Bobbie Brown has been through and has accomplished a great deal, in this life. Maybe even enough for several lifetimes. In any journey, you take the good with the bad but it could reasonably be questioned – was all worth it? Or to ask it another way, given everything that has happened, the highs and […]
The year was 1995, at this point the state of Disney animation was still at it’s peak in popularity and quality. The Lion King was released the previous year enjoying massive acclaim and with Pocahontas coming out in the summer, Disney had a lot to smite about it’s animation department. Once looked upon as a […]
The Houston Astros are cheaters. A bunch of cheating McCheatersons. The Astros will be reviled this year. Cheating is wrong, everyone learns that in kindergarten. I wish all baseball teams behaved nobly. I wish all people behave nobly. My head agrees with all these statements. You know what else I believe? That many other teams […]
Avi Kaplan – I’ll Get By Release Date: 02.28.20 via Fantasy Records Avi Kaplan has more voices than he is known for. In the group Pentatonix, he was primarily known for his deep bass voice – but trust me, dear readers, Avi Kaplan is so much more versatile than that. In fact, his range is […]
Justin Bieber has a crazy streak of number one albums going. On February 14, 2020, Bieber released his fifth consecutive number one album – Changes. Every single one of his prior albums has also gone on to be awarded Platinum status by the RIAA. I expect this one to reach that level, once again. That’s ten […]
It was a dark and stormy night when the Assignment Editor here at Sound Vapors knocked on the office door wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. He said, “look kid, we want you to start looking back at old award shows, be like Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap and put right what once went […]
On February 7, 2020 – Legendary rock band Stone Temple Pilots released ‘Perdida’. A ten track album that features a more acoustic based approach to songwriting. Each song is a carefully crafted piece of music that includes some of the guitar and melodic flow that fans have come to love from the band. Included is […]
Oleander and I go way back. Not personally – I haven’t had the pleasure of running into these guys but in the Spring of 1999, I was introduced to their debut album – February Son. I was in Spartanburg, S.C. visiting my sister, who was away at college. The first thing she said when I […]
Johnny Orlando is back with his brand single – Phobias. This well produced track showcases Orlando’s voice and personal lyrics. Lyrics that Orlando is anxious to share with the world. Phobias is about the fear of opening up in a relationship and is Orlando’s most vulnerable song to-date. “I’m super excited to finally […]
Loose Buttons front man, Eric Nizgretsky, has so much passion about, not only music but his band mates as well, it’s hard not to be inspired. Eric speaks in such an endearing way when we talk about the lyrical content of songs like Something Better and Home Movies. He embraces the relationships he has with […]