2006

The Glide 20 From 2006: The Year’s Best Albums

Glide Staff December 13, 2006 No Comments

On the surface, with iPods selling in the millions, downloads becoming more and more accessible, and even the actual coining of the moniker, 'The MySpace Generation,' 2006 may appear to be a relatively quiet year for the album. But taken as a whole, it was actually another solid year for LP releases. Sure, there were less blockbusters and a few too many prematurely hyped 'next best thing' mp3s, but when we sat down to go over the piles of CDs, there were more than enough quality titles that had to be reluctantly voted off the island. What we ended up with was a list that offered a little bit of everything – a blurring of genres and styles, featuring artists who created definitive statements – easily identifiable as 2006, but timeless all the same.

Open Mike Day

Ace Cowboy December 12, 2006 No Comments

I think it’s time to give our associate Chilly Jackwater a bigger platform ’round these here parts, maybe once a week. Nobody on the cyberwebs makes me spit milk out

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: “Game, Blouses” Edition

Ace Cowboy December 12, 2006 6 Comments

Some people might argue that a purple blouse may be a wardrobe malfunction in itself, but the master of androgynous style and ambiguous sexuality will be rocking Miami at the

Bob Dylan / The Raconteurs: Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ 11.16.06

Shawn Donohue December 12, 2006 No Comments

ar from a sellout of the huge arena (complete sections were empty) those in attendance caught a master still on top of his game and with the encore of two of the greatest modern songs ever written – Like a Rolling Stone” and “All Along the Watchtower -few left unsatisfied.

The Kooks: Inside In/Inside Out

Susan Frances December 12, 2006 No Comments

Cheery, melancholic, bluesy, and rocking are all levels that The Kooks reach on their debut album. The songs move from introspective to out right party tunes and done with an abundance of youthful optimism.

Oneside: Oneside

Jeremy Lukens December 12, 2006 No Comments

Every once in a while, a new band arrives and breathes fresh air into a monotonous genre. Such is the case with Oneside, a talented pop-rock quartet from Boston. While incorporating banjo into pop-rock is hardly revolutionary – Béla Fleck, for instance, has been doing that for a while – Oneside combines bluegrass, rock and roll, and a catchy pop mentality into a sound that is distinctively their own.