Art by Molly Go to the comment section of any video from your favorite YouTube musician. Chances are someone has commented somewhere in the abundance of societal drivel about how that musician needs to post songs more often. This basically reduces the artistic process to nothing more than an assembly line. Music comes from emotion … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: music
Everyone Should Just Learn An Instrument
Really, what I mean is nobody should think they couldn’t learn an instrument. The world has never been smaller than it is today because of that endless resource of information and cavernous well of procrastination known as the Internet. It can be used as a powerful tool to get you over the hump of learning … Continue reading »
Mike’s One Or Two Sentence Summations of Amazing Albums…
…that came out this year that maybe you heard or maybe you didn’t, but that doesn’t really mean anything because every one experiences things differently and absorbs information differently or something- click through for links! Shields by Grizzly Bear- There is such a beautiful, concise tone to the entirety of Shields. The craft of their … Continue reading »
M. Ward and Justin Bieber: Kindred Spirits
Wardy and The Biebz. I love both of these men in very different ways. M. Ward is an extremely talented guitarist, singer and songwriter with eight solo albums, one album with Monsters of Folk, three with She & Him, and a plethora of writing and producing credits. Bottom Line: he’s perfect in every single way. … Continue reading »
Bands That You Might Not Like
Disclaimer: This is by no means an objective list. If you don’t like the bands listed here, I’m not going to call you names or say you have no taste. These aren’t even necessarily my favorite bands. These are just some bands I feel deserve bigger followings. You may disagree, and that’s perfectly fine. In … Continue reading »
Best Of: 90s Female Singer-Songwriters
While I’m a little ashamed to admit that I never got into Dawson’s Creek, one thing is for sure: “I Don’t Want to Wait” is one of the most easily identifiable theme songs in the history of theme songs. I mean, is there anything better than the brooding & braless babes who made my childhood … Continue reading »
F$%& this Heat: Stuff to do w/ Air Conditioning
Hey, first world countries! It’s hotter than Nick Lachey right now. So do yourself a favor, just go back inside, sit in a cool, dark corner, maybe a nice coffee shop with free WiFi if your power is out (sorry, mid-Atlantic). And check out all of this cool stuff I love on the internet! 1. … Continue reading »
F&%@ING AWESOME MUSIC: Sucre
When I first started listening to “music,” it was Jenny Lewis. We’ve had Florence Welch. Annie Clark. Kate Nash. Laura Marling…..Lily Allen. And I am telling you that the next one is going to be Stacy King. No, listen. Don’t roll your eyes at me. I’m not going to throw around expletives for the sake of sounding … Continue reading »