Tag : Lobster Tears

jam on it

15 Mar

I hunt the internet often for talented musician moms to highlight on jaimes. On these treacherous searches through the internet jungle, I sometimes find great bands who do not fall under the ‘moms who rock’ category.

I’m not a big fan of record reviews, which may sound odd coming from a writer. But, why do I need three paragraphs on what a record sounds like when I can just listen to the band to see if I like them? If I don’t like a band, no amount of adjectives or metaphors is going to convince me otherwise. So, when I’m looking for new music, I tend to just listen to one or two mp3 tracks for about 10 seconds and say yay or nay, or sometimes hmmm…which leads to 10 more seconds of another song.

Here’s a few bands that made it past my 10 second test. These are 2010 releases that I play while I blog, do the dishes, and play Chutes and Ladders with the kids.
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