Reel
Big Fish's new record, Monkeys
for Nothin' & the Chimps for Free,
features "Another F.U. Song," which begins "Hey kids! It's
time to use the 'F' word!" and includes, among its tamer
phrases, "with a big rusty pole or a splintery post." You can
guess the context in which those words are sung.
But it's a gleeful minute-long screed, not at all bitter. And that's quite a change for the California ska-punk band, which spent most of this millennium on a record label that wanted nothing to do with it.
It's a safe bet that most everyone is familiar with the heavily made-up shock rocker Alice Cooper, who brings his latest stage project, "The Psycho-Drama Tour," to Davenport's Adler Theatre on August 23.
When
was the last time a Quad Cities venue featured a performance that
included a jazz band with a dancer? I have lived in the Quad Cities
for 30 years and have never heard of anything like that happening
here.
If
Chris Isaak traded in his rockabilly shtick for some country duds,
the result would probably sound a lot like Justin Morrissey's new
CD, A War of Wills.
In
his biography, Bettendorf native Tim Stopulos lists influences that
range from Beethoven to Maroon 5, a bit of youthful overreaching that
you might expect from a 23-year-old.
The
Holmes Brothers have always had an eclectic style. Wendell, the
guitar player and raspy-voiced singer, once told me that so many
hours touring in the van acquainted them with all kinds of music. I
can just hear them, all three singing along to whatever they happen
upon on the radio, trying it out later live and then in the studio
with their own gospel spin.
Don
Vappie knows about boring music.
Some
things are too embarrassing for public consumption, so the man born
Garrett Dutton and known as G. Love exercised some control over the
content of his new documentary and concert DVD, A
Year & a Night with G. Love & Special Sauce.
The
MySpace page profile for the Quad Cities trio Head Held High includes
upcoming shows, the band's influences, and a response to the prompt
"Sounds like." The group has written "a rock band."
