VIDEO: Jefferson Starship, “Light the Sky on Fire”

I don’t know a lot about my next Dragon*Con featured band, Jefferson Starship, other than they have been making music for a very long time. Jefferson Starship is actually a spin-off band of sorts of Jefferson Airplane which came about in the early 1970′s. I first heard of the newer Jefferson Starship variation in the [...]

VIDEO: Abney Park, “My Life”

Another band that I am excited to see at this year’s Dragon*Con are the steampunkers in Abney Park. They recently released this video for the song “My Life” from their latest album, Æther Shanties. You can watch it after the break. Be sure to stop by and meet the folks from Abney Park at the [...]

VIDEO: Bella Morte “Find Forever Gone” Live

So, first off, i think i will skip a lengthy introduction, if you dont know of them or listen to them hopefully this post will inspire you to check them out. Bella Morte will be attending Dragon*Con this year, and will be playing friday evening with The Last Dance. Official Site | Facebook Bella Morte [...]

VIDEO: The Last Dance, “Once Beautiful”

Honestly, I’m surprised I haven’t posted this music video on here already. The Last Dance will be attending Dragon*Con this year, their first since 2006. The Last Dance released their latest album Once Beautiful back in 2005. Two years later in 2007 they released a documentary DVD called Almost Beautiful, some of which I seem [...]

INTERVIEW: The Body Bags

Recently Skittle and I made a short trip across the border to Rock Hill, South Carolina. We had two goals for ourselves, 1.Eat Del Taco and more importantly, 2. Head down to the Money Club and snag an interview with one of the hardest working bands in the NC/SC music scene The Body Bags The [...]

INTERVIEW: Andrew Futral

During a Field Mouse tour stop in Charlotte, NC I had the opportunity to have a talk with guitarist Andrew Futral. You may also recognize Futral as the brains behind The Age of Rockets as well as the primary producer for each mc chris album since mc chris is dead. He took the time to [...]

VIDEO: The Hellblinki Sextet, “Breaking Everything”

The Hellblinki Sextet is returning to Dragon*Con this year! Not all of the Dragon*Con schedule has been posted yet, however some of the bands seem to know the night that they are scheduled to play already. It looks like my weekend may kick off seeing Hellblinki on Thursday night at 11:30pm. The band hailing from [...]

REVIEW: 500 Miles To Memphis Live @ Charlotte, NC 2011-07-29

So I caught a great show live at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, NC on Friday night. I have to give thanks to my buddy Tim Curry of Sapphire Rebellion for the heads up. Four bands were scheduled for the night. I was excited to hear that Tim was doing a solo acoustic set in [...]

YSLAR Updates: August ’11

Another month is down and we are at an exciting month for You Sound Like A Robot each year, August. This month usually implies lots of preparing for my yearly big expenditure: Dragon*Con! Dragon*Con weekend means a lot of great music, nice people, and excellent costumes (such as the steampunk X-Men above). While I usually [...]