Category Archives: Music

Bob Mould (Contributed Photo)

On Oct. 30 I get to go to a non-work show. I’m going with a friend to see Bob Mould perform Sugar’s classic “Copper Blue” album in its entirety at the El Rey in Los Angeles.

Mould has been instrumental in shaping alternative music between his work with the punk of Husker Du, the power pop of Sugar and his soul-baring solo work.
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Jimmy Eat World performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (File Photo)

Jimmy Eat World is working on a new record. While my favorite album as a whole from Arizona’s proto-emo heroes is “Clarity,” I still have warm, fuzzy feelings for the “Bleed American” album before they the band renamed it “Jimmy Eat World.”
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Martin Solveig performs at Coachella on April 21, 2012. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Sometimes you just need a dance party. Luckily, the Audio File is here to help you with that soundtrack.

One of my favorite EDM artists of late is Martin Solveig, who will actually be in San Bernardino this weekend for Escape from Wonderland.
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Face to Face started out in Victorville but often played Riverside in the band’s formative years. (Contributed Image)

With the news of the 6 Rounds of Punk tour coming to Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park I posted earlier today, I’ve had a very punk rock soundtrack in my head.
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Mike Patton from Faith No More sings while holding a cane on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in 2010. (2010/File Photo)

It’s Sunday morning. One of my favorite things in the world to do on Sunday mornings is to read the paper and listen to music, that is, if it’s not football season.
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Billy Joel performs during the grand opening of The Show, Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa’s showroom venue in Rancho Mirage. (2009/File Photo)

I’m in a singer/songwriter kind of mood today and after a long discussion with a friend, the conversation turned to Billy Joel albums.
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What’s better than an ordinary montage? A “Footloose” montage. (Image from “Footloose”)

It’s been a montage kind of week at the iGuide thanks to movie guy Timothy Guy and what better to get us going into the weekend than this anthem to power you up from John Parr?
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Michael Jackson dances with zombies in the “Thriller” video. (Contributed Image)

Some days, you just need some Michael Jackson in your speakers. Today is one of those days.

Since it’s Halloween time, let’s listen to “Thriller,” which had a video that scared the bejeezus out of me as a child. Back when we first got MTV, I was enamored with the videos. My mom heard what was coming on next and warned me to turn off the TV and being the obstinate person I sometimes am, I ignored her. Boy, was that a mistake.

I had nightmares for YEARS. The yellow eyes, the red jacket, but the worst was Vincent Price’s cackle at the end.

I don’t think I watched the video again for at least a decade.

Now I just love the zombie choreography.

Now, for something that won’t give me nightmares, here’s my favorite MJ track as of late: “P.Y.T. Pretty Young Thing”:

Walk the Moon (Contributed Image)

Today’s Audio Files has a theme–houses!

I can’t get Walk the Moon’s “Anna Sun” out of my head. You might have heard the band on the radio, but they have a good back story, too.

The Cincinnati-based band released “Anna Sun” on their own independent album in 2010, and later ended up with management and signed to a major label.

The band will play the House of Blues in San Diego on Nov. 14.

The song reminds me of another song from a Washington D.C.-area band. I first saw Crash Boom Bang years ago when the band was trying to win a spot at the HFSTival. They’re still around and I still rock the old demo version of the song on my iPod. This is the version of “House” off the band’s album, which has a bit of a slicker sound.