - This being a great week for Massachusetts reactionaries, it really should be no shock to find that objects of indie love/hate, Vampire Weekend, have the #1 album in the country with Contra. Even so, I am a bit surprised they made it that big so early in their career. That said, the synchronicity demands some [...]
Anvil Hits Home
I’m surely not the first, but I will recommend the movie “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” to everyone. Musician and non-musician alike should see this film.In watching the film last night, I felt very uncomfortable in many ways. Not only because of some of the antics of the band in the film, but because it hit very close to [...]
Ted Nugent Calls For Obama In Jail
Dear me! I can only imagine the backlash in classic rock and hard rock power ballad circles - not to mention among squirrel eaters - which must surely be aimed at Mister Ted Nugent after his Dixie-Chick-On-Steroids Anti-Obama rant in Royal Flush Magazine. During the interview Mr. Nugent said, "I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in [...]
Favorite Albums of 2009
As I mentioned when counting down my favorites from the decade, I don't want to confuse the idea of "my favorites" with "the best". If you meet someone who says otherwise, DEMAND to see their ENTIRE music collection...and give no leeway for "guilty pleasures". Such solipsists deserve none! I think I have better taste than most, but I don't [...]
Indie Rock Top 10 of The Oughts
Coming up with a "Best Of" list requires one to make a lot of unhealthy assumptions - first among them being that the author knows the difference between fecal matter and shinola. I myself can't bring myself to designate any music as being better or worse than any other music since I am just a fan. That said, I am a big fan, and I do know what I [...]
