Before starting Weezer, Rivers Cuomo played in a hair metal band called Zoom. It’s pretty epic. Definitely a far cry from the slacker rock we’re more used to. (image snatched from Weezerpedia)
Butch Walker – Eye of the Tiger
Butch Walker posted a link to this sweet, sweet cover on his blog. It’s easy to forget that Butch used to be the guitarist in a hair metal band. Dude can play. I love it when people post genre-swapped coversRead more…
Anderson Paak – Cover Art
Anderson Paak is a singer, producer and sometimes rapper based out of LA. The first time I heard of him was via some recent posts on Instagram and Twitter from other LA rappers Parker , Nocando and Verbs. After aRead more…
Message From A Black Man
Originally recorded by The Temptations for their 1969 album Puzzle People, Message From a Black Man is a song that has been covered and sampled many times since it’s original release. I recently heard the version by Don Julian andRead more…
Spooky Black
I first heard of Spooky Black aka Lil Spook from Blockhead’s Phat Friend blog in a post aptly titled “Ready to be confused?”. When I later posted the video for Without You to Facebook my brother asked me if myRead more…
Things I found on the internet, vol. I – Powerwolf
The internet was supposed to do all sorts of things for music, like blow away the old gatekeepers, make all sorts of weird little genres somehow magically palatable to the public, and liberate the listening public from the tyranny ofRead more…