Yet another busy week for new releases…and this week’s victor is Pearl Jam. Their “Backspacer” album bows at the top with 189,000 units sold. It’s the first #1 album from the rock legends since “No Code” back in 1997. Something worth noting about this release is that you won’t find it at Wal-Mart or FYE or Best Buy…”Backspacer” is only available through Target, iTunes and independent retailers. Support your local indie record store and keep […]
Piddycombs (my new, all-purpose name for Sean “Puffy” P. Diddy Daddy Combs) has transferred from Atlantic to Interscope Records, and he’s taken his Bad Boy brand with him. One tiny problem, though…he wasn’t allowed to take any of his Bad Boy ARTISTS with him. Day26, Janelle Monae and Cassie all remain with Atlantic. I find this a little weird…not that Bad Boy was anything but a shell of what it was in it’s heyday, when […]
After exploding onto the scene at the height of the grunge era, Eddie Vedder and his band Pearl Jam seemed to have lost the plot at the start of this decade with albums like “Binaural” and “Riot Act”-two sets that found their way into my collection…and very quickly found their way out. There was just too much noise and not enough melody for me.
2006’s self-titled offering showed a ray of hope, even if I haven’t […]