Kings of Leon Concert Coming in September! Buy Tickets NOW!!

Okay, so all of you probably know who the Kings of Leon are. Am I right? Well in case you need a memory refreshment KOL is a band of four really smokin' hot southern boys. Okay, well that's not all there is to them... they are also really good musicians who have recently gotten extremely popular with their chart topping hit "Sex On Fire". So if you haven't seen them in concert yet I suggest you do! And now here's your opportunity: They are coming to South Florida on September! But be careful because the tickets are already running out!

KOL will be performing in the Cruzan Amphitheater, in West Palm Beach, on September 17th. I bought my ticket about 2 weeks ago, but the last time I checked (which was on March 30th) the first three frontal sections (left, middle, right) were already filled up! So I suggest you buy them now, unless you want to sit all the way in the grass area of the amphitheater where the sound is not as good, and the boys look like the size of ants.

If you would like to buy the tickets, click on this ticketmaster link. The tickets are currently being sold for $71 a person.

If you need further convincing, please read my review of a KOL concert that I attended last year on to the next blog entry...

The Features: New band gave awesome performance!

The Features appeared in concert on February 28th at Revolution Live as the opening band to Manchester Orchestra. I believe part of the reason why the Manchester Orchestra concert seemed to suck so much was because The Features blew everyone away. Manchester Orchestra should have opened for them!

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The Features, as I have previously blogged about, are a relatively new indie band. Well for being a new band they played like pros. They played as if they had famously been around for years. They knew what the audience wanted and they gave it them. They initiated sing-alongs, played only dance-worthy music, and knew how to communicate well with all the concert-goers.

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Here is an excerpt from another review of this same concert (I agree with what he says about The Features in the following paragraph, but strongly disagree about what he says about Manchester Orchestra in the rest of the review.)

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"By the time I made it inside, The Features were setting up their gear. Not knowing anything about them, I planned to hang in the back and wait for Manchester Orchestra--but from the very first song, The Features caught my attention, and I was turning to my girlfriend saying, “Hey, these guys are good.” They play what I will cautiously call indie bar rock. You know: Modest Mouse meets Wilco. The guitars are scratchy, the vocals sharp, and the mood defiantly carefree. Many in the audience seemed to know the band already, and most of the rest of us were quickly won over. The Features charmed the crowd with a very organic balance of energy and melody, bursting into what seemed like jam sessions at random. But behind this, “Hey, it’s just rock and roll, so who cares?” attitude were some very well-crafted tunes, and for the first time in years, I’m considering buying one of the opening acts’ albums."

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After attending this concert I have almost no doubt that The Features will have a successful future. Perhaps Manchester Orchestra should take a few music lessons from them!
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Warning: Manchester Orchestra may cause mass suicide at their concerts

As I previously blogged a few weeks ago, the band Manchester Orchestra was having a concert on February 28th, at Revolution Live... let me just tell you all ahead of time, this blog is not going to a positive one because their concert... SUCKED!

The concert started out pretty decent because the band actually played upbeat songs that made the crowd sing and dance along. A few young boys in the audience even started "moshing" (a crazy dance style that requires the "dancers" to push, shove, and basically beat each other up).

But then after the fourth or fifth song on their setlist, it all went downhill. Manchester Orchestra started playing nothing but emo-kill-myself songs. It completely changed the audience's mood for the worst. Singing stopped. Dancing stopped. Moshing stopped. People were obviously not enjoying themselves. They were looking around as if saying, "Really?"

Regardless to say, I left the concert about 45 minutes before it was set to be over. Oh, and I left in a horrible mood as did the majority of the crowd that also left early.

The only entertaining aspect of the concert was the fact that the keyboardist of the band seemed to be really drunk or on some drug, because he was going nuts. Everyone was giving him weird looks. His bandmates even seemed to be eyeing him strangely.

So in conclusion, unless you are into depressing concerts, do not see Manchester Orcestra in concert!

Opinion Blog: Enough With Taylor Swift!

