Let’s start with the obvious – these guys have a cool name. That alone can get you far enough in the music industry. Beyond that though, this nostalgic, soul-popgood- times-all-around group is a refreshing change from the norm. In a time when everyone tries to out-weird everyone else, Michael Fitzpatrick and his band offer [...]
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Artist Spotlight: Fitz and the Tantrums
Posted in Music, tagged Aretha Franklin, Fitz and the Tantrums, Mayer Hawthorne, Michael Fitzpatrick, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Supremes on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Artist Spotlight: Das Racist
Posted in Music, tagged Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, Das Racist, Dude and Sit Down, Heems, Kiss, Kool A.D., LMFAO, Man, Public Enemy, Shut Up, The Smiths on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Even as I write this, I’m kind of unsure whether I love or hate Das Racist. It goes back and forth, and this is evidently a common feeling as I read blogs and forums – nobody just tolerates this band, they are polarizing in the same way Kiss, The Smiths, and cilantro (I know, not [...]
Artist Spotlight: LCD Soundsystem
Posted in Music, tagged James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s with a heavy heart that I spotlight the incredibly talented act that is James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem – you see, soon they will be no more. The band recently announced they will be retiring from the game, and holding a farewell concert at Madison Square Gardens in New York City this April. That’s [...]
Album Review:Radiohead King of Limbs
Posted in Music, tagged King of Limbs, radiohead on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dissecting a 1000-Year-Old Tree: Writing a review for Radiohead’s album is like spinning plates. Throughout the decades of varying sounds and musical tastes, there is something that keeps me coming back to Radiohead. The aging band has a mystique, rarity and intelligence that only shines in one in a million. The King of Limbs continues [...]
Artist Spotlight: Nicki Minaj
Posted in Music, tagged Eminem, Kanye West, Lil Kim, lil wayne, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday, Sean Garrett on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those who don’t remember, the last big female rapper was Lil’ Kim. Then she went to jail and something happened to her face. Enter: Nicki Minaj. The Trinidad and Tobago native edged her way into the hip-hop scene slowly. But despite Minaj’s gradual ascent to super-stardom, these days I dare you to turn the [...]
Artist Spotlight: Yeasayer
Posted in Music, tagged All Hour Cymbals, Chris Keating, Yeasayer on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My happiest surprise in music in a long time has been this band. It’s one of those bands that have such a good single that you don’t even want to listen to the rest of their music because you’re too scared it will be a disappointment. I was wrong. I heard “Ambling Alp” (from 2010’s [...]
Artist Spotlight: Ra Ra Riot
Posted in Music, tagged Alexandra Lawn, Death Cab for Cutie, John Pike, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, Ra Ra Riot, Rebecca Zeller, The Orchard, Wesley Miles on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Current Band Members: Milo Bonacci Alexandra Lawn (cello) Wesley Miles (keyboard/vocals) Mathieu Santos (bass) Rebecca Zeller (violin) I first heard of Ra Ra Riot three years ago when a friend played their song “Can You Tell” in her car. Ever since then, I’ve kept them on my radar and they rarely disappoint. Their indie-rock style [...]
Artist Spotlight: Jonsi
Posted in Music, tagged Alex Somers, BBC’s Planet Earth, Jón Þór Birgisson, Jonsi, Olympic Winter Games, Sigur Ros on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jónsi (Jón Þór Birgisson, and no I don’t know how to pronounce that) is everyone’s favorite half-blind lead singer/guitarist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. Even if you’ve never heard of them, I can guarantee that if you watched CTV around the Olympic Winter Games that you are very familiar with a song of [...]
