Tag: face to face
Live: Face to Face – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ – 6.19.12
In 1999, punk rock outfit Face to Face released the most controversial album in their catalog, Ignorance is Bliss. By no means was the controversy tied to anything generally “offensive”. The controversy laid more so in the fact that the record was such a vast departure from their previous three albums. Ignorance is Bliss is a [...]
Vagrant Records – My New Favorite Label… Again.
I’ve gone through more ‘favorite record labels’ in my lifetime than most people go through favorite TV shows. You can peg one for every era or phase of my musical chronology. Geffen, Delicious Vinyl, Capricorn, Arista, Rhino, Vagrant, Fat Wreck Chords, Drive-Thru, Sub Pop… Vagrant. Yep, that’s right – Vagrant makes two appearances. And what’s [...]
Mick’s Best of 2011
A little late getting this up, but 2012 has been off to a roaring start and admittedly I have been so excited about what 2012 has offered thus far, that it took me this long to publish my Best of 2011. The first couple of months of 2011 bore a lot of fruit, but then [...]
What Mick’s Listening To Right Now
Here’s what is rattling around my headphones at 32,000 feet: Face to Face – Laugh Now, Laugh Later – the boys are back to their 4-piece days on the new LP. Booker T. Jones – The Road from Memphis – Insane grooves from the legend. Company of Thieves – Running from a Gamble – Sophomore [...]
