R.E.M. is back in the studio!
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Good news for people who love good news! R.E.M is back in studio working on a new album and they're bringing us along for the ride.… Read More
RiO!B episode – Nov. 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009The RiO!B’s top ten rock albums of the decade are…?
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Well here it comes. That time of year when all the blogs release their "Best of..." lists. But this year in particular is special because it marks the end of the first 21st century decade and there's been a lot of music released over the past 10 years.
Websites like Pitchfork went with Radiohead's Kid A as their number one while websites like Consequence… Read More
Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa
Monday, November 16th, 2009
For the last few months, many of the blogs have been talking about the absurdity/amazingness/confusion that is Bob Dylan's Christmas album Christmas In The Heart. I stayed away from covering it because having not heard the album I felt I couldn't give it a fair criticism. But having watched the video for the song "Must Be Santa" I now can summarize my criticism with the appropriate acronym: WTF?
Sadly the video for the song isn't embeddable otherwise… Read More
Slayer bringing Carnage to the U.S.A.
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Slayer has just announced their rescheduled dates with Megadeth in Canada since bassist Tom Araya had issues with his back and couldn't perform. But that's not what we care about for this post.
Slayer has just announced their "American Carnage" tour that also includes Megadeth (via CoS).… Read More
RiO!B episode – Nov. 16, 2009
Monday, November 16th, 2009Anvil appearing in The Green Hornet
Friday, November 13th, 2009Anvil has made one of the biggest comebacks this year. From catering jobs in Canada to a possible Academy Award nominated documentary, they've definitely been on… Read More
RiO!B episode – Nov. 13, 2009
Friday, November 13th, 2009RiO! Band of the Week – Midnight Spin
Friday, November 13th, 2009
The title of Rock it Out! Band of the Week makes its way back to New York City with the band Midnight Spin.
Imagine, if you will, The Bravery and The Clash getting together one night and meeting for a few drinks. They get a bit tipsy and go back a hotel room to make sweet band love. Nine months later they pop out a band baby. That baby is Midnight Spin...although I'm pretty sure the band wasn't formed in that exact way. With upbeat, catchy tunes that call up… Read More


