The Production Side

The Foo Fighters announced a couple weeks ago that their 6th studio album will be released on September 25. The title is Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. The album was produced by Gil Norton, who also produced the Foo’s classic 1997 album The Colour and the Shape.
The song titles for Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace are:
The Pretender
Let It Die
Erase/Replace
Long Road To Ruin
Come Alive
Stranger Things Have Happened
Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make-Up Is Running)
Summers End
Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
Statues
But, Honestly
Home
But if you can’t wait until September 25, then maybe you can check out the band’s handful of shows, which are:
August 18: Chelmsford, …read more

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I’ll be honest; I’m not a big fan of the Barenaked Ladies. But late last week a friend of mine reintroduced to this gem of a song and it’s been in my head since.
“Brian Wilson” was featured on several BNL albums. It first appeared on their first full length album, 1992’s Gordon. The song was later rerecorded as a single in 1997 and also appeared on their 1996 live album Rock Spectacle.
The song itself is a clever one. The references to the legendary Beach Boys member Brian Wilson are wonderful. Because of these references, the song becomes a decent source for …read more

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