We’ve changed the featured review on the homepage, and (finally) put up Ceann’s Rave, Rant, Lose Pants review on Ceann’s page.

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.

First things first: I updated the site late Friday night (ok, technically it was 2am Saturday). The review for Flatfoot 56’s new album Jungle of the Midwest Sea is now on the main page with Ceann’s Almost Irish being moved to the past reviews page.  Yeah, I know, it’s about time.  The links are mostly missing, and I’ll be adding them in shortly as well as checking for spelling errors since it was posted quickly so that I could get some sleep before Celtic Fling.

Speaking of which, I picked up 4 CD’s yesterday at Fling.  Icewagon Flu’s Off the Wagon and The Great American Something (which I listened to on the way home from Fling- so far, very good), Ceann’s new CD Rave, Rant, Lose Pants, and Enter the Haggis’ Soapbox Heroes.  Reviews will be forthcoming. 

 I also got some pics of said bands as well as a few of Hunting Mcleod since I was running late and am bad at faces.  I thought they were Icewagon Flu performing a song I hadn’t heard yet since celtic bands wearing kilts at celtic festivals is not exactly unheard of.  Sort of made an arse of myself when trying to buy their CDs and talking to Martin Bristow (guitarist of Icewagon Flu) without realizing that he was in the band that I thought I was seeing.  Nice guy though.

 I plan to get a proper review of the fest up later- on the site if I can find a good spot for it.  And try to get some pics uploaded.  All of the bands were in the shade and I couldn’t get close enough to be sure of a good shot. 

 I also ended up with sun poisoning about the same time that Enter the Haggis was up for their last set, so I stayed through a few of my favorite songs and left- sorry guys.  You rocked, I just couldn’t roll.