So what happened in March? Honestly, I’m still recovering from the ‘bangover’ that was Freakin’ Weekend IV (FWIV), the 4th Annual concert party and three-day festival in Nashville presented by Nashville’s Dead. I posted up Friday and Saturday night at Exit/In and proceeded wreck my shoes, bruise my ribs, and shove an ice-pick down my ear canal. All for […]
February 26, 2013
It’s been a little over three months since relocating to Nashville, but I wanted to give one more shout to the Mitten, which produced notable musicians Kid Rock, Eminem, Madonna, Bob Seger, Jack White, and Sufjan Stevens. But more than all of these ‘ganders (yes, even Seger), no one had it together like J Dilla. […]
January 26, 2013
The first time I ranked a Top Five albums from a single year was back in 2009. I took a year off in 2010, and then OMO began the annual log. Four artists from my ’09 list produced albums this year and three returned to claim the top spots again…sorry Coexist. Also, though they didn’t […]
December 16, 2012
On Wednesday, November 21, OMO watched Japandroids at Nashville’s Exit/In. Here are the takeaways. 1. Brian King and David Prowse are geniuses. Just two guys serving up rock, as loud as they possibly can. The songs are mayhem, throwing caution to the wind to enjoy the moment, and their full sound has that same reckless […]
November 27, 2012
On Thursday, November 8, at the Magic Stick in Royal Oak, OMO watched Dan Deacon. Here are the takeaways. 1. Dan Deacon is a Genius. Dan Deacon’s style of electronic music got me the first time I heard the woodpecker’s call that ignites Spiderman of the Rings, and was followed by so many other of […]
March 24, 2013
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