Sincerely sweet, but not naive – I think is a good description for the lyrics. Patrick Stump’s lyrics, at their best, capture a sweetness and hopefulness that I find refreshing. And he always comes across as entirely sincere in this sweetness, so it doesn’t ever feel patronizing. This is the case here in a . . . → Read More: Review: This City by Patrick Stump]]> http://zerosuckmusic.com/2011/07/26/review-this-city-by-patrick-stump/feed/ 0 http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/10/12/single-recs-my-chemical-romance-x-2/ http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/10/12/single-recs-my-chemical-romance-x-2/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:25:51 +0000 calystarose http://zerosuckmusic.com/?p=154 . . . → Read More: Single Recs: My Chemical Romance x 2]]> http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/10/12/single-recs-my-chemical-romance-x-2/feed/ 0 http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/06/05/band-rec-tegan-sara/ http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/06/05/band-rec-tegan-sara/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:17:50 +0000 calystarose http://zerosuckmusic.dreamwidth.org/3718.html This is Tegan & Sara, immensely talented twins from the great land of Canadia, I mean Canada. They’ve been making music since they were fifteen and they’ve been touring almost as long.

You can read a detailed History of Tegan & Sara over on Wikipedia, so I won’t replicate that here. I found them . . . → Read More: Band Rec: Tegan & Sara]]> http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/06/05/band-rec-tegan-sara/feed/ 0 http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/22/single-rec-in-transit-by-mark-hoppus-and-pete-wentz/ http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/22/single-rec-in-transit-by-mark-hoppus-and-pete-wentz/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 21:59:02 +0000 calystarose http://zerosuckmusic.dreamwidth.org/2745.html These two dorks are Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz and they're fucking awesome.

So these two guys are the bassists in their bands (Blink-182 & Fall Out Boy respectively), amongst other things. And they decided to make some pretty music together for the Almost Alice not!soundtrack.

Listen to “In Transit” on Grooveshark.

Looking at . . . → Read More: Single Rec: In Transit by Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz]]> http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/22/single-rec-in-transit-by-mark-hoppus-and-pete-wentz/feed/ 0 http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/02/single-rec-stylo-by-gorillaz/ http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/02/single-rec-stylo-by-gorillaz/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 21:39:44 +0000 admin http://zerosuckmusic.dreamwidth.org/1086.html

There’s a really nice groove to this song that just pulls you in and transports you to this other reality. Somewhere chill and yet alien. The lyrics are a good mix of repetition and narrative. The different voices singing really adds some dimensionality to the song. And the music is this interesting mixture of . . . → Read More: Single Rec: Stylo by Gorillaz]]> http://zerosuckmusic.com/2010/05/02/single-rec-stylo-by-gorillaz/feed/ 0