The Production Side

“Never There” was the first single off of Cake’s third album Prolonging the Magic in 1998. It spent 3 weeks at the top spot on the Modern Rock Tracks, making it a pretty big single.
What I like about “Never There”, and I guess most Cake songs, is that the music is just a tad upbeat, while the lyrics are pretty much depressing, but always manage to speak the truth. Their a clever band.
Check out the video, if you forgot the song.
Oh yeah, the video is pretty entertaining as well.

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I bumped into this song over the weekend and it’s been on constant rotation ever since.
“Into Your Arms” was from the 1993 album Come on Feel the Lemonheads and would hot the numero uno spot on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks in November of 1993. The track also appeared on 1998’s The Best of the Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years.
What’s not to like about this track?
I mean it’s a little poppy and sweet, but Evan Dando pulls it off perfectly, as he usually does. If “Into Your Arms” was from another band it probably would get trashed because it just oozes pure pop-rock. But that’s we love …read more

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This is a cool little number from Porno for Pyros.
Don’t remember who Porno for Pyros were?
Well, they were a side project from Perry Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins after the first break-up of Jane’s Addiction. They were only around from 1992 to 1998, but released two pretty decent albums.
“Tahitian Moon” was the only single released from the band’s second album, 1996’s Good God’s Urge. But, it’s extremely catchy and hypnotic as hell.
I love the chrous: ”I don’t know if I’ll make it home tonight, but I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon”. Good stuff.
 Check it out for yourself.

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What a great song by Radiohead!
The track appears on their second album, The Bends, which was released in 1995 and was the first single from the album here in the States.
Apparently, frontman Thom Yorke recorded the vocals after the band had just seen a show by Jeff Buckley and then proceeded to cry after the recording.
Minus all that, it’s still a fantastic and beautiful song. And although it may be a hit, it’s still one of my favorite Radiohead songs.
See for yourself.

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So last weekend I happened to watch the 1999 flick American Pie, because there was nothing else on. The movie isn’t that great as I once thought it was, but it was fun watching it and reminiscing on high school days.
However, one thing that I really enjoyed about the movie was the use of “You Wanted More” by Tonic. I loved that song then and it’s still a guilty pleasure of mine.
The track got lots of airplay and it even hit #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Tracks. It was also featured on Tonic’s second album Sugar, which was released in …read more

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This morning I was sipping my morning cup of joe and glancing at the news, when I noticed an article about today being the fifth year anniversary of the war in Iraq.
Now, this isn’t a political site, it’s about music, so that’s where my mind drifted anyways.
I got to thinking about the last five years and all of the music that has been inspired by Bush and Iraq.
90’s bands like Pearl Jam (“World Wide Suicide”), Foo Fighters (Gas Chamber”) and Green Day (the American Idiot album) have all been outspoken about current events.
While legends like Neil Young (Living With War),Bruce Springsteen (“Devils …read more

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This site just doesn’t seem the same without some Pearl Jam, so here we go.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve had “I Am Mine” in a constant rotation, both on my iPod and just in my head.
“I Am Mine” was the first single from the band’s seventh studio, which was 2002’s Riot Act. Vedder wrote the track in a hotel room right before Pearl Jam’s first show following the unfortunate events at their 2000 performance at the Roskilde Festival. The song then made it’s live debut at the 2001 Bridge School Benefit.
This is what Matt Cameron told Billboard in 2002 …read more

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This is a great opening track from 1994’s blockbuster of an album Superunknown.
Gritty lyrics, sick guitar solos and Matt Cameron holding it down with his drumming skills, “Let Me Drown” is your classic Soundgarden tune, and one of my favorites byt them.
Recently, Cornell has been using it as the opening number during his concerts, while it’s not exactly the same, it still kicked you in the face.
Here are the lyrics:
Stretch the bones over my skin
Stretch the skin over my head
Im going to the holy land
Stretch the marks over my eyes
Burn the candles deep inside
Yeah you know where Im coming from
Give …read more

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I’ve been on a little Portishead kick lately. I’m sure you have to remember this band from Bristol, England once you hear “Sour Times”.
“Sour Times” appears on the band’s 1994 debut album Dummy. The track was also remixed and released as a double CD in Canada in 1995, along with the track “Glory Box”, for Glory Times. Glory Times features four remixes of “Sour Times”, which are “Sour Sour Times”, “Lot More”, “Sheared Times” and “Airbus Reconstruction”.
The video for “Sour Times” contains clips from the short film “To Kill A Dead Man”, which was an idea the band came up with …read more

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R.E.M. is currently streaming the first single from their upcoming release Accelerate, which comes out April 1.
You can check out the track, “Supernatural Superseious”, on R.E.M.’s official site.
It’s a pretty standard and straight forward rock song, but it’s still sweet. I think it’s a catchy tune.
Last month the band shot the video for “Supernatural Superserious” in New York City at a restaurant and a sex shop.
Here’s a brief behind the scenes look at the video shoot.

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