Author: DSquared

Interpol and Spoon. Together in concert? Yes, the dark and sullen New York post punkers and the energetic, colorful rockers from Austin. It’s called the Lights, Camera, Factions tour and the co-headliners are finishing up their North American leg later this month in the Pacific Northwest. I was lucky to score a good seat for…

We have all liked bands over the years that our friends may not be that familiar with. Sharing them in forums like this is fun and informative. New bands and good songs can be discovered. Generally speaking, the following six bands all have excellent songs scattered throughout their albums. Critical acclaim and devoted followings, yes,…

Shout out to Pop Transmission readers Barcelona1 and Brian S. for suggesting this best-of list. It’s a fun and thought-provoking topic. Driving songs are wide open for individual interpretation, more so than best live albums. While there are numerous great live albums to choose from, it’s likely that most lists contain similar top picks, i.e.,…

Let’s listen to some new music courtesy of ten bands with releases this year. Some of these bands are fairly well established, most have at least a few albums under their belt, and a couple are just getting started. Like my other posts of this nature, this is intended as an introduction to these bands…