Pearl Jam - "Mind Your Manners"

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I know this has been out for quite a while, but I've been debating if I really wanted to write about Pearl Jam. Usually I try to focus on music that you might have missed and not arena rockers that have been around for 20+ years. If I'm going to bring up that kind of band, it'll usually be to mock them. But "Mind Your Manners" is Pearl Jam's best song in decades. It's one of the rare songs where you actually hear their punk influences. Plus, it has one of the best Mike McCready guitar solos in history. It's their best music since 1994's Vitalogy.

 Lightning Bolt comes out on October 15th. Check out Pearl Jam's website for more information, and find some tour dates below the video.

10.11.2013      Pittsburgh         Consol Energy Center  
10.12.2013      Buffalo, NY      First Niagara Center
10.15.2013      Worcester, MA            DCU Center
10.16.2013      Worcester, MA            DCU Center    
10.18.2013      Brooklyn, NY  Barclays Center
10.19.2013      Brooklyn, NY  Barclays Center           
10.21.2013      Philadelphia, PA           Wells Fargo Center
10.22.2013      Philadelphia, PA           Wells Fargo Center     
10.25.2013      Hartford, CT    XL Center        XLCenter.com
10.27.2013      Baltimore, MD 1rst Mariner Arena      
10.29.2013      Charlottesville, VA       John Paul Jones Arena
10.30.2013      Charlotte, NC  Time Warner Cable Arena       
11.01.2013      New Orleans, LA         Voodoo Festival                      
11.15.2013      Dallas, TX        American Airlines Center          with Midlake   
11.16.2013      Oklahoma City, OK     Chesapeake Energy Arena        with Midlake   
11.19.2013      Phoenix, AZ     Jobing.com Arena        
11.21.2013      San Diego, CA Viejas Arena   
11.23.2013      Los Angeles, CA          Sports Arena   
11.24.2013      Los Angeles, CA          Sports Arena   
11.26.2013      Oakland, CA    Oracle Arena   
11.29.2013      Portland, OR    Moda Center    with Mudhoney
11.30.2013      Spokane, WA  Spokane Arena            with Mudhoney
12.02.2013      Calgary, ALB   Scotiabank Saddledome           w/ Mudhoney  
12.04.2013      Vancouver, BC            Rogers Arena   with Mudhoney

12.06.2013      Seattle, WA     Key Arena       with Mudhoney

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Liam Kazar - "Shoes Too Tight"

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The Freqs - "Witch"

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Photo via Facebook When you're a rock band from Salem, MA, you have to have at least one song about witchcraft. The Freqs have fulfilled their obligation with a banger of a song. "Witch" is this giant monster of a song, filled with fuzz and strained, screaming vocals. This is the type of song that doesn't usually exist in this century. It's giving me some serious 90's flashbacks, like if Hum got aggressive or Alice in Chains decided to do some damage on the college charts. As great as the vocals are in "Witch," what's really drawing me in is the instrumental break down that takes over about halfway through. This is the kind of song to make the hipsters and the headbangers equally excited. You can listen to "Witch" below. For more on The Freqs, check out the band on Facebook and Instagram . The Freqs · Witch
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