Welcome to Americana!

All the everything - perpetual groove
American Idiot - green day
American Saturday night - brad paisley
Americana - the Offspring
And now... the Verbs
Anticipation - Lewis Black

We are making progress through the A's and I enjoyed the diversity of genres since last posting. From the 2000's favorite controversial "rock opera" to a new country record to an "optomistic" comedic rant, this listening session proved to be very interesting to my eardrums.

All the everything was everything I ever wanted in the sounds of spacey melodic jam rock. There are plenty of riffs and motifs that I enjoyed on this album, and plenty that keep replaying in between the ears. Top three: "Long past settled in," "Scooter," and "Crockett and Tubbs." Seeing pgroove live is a great experience and if you ever have the opportunity to see them, try not to miss out because it will blow your mind!

"American Idiot" was my "rock opera" allusion in the opening paragraph, and I enjoyed hearing this collection of tunes after not hearing them for a while. Always a fan of Jesus of suburbia and whatsername, this cd has brought back great memories from high school. A rudimentary high school rock band, in which I was involved, used to play this cd from beginning to end and we had a lot of fun doing it! Its all about fun :)

This is the first country cd in the review, and a pretty decent one to start with! I have become a bit of a country fan since coming to school in the south and that is the majority of what is played on the FM dial. Brad is definitely one of my favorites due to his musicianship and great lyrics. His mix between satire and sentiments, blues and ballads, always makes his albums a great listen front to back. This record was no exception, I was very content with Brad's efforts.

Americana from the Offspring is in my opinion where they kind of started to shift their gears as far as their musical qualities. Therefore, there are some unoffspring creations that are nice nonetheless. The always fun to listen to "Pretty fly for a white guy" and "why don't you get a job" are great tunes. I want to cover one of them I think...

And now... the verbs is a fun "project" from drummer Steve Jordan. He also adds bass, vocals, and possibly keys to the unique sound. Most of the songs feature light rock grooves, but they dust on a slew of genres and flavors. Its a good listen for once in a while..

Anticipation, a straight stand-up set recorded for home audio, was filled with rants and raves from Lewis. His humor, very logical, intellectual, and darn right offensive, got me chuckling quite a bit. My favorite bits included his ideas to elect Santa Claus as POTUS, losing his virginity to a skipping record, and obviously the routine about golfers.

That is it for now noble readers.. This weekend is going well so far, but it is way to cold and it is keeping me unmotivated... Lets get a heatwave Clemson,... I want 40's next week PLEASE!! Time to kill that keg!
Until next time...
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