Monthly Archive: January 2017

Conor Oberst

I’ve long been a big fan of Conor Oberst.  Bright Eyes!  So good.  Desparecidos!  So good.  Monsters of Folk!  Pretty good.  Conor’s work under his actual name!  Eh.  That’s actually where I sort of draw...

Movie Breakdown: XXX: Return Of Xander Cage

Pre-Screening Stance: I like 2002’s XXX.  I like Vin Diesel.  So, naturally, I like that Vin is back as the titular character.  Here’s hoping his second go-round as the extreme sports-loving secret agent doesn’t suck....

Movie Breakdown: 20th Century Women

Pre-Screening Stance: Mike Mills’ Beginners is a great film, and judging by its trailer, 20th Century Women is going to be a more than worthy follow-up.  Still, it’s hard to keep my expectations in check...

Show Of The Week

I was going to lay low all weekend, but I’m thinking I should rally up and go see the Seratones on the inside stage at Stubb’s this Saturday.  I was introduced to them about eight...

Diet Cig

On April 7 the great Diet Cig will be rolling out their debut album, Swear I’m Good At This, and I’m really excited for it.  The band has done nothing but put out stellar emo/pop/punk...

101X Homegrown Podcast

Here’s the podcast my most recent 101x Homegrown.  New tracks are marked.  Enjoy. Tres Oui – Prince Of Pop Wild Child – Fools (NEW) Wiretree – Let Me In (NEW) Black Books – Golden OK...

Top Films Of 2016

JOHN’S TOP 10 FILMS OF 2016 All in all, I saw 109 new releases in 2016.  Below you’ll find all of the ones I liked (roughly 40% of what I saw), and one in particular...

Quin Galavis (Dan)

To be a good music blogger, you have to be ahead of the trends and highlight great music before anyone else. It takes persistence, hard work, and passion. On the other hand, if you’re a...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

Something I have been doing while interviewing bands for my podcast, The Metal Podcast with Chuck and Godless, is asking artists about one song. A song, any song that represents a time in your life...

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Once I make my year-end album list I like to load up the iPod with all of my selections from previous years and explore what does or doesn’t still work for me.  Just recently, I...