The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Albums of 2009. As I’ve mentioned previously, there are a lot of pitfalls for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Daisy’
September 30th, 2009 - 11:25 pm § in Perfect Lines
Nothing Sounds Good If You're Andy Greenwald
This is why I cannot respect Andy Greenwald’s opinion on emo: Obviously, taste is taste. Opinion, opinion. But if this man is the guy who’s supposed to be the emo know-it-all (read: self-created title/Spin created title), I’m not buying it. The guy doesn’t seem to understand [...]
September 16th, 2009 - 12:54 am § in Perfect Lines
Daisy
I wrote a little review of the forthcoming album from Brand New for The Boston Phoenix. It can be hard to write reviews in just 250 words or less, and Brand New’s album is no exception to that: I spent a large part of the time merely outlining the band’s history and why I felt [...][...]
August 10th, 2009 - 8:30 am § in Perfect Lines
New Brand New – "At The Bottom"
Brand New placed a song off their upcoming album, Daisy, on Myspace within the last 12 hours. Here’s a YouTube link: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdalwKs7Puo][...]
July 29th, 2009 - 3:18 pm § in Perfect Lines
Brand New tour dates
A little email post for all y’all (ok, I won’t do that again). Brand New have released a set of tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, Daisy. If the album is anything like what The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me offers, it is sure to end up one of my favorite albums [...][...]