I’m really ashamed to even mention this, but I finally got Neil Halstead’s second solo album, Oh! Mighty Engine. I know, some fan you are Archa, you damn charlatan. Why the long wait? I can’t give you a real good answer to that. Yes, I could of downloaded it from Itunes or Amazon, but when it comes to my favorite bands I will always by the CD. I just like having the actual CD in my hands to look at. Another reason is that on Itunes the album isn’t DRM free and I really hate that. I was actually surprised when the album was released eons ago that it wasn’t on Itunes Plus. I just don’t know why new albums aren’t automatically put on Itunes Plus, but that’s a whole other story.
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Neil Halstead: Oh! Mighty Engine
Thursday, November 13th, 2008A Night with a Depeche Mode Cover Band
Monday, October 27th, 2008This Saturday night I went to my first cover band show and I would have to say it was most interesting. The band was a Depeche Mode cover band called Blasphemous Rumours from LA. My friend from work mentioned that they were playing in my neck of the woods and I decided why not, I have no life and they were less than a mile a way.
The National: Boxer
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008The National is what current good Indie Rock sounds like. I’m glad that bands like this exist. The album Boxer is filled with great songs and takes multiple hearing sessions to grasp all the songs. The 5 peice ensemble is from New York and two of the members are brothers. A song that’s going to get your attention first is probably going to be Fake Empire. It’s like you should be walking through a big city when listening to this song. Mistaken for Strangers is a definite hook as well and the chorus is going to get you. You can try to fight it, but you can’t.

