About

Welcome to Guitars, Drums, Tones and Saxophones!

This is a music blog about any and all music I find interesting or fun. It will deal primarily with punk and ska music, since that’s a large percentage of the music I enjoy, but will also include such genres as synthpop, indie rock, bluegrass, and anything else that I pick up and dig.

The site will have a couple of types of features:

  • Reviews: there will be a few reviews posted each week. Naturally, I’ll try for new albums, but if there are a lack of new albums, or I don’t have the time to properly give my attention to such releases, there might be a “classic album” review. Reviews aren’t given stars or anything; it can more or less be assumed that if I’m talking about it here, it’s awesome, and should be listened to as soon as humanly possible.
  • Editorials: kind of like opinion articles. Just posts discussing things that I consider important, or maybe suggested by commenters, relating to the scope of the blog, of course. Feel free to send in topics!
  • News Recaps: This isn’t a news blog, but if something big happens, I’ll try to throw a note about it, with some links to learn more.

That’s about it for now. Look around, and hopefully you’ll enjoy yourself!

A quick note about album downloads: unlike a lot of other music blogs, I won’t post links to album downloads that aren’t sanctioned by the bands/labels. Some bands are for it while the labels are against it, or whatever. Not my business. I will, though, give props to bands and labels who offer such downloads, because that’s cool of them to do. And besides, if you really want to download an album, I’m sure you can find it without me.

McFlynn

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About Me:

Hi. I’m John, this is my website. I live in the Boston area, and try to go to as many shows as possible. I love music, and am using this space to go on (and on and on) about music I love. I would say I’m primarily into punk and ska music, but my interests run all over the place, to indie rock, hip-hop, bluegrass, country, metal, synthpop, etc. etc.

Favorite Bands/Artists:

  • Bad Religion
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • The Pet Shop Boys
  • The Smiths
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Hot Water Music
  • The Gaslight Anthem

I could probably write more here, but that’s what the blog is for. Go forth!

Links about me:

  • my Last.FM page: if you’re here, you might as well see what I’m listening to
  • my comic: infrequently updated, I admit
  • my deviantART: more frequently updated
  • MySpace: I have one, but just to keep track of bands and such