Cassie The Venomous' Blog

Before you read any further, if you plan to attend TAKING BACK SUNDAY 's TAYF10 ( Tell All Your Friends ' 10th anniversary) tour and do not want to see spoilers, TURN BACK NOW! This review is for the first 2 dates, and there will be spoilers! October 4, 2012 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues October 6, 2012 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater --- This has been the year of TBS birthday shows for my best friend Emily and I. At the end of February, 2 days prior to my birthday, we had managed to weasel our way into a show meant for Ohio State students only (Ha! Suckahss!), and the band managed to play 2 days after Emily's birthday at the House Of Blues in Cleveland a few days ago. Pretty cool coincidence, right? What better way to spend my best friend's birthweekend than following her favorite band on the first couple dates of their tour? Before I get into the details of how shows are going down on TAYF10, I just want to gush briefly about the amazing peop...

Bayside Killing Time Wind-Up Records February 22, 2011 TRACKLISTING 1. Already Gone 2. Sick, Sick, Sick 3. Mona Lisa 4. It’s Not A Bad Little War 5. Sinking and Swimming on Long Island 6. Seeing Sound 7. The Wrong Way 8. On Love, On Life 9. The New Flesh 10. Killing Time _______ Rating : 7.5/10 Key Tracks : "Mona Lisa," "It's Not A Bad Little War" & "Sick, Sick, Sick" ______ Four tracks into Killing Time , I knew Bayside 's latest effort would be my favorite of their albums. Past releases have featured strong tracks as singles that were the few I kept around as iTunes library-worthy while I found the albums as whole works to grow monotonous by the end. However, Killing Time is an album from which I could see myself hanging onto more than a few tracks permanently. It doesn't hurt that it is a mere 10 tracks long and is able to hold interest through all. Bayside, while staying true to the sound of the e...