Epic. A nearly two-hour show of guitar windmills, endless stick twirls, karate kicks, ponderous, psychedelic lyrics and massive riffs. You could watch The Soundtrack of Our Lives and spend the whole time picking apart the references: The Who, Stones, Pink Floyd, Love, Spirit, Faces, Beatles, e...

I am one of very few that thinks U2 really isn’t that great, other than The Joshua Tree and a few other random songs. The fact that Rolling Stone gave the new release five stars pretty much guarantees I won’t like it. But Neko Case… ohhh Neko Case. If only you were ten years younge...

I saw The Soundtrack of Our Lives at this year's SXSW -- twice -- where their sets were almost entirely new material. After the second, I talked to lanky guitarist Mattias Bärjed and said if they're playing all these new tracks they must have an album ready. He told me it was going to...

Christian Walz The Corner Sony BMG Småsvängigt, men kallt från Christian Walz. Barry Manilow The Greatest Songs of the Eighties (album) Sony BMG Smör-Barry sjunger hits från åtti och lyckas nästan få det att låta som det dessutom är producerat på 80-talet. Ostigt är ett ord som kommer up...

Download the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" as performed by The Beatnix. It will blow your mind. madlori opined last month that there are four types of cover songs - the fourth she listed was the song reimagining cover - she deemed it the "good one", and I agree (although I also have a...

The cool Musebox kids were kind enough to pass along a holiday treat from Sweden's The Soundtrack of Our Lives - a Christmas ditty called The Return of the Christmas Piper (read the lyrics here). While I love the whole idea of new fun Christmas songs, this one might not make 'future classic' status ...