Trippin’ Out: Rock on ... if you even understand what that means

“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now, it’s just a spring clean for the May queen” — “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, 1971. This is an example of the straight forward, bubble-gummy music lyrics I endured listening to as a teenager in the ‘70s, along with the upbeat literature I was forced to read in high school like Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment ...

I don't know what they told you, but this is called Hip-Hop

“This is HIP-HOP. I don’t know what they told you, but this is called HIP-HOP!” DJ Artistic has me in a gentle headlock as he shouts this into my ear.

Are the Constantines breaking up or ‘just slowing down’?

GUELPH – A cloak of mystery has descended over Guelph’s poet, punk-sonic sons, the Constantines.

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Heart is still beating - VillageSoup Belfast (blog)

VillageSoup Belfast (blog)

Heart is still beating VillageSoup Belfast (blog) As you'd expect, you can concentrate on the lyrics more and, I feel, you realize what an outstanding guitarist Santiago is more. The 22-song set (79 min. ...