Archive for the ‘Band of the Week’ Category
January, 2011
Sweden
By MaryAnn Bayer
If there is a band named Sweden out there, oops sorry dudes, but this is not about you. This week’s BOTW is a country, not a band and its is SWEDEN.
Lately, if I hear a band and I like it, 90% of the time the band is from Sweden. I’ve been on a [...]
Nails
By MaryAnn Bayer
Nails and Other hotly anticipated goodies…
Ugh, I have really been sucking lately as far as keeping this column current. The new year will be different man! The year 2011, I am gonna pull it all together and stop procrastinating, stop all the jack- assing around and get down to the business of telling [...]
December, 2010
Best of the Year
Look. I know that a ‘Best Of ‘ column is kind of phoning it in here, a touch lazy. So I asked a few Skin Poison/Band of the Week alumni to contribute their picks for 2010 as well so it’s not just my expected top albums/ list of longhairs for 2010. I got back a [...]
November, 2010
Acquired Taste Booking
By MaryAnn Bayer
Living in Upstate NY for three years now has been kind of a sad state of affairs for live music, especially of the independent or local variety. It seems like whenever I attend a show around my neck of the woods(Saratoga Springs), I have my choice of bars featuring some lame classic rock [...]
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
By MaryAnn Bayer
A bands live show is important. Is there really anything worse than paying your hard earned money to watch a bunch of unenthused, lethargic, poorly dressed, jabronies labor through their set like there is nothing LESS they’d like to do than entertain their audience? I appreciate showmanship. I appreciate that art of entertaining [...]
