The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang, the review

You took it all gracefully on the chin/Knowing that beatings had to someday end/You found the bandages in the pen/And the stitches in the radio -"Boxer" The story goes that Joey Ramone asked Bruce Springsteen to write a song for the Ramones to record.  Springsteen put pen to paper and knocked out "Hungry Heart" later that …

iPod First Anniversary, #18-20

Fulcrum: ‘Man Of Air,’ ‘Brief Satisfaction’ (Stones adaptation), ‘Figurehead’ (The Cure cover) KEY LYRIC: But it takes 47 hands to hold the birds in the air That left me with 4 to spare For the people, planes and insects, the clouds and the smog And I could not hold them all So I let you …

Interview: theART

theART: Steven (drums); Jak (gtr/vox); KJ (bass/vox); Azaria (vox/gtr).   Local dates: Mar. 18, 2009, 2:30 p: SXSW 2009 – IndieHouston @ Co-Lab Space, Austin. Mar. 20, 2009, 11 p: SXSW 2009 – Maggie Mae’s, Austin. Mar. 21, 2009, 12:45 p: SXSW 2009 – Aussie Acoustic – Whole Foods, Austin. Mar. 22, 2009, 8 p: …