Last August, I mentioned my newfound love for “Tap Dancing in a Minefield,” an amazing rock song by The New Regime (the solo project of the Foo Fighters’ current drummer and youngest member, Ilan Rubin). That song convinced me to check out their first album, Coup, and while I loved the entire LP, two songs truly stand out, and one of them is “All These Changes.”
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Song of the Moment CXXII: The New Regime’s “Tap Dancing in a Minefield”
Last June 10, 2026, during a Foo Fighters show on the Take Cover Tour, my favorite band of all time started introducing each member (well, other than the mighty Dave Grohl) by performing songs from their bands and side projects.
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Listen VI: Foo Fighters’ “Asking for a Friend”
In my previous Listen post, I wrote a love letter to my third-favorite Foo Fighters song, “Walk” (the third single and last song on the band’s seventh studio album Wasting Light). I shared how the song gave me light in a truly dark period in 2011. I also shared that during my sing-along to “Walk” at my second (and best) Foos show on October 4, 2025, it started with a few seconds of tears and ended singing along angrily. That was a cathartic moment for me.
Then, on the night of October 23, 2025, after having a lovely birthday dinner with my family (it was my Mother’s birthday), the Foo Fighters released their newest song, “Asking for a Friend”. Little did I know that, once again, I would feel multiple emotions all at once because of a song from my all-time favorite band.
