I’ve had a chance to listen to all 4 CDs that I bought at the Celtic Fling last Saturday, and I can’t decide which of them I love the most.
Enter The Haggis- Soapbox Heroes has some of the best songs for getting into, dancing, singing with, and just totally letting loose. Honestly, I think One Last Drink is one of my absolute favorite songs.
Icewagon Flu- The Great American Something is… well, great. There are only two things that disappoint me 1.) no lyric sheet, and 2.) they’re so good live that I’ve been ruined for CDs. Seriously, this is an awesome CD and it’ll be the next that I review on the site. I highly recommend it, and it’s absolutely worth the $15 and any shipping you may have to pay. But everytime I hear a song that was in their set at the Fling I just keep picturing the goofy performance I saw there.
Icewagon Flu- Off the Wagon I wanted for a loooong time. However, I’m a total geek about spending my money. I hate parting with cash, and so I’ve simply had it wishlisted for a long time. However, I budgeted and bought it while at Fling. Little did I know that the song I praise so highly in my Celtic Fling 2007 review was actually on this CD! Wonderful! So if you want to hear “Nudity“, get thee Off the Wagon. This is just an amazing band all around, and while I encourage you to get their newest CD, don’t neglect their older ones.
Ceann- Rave, Rant, Lose Pants was released the same week as Icewagon Flu’s The Great American Something and is as rediculously funny as Almost Irish. Top of my charts are Blame the Viking, Pretty on the Inside, and Boom!. No, seriously, you have to hear Boom!.
I’ll be reviewing Rave, Rant, Lose Pants after The Great American Something. It was hard to decide between the two for the next review, but since I left Almost Irish up for freaking two months and only bumped it off the main page last week… well, maybe I should let someone else shine?
Of course, full reviews of all of these CDs will be going up on BandVox.com eventually, but the two new ones are the next in line. I also have the Skels- Any Port In A Storm is on my list. With all of these new goodies, that’ll have to wait.

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