Within the past few months, I found myself graduating from college, moving across country, and adopting a dog. While the last one is arguably the most awesome of the three, all of them left me scrambling for free time and internet access, in that order.
Things are settling down, though, which leaves me time to go [...]
Gonna be honest here. I’ve been listening to a band i have no idea what to do with. Like, at all. It was suggested by a friend, and so far outside of my normal scope of interest that i just got nothing.
I guess this is to expected when i’m suddenly tossed a French Pop CD. [...]
The holiday season is long over. thankfully. over so much so that my normal routines are falling back into place, and all the playing catch-up has come to a close.
which is awesome, because for me, Holiday Hi-jinks come with a cost (other than themselves, mind you).
I have mentioned my deep and abiding (if not a little creepy) love for Third Eye Blind at least twice now on Sound and Tonic.
Here comes round three.
Ursa Major was released not so long ago, and I’ve been mulling it around for a few weeks now. I know that it often takes a reasonable amount [...]
I love music that is over the top.
Absurd, outlandish, and way, way over the top.
I have even started collecting specific examples of exemplary over-the-topishness in a playlist. You wouldn’t have expected, but I call this playlist ‘over the top’.
Right now there is one song that heads the list of ridiculousness in such a [...]
It’s hard to find a band that can turn music into the audio equivalent of velvet. Decadent, rich, luxurious and pleasing to the ear, Dragonette – the part-Canadian/part-British electro-pop band – manages to not only produce some of the most captivating sounds I’ve ever heard but also throw in a half naked teenage trollop for [...]
There are some bands that will forever hold a place in my heart. Oft, these bands are some of my earliest secular musical rememberences, or my first delve into a new Genres.
Third Eye Blind, as mentioned a few posts ago, is one of these bands.
Third Eye Blind is amazing. Not only was their debut album [...]
Regina Spektor may be the cutest person ever.
I guess that’s not really relevant to her musical prowess, but I thought it was a fact to be touched on.
As many of you know, Regina Spektor released a new album, Far, not so long ago. I, of course, bought it. I even went crazy and bought