One word that describes Taylor Swift: BORING!!!

(Before I begin, can I just point out how ridiculous that picture to the right is? Please Taylor! Please! Do not start rapping like you said you wanted to!)

In my opinion, Taylor Swift is as plain as a white wall. She is another blond pop icon who tries to make movies but fails, who gives off the squeaky clean image until something raunchy is revealed (which something will), and who has become so commercialized into our clueless media that it's just annoying!

Yes, she is pretty, plays the guitar, and seems like a sweet girl, but who really cares? She does not have the potential to become a lasting star. All her lyrics seem to be the same. All cheesy love songs. And her voice is generic.

I really don't think she should've won all those Grammy awards. But then again, sometimes our media doesn't appreciate true music. They go by what's on the radio and what teenagers, who barely pass Algebra, like.

I wish our music industry would wake up and realize what good music is. I wish they would realize that lyrics like these (From the song "You Belong With Me"): "But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers..." SUCK!

Oh and for the record, Kanye, you're mean, but totally right...

Check this band out: The Black Keys

They are usually compared to bands such as The White Stripes, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and ZZ Top. Bands such as Metallica claim to listen to them. Artic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders can be seen wearing their band t-shirt.

The Black Keys are the definition of the-modern-day-indie-blues period. The band, composed of just two guys, Dan Auerbach (guitarist and vocalist) and Patrick Carney (drums), started off their musical career in 2002 with the release of their first album "The Big Come Up".

Following "The Big Come Up" they produced "Thickfreakness" (2003), "Rubber Factory" (2004), "Magic Potion" (2006), and "Attack and Release" (2008). With "Magic Potion" and "Attack and Release" they gained their fame.

Songs on their 2006 and 2008 albums were featured in about 40 movies, television shows, and commercials combined. In 2007 the film Black Snake Moan featured their song "When The Lights Go Out" and the film Cloverfield featured the song "Grown So Ugly". The song "Strange Times", one of their most popular hits, can be heard on the video game Grand Theft Auto 4, and on television shows Dexter and Gossip Girl.

Recently (2009) The Black keys have produced the album "Blakroc" which features a unique blend of hip-hop and bluesy-rock. "Blakroc" features hip-hop artists such as Wu-Tang, Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Jim Jones.

The Black Keys are beyond any doubt a revolutionary band. Listen to them once and you'll be hooked. Listening to Auerbach's unique and emotion-filled voice is seducing. You'll never want to press stop on your iPod.

See them April 18th at the Filmore in Miami. I already bought my ticket. Have you?

Pickle VS Nickelback: The Battle on Facebook Ends

Pickle won!

A few weeks ago a rather strange group was created on Facebook titled "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" The page was out to prove that it could get more fans, or facebook members, to join than, the actual Nickelback fan page could.

Well after only four weeks, compared to the years that the band Nickleback has been on facebook, the pickle page got a whooping 1,500,210 members to join. Nickleback's fan page has 1,424,629 members.

"Pickle" fan page creator Carol Anne claims that, "This page is only intended for humour and nothing more or less. I am not using this page to endorse any hate towards the band Nickelback."

Let's just hope that Nickelback doesn't take offense to this page and doesn't develop a hate for pickles.

Aerosmith Makes Up and Announces Tour

After months of quarrels between Steven Tyler and his bandmates, Aerosmith has made up and announced their “Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock” summer tour of Europe. Lead singer Tyler tells Rollingstone Magazine, “We’re coming your way and rocking your world. Look out baby, ’cause here we go again!”

Only three weeks ago Tyler threatened to sue his bandmates if they went on a tour with another singer. Aerosmith was testing out other singers, such as Billy Idol and Lenny kravitz, for their front man position. The band was apparently fed up with waiting for Tyler to rejoin them for more gigs and was willing to replace him.

The band met early February and came to a realization that they belonged together. Regardless, they made up being the old friends they are, and announced another tour. Aerosmith is now confident and boasting that they are once again ready to rock.