Music

In celebration of Mother’s Day (which is this Sunday, in case you weren’t aware), I sat down and went through my iTunes library and picked eight “mother-themed” songs from some of my favorite artists. My goal in choosing eight of my favorite songs that Read More

Culture Club, Faith No More, Loverboy, Phish, and Stone Temple Pilots all provide songs for this week's Rock Band downloadables. Read More

It makes a crazy sort of sense that Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, Ben Folds, and Damian Kulash would collaborate on and record eight songs in eight hours (well, really six in twelve, but who’s counting), with input from their fans, bypassing the usual Read More

Roy Orbison and KISS make an odd couple in this week's new downloadable releases for Rock Band. Orbison is back in the game with a three pack of songs in honor of his 75th birthday, while KISS delivers live versions of two of their hits. Read More

It's an eclectic week for Rock Band with six singles releasing from five artists and groups. Among the new releases are two songs from Ohio Players and one each from Tommy Tutone, Mastodon, Anberlin, and Relient K. Read More

Most of the bands who write concept albums are not exactly “geek bands,” although they often play with sci-fi concepts. With this month’s theme of dystopias, I’ve found my excuse. There have been quite a few bands over the years who have created albums Read More

The debut of Max Winkler as both writer and director of Ceremony is backed by a fantastic soundtrack that boasts contributions from artists such as Eric D. Johnson, Pete Townsend, and Ringo Starr. With such a variety of fantastic artists, you'll be put Read More

In the last couple of months, there have been several geek music releases that I’ve been enjoying but haven’t yet had time to review. They are, however, worth mentioning and promoting, so I thought I’d just combine a few shorter reviews into one Read More

Rock Band is bringing six more tracks from Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks to you this week as shiny new DLC. The songs are available today as a six-pack for $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points), or you can pick and choose individual songs for $1.99 (160 Read More

Listening to Stuart Hancock's soundtrack, you'd never guess that the corresponding film, Hawk, was a short film with a small budget. Its gorgeous orchestral and choral score brings to mind the music from well-known feature films like the Harry Potter Read More

Florida’s own Sci-Fried is back again with another awesome geek rock album. As usual, they combine various styles from third wave ska to nu metal to rock ballad to electronica. Lyrically they run the gamut of geeky topics: Alien, Firefly, Ghostbusters — Read More

Four songs hit Rock Band for the first time this week with two releases from Grand Funk Railroad, one from Joy Division, and one from J. Geils Band. Read More