Before he threw his last pitch on Sept. 25, 2007 in a Red Sox uniform, pitching ace Curt Schilling already had an idea what his next career would be. Unlike other baseball greats who never got too far off the diamond, he had no desire to head back into the...

Twin Atlantic have more in common with Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover than you might think. The Scottish rockers told me in an A-Sides interview earlier this week that they're getting -- to paraphrase -- too old for this "expletive" when it comes to rocking out all the time. Yep,...

They might be the next They Might Be Giants or perhaps they'll follow punk icons like Blink 182, and yes I hate calling that latter band "icons." Their best bet, however, may be becoming the first ever Front Bottoms. That's a good thing. The quirky duo of Brian Sella and...

The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were just announced, and as is always the case on "Oscar morning," there were glaring omissions. This morning, however, the snubs were especially shocking -- more so than in previous years. For starters, Michael Fassbender, who had been garnering attention for several...

We travel from Alaska to Brooklyn for this edition of A-Sides, but not literally. That said, it'd be cool if I could somehow transport people via a blog post. Get on that, Google.

All John Baldwin Gourley wants is to work hard on his craft and make music on...

I realize it's weird, but the Oscar nominations announcement has been almost as big an event for me as watching the awards themselves. For decades, it's been a ritual. I make my coffee, sit on the couch, and watch Good Morning America and E! as the news pours in.

Having a child shouldn't mean your musical taste should lose its flavor. You shouldn't have to subject yourself and your baby to listening solely to Raffi, Barney and Disney tracks 24/7. That thought process came some six years ago for CMH Label Group Vice President Lisa Roth while shopping for...

Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, and always will be. Ditto for Michael Jackson and his King of Pop distinction. Sharon Jones made that abundantly clear in a recent "A-Sides" interview. Having said that, there's still room for another queen in the worldwide music castle. Jones is the self-professed...

This time last year, everyone was singing the praises of a surefire Oscar-frontrunner called The Social Network and rightfully so. That masterful film featured strong performances led by Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, a pitch-perfect sharp script from Aaron Sorkin, and solid direction from David Fincher. But something happened along...

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Sometimes hype is just that... hype. Too many times, artists packaged as the "next big thing" fail to live up to the premature "it" factor when their albums drop. I could name dozens upon dozens, but would rather focus on...

Whether you follow them or not, rating systems are helpful in alerting people of content that may not be suitable for young viewers, themselves, or others. When you see "V" on the screen before a show goes on, you know right away there's violence in the episode you're about to...

One Man Gang was a popular bad guy in the wrestling world in the 1980s. Fortunately (or unfortunately if you're a fan of men in tights from the Teddy Ruxpin era) he has nothing to do with today's "A-Sides." The grappler's moniker, however, resonates in that both artists featured here...

My wife isn't exactly a fan of a lot of new music. She gets a little sick of hearing me talk up the latest, greatest artist I'm listening to, and tends to play the same songs in her car over and over again. Yet, something broke through to her usual...

Adele dominated this year, and rightfully so. The British songstress murdered the charts with 21, her breakthrough sophomore effort on a relationship breaking. The deeply personal album spawned massive singles like "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" and made the singer the reigning queen of music. But, 2011...

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I do some of my best thinking in the bathroom -- most of us do. It's while I'm on the toilet where some of my best ideas have come about. For instance, my idea to write...

Does anyone remember that old skit on In Living Color about the Jamaican family whose members continually try to one-up each other by namedropping how many jobs they have? Of course you do. Well, Butch Walker would fit in that fictional family quite well dreads or no dreads. Walker is...

There was a time when Sweden wasn't exactly the most popular export in music excellence. For decades, the country was arguably defined by the glorious schmaltz and glamour of ABBA and to a lesser degree, the pop friendly 1990s group Ace of Base. But, things have changed over the past...

They say good things come in "threes." Or is it bad things? I don't remember, but it doesn't matter. This edition of "A-Sides" features three unique artists who will either mellow you out or rock your socks off. Actually, if you're mellowing out - aren't your socks off anyway? That...

It came as such a pleasant surprise a few months ago when Eddie Murphy was announced as the host of the 84th Annual Academy Awards. I figured after the nightmare that was James Franco and Anne Hathaway last year, the producers would opt for a safer and familial bet like...

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All." "Lost in Love." "All Out Of Love." Any of those titles could be used for the next Kim Kardashian reality series, but I kid... I kid! Just about everyone -- especially anyone who owned a radio in the late 1970s and essentially the...