Hype Hype Hooray is a biweekly “critique” of the music scene and the blogosphere that feeds it, told through the lens of Jamie Hale, a journalist who likes music about as much as he likes scotch and a firm leather chair. Please enjoy with a grain of salt. Last May I finally sat down and… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] When I Finally Sat Down and Listened to American Idiot
Tag: Green Day
21st Century Breakdown is maybe the best awful album ever
I hesitated to review this album, but some things just need to happen. There are times in the lives of some musicians when they try to transcend their old sounds to recreate their images, usually to appeal to a wider audience (many call it “selling out.” I don’t). Bands like the Rolling Stones did it… Continue reading 21st Century Breakdown is maybe the best awful album ever
New Green Day: “21st Century Breakdown”
Because I already made fun of their new album cover for 21st Century Breakdown, and reminisced about the time they made good new music as a different band, here’s the title track, “21st Century Breakdown,” from the new album, which is just awful. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSF0PFG3vU] You can hear them try to be all “piano ballad” and… Continue reading New Green Day: “21st Century Breakdown”
UGGH: Album art for new Green Day record is all Good Charlottey
So Green day announced that their next album, 21st Century Breakdown, is due out this spring. Now we have the album art for said album and it’s totally groan worthy. I see Green Day on this constant morph into Good Charlotte, and this album art is both the proof and the pudding. Take a look:… Continue reading UGGH: Album art for new Green Day record is all Good Charlottey
Remember when Green Day wore masks?
I recently dug up a copy of my Network CD from back in 2003. If you don’t know, The Network (aka Network!), was a six piece new-wave band consisting of Green Day and some friends wearing masks and silly costumes. It was like, seriously weird. Each band member had a pseudonym and a background story.… Continue reading Remember when Green Day wore masks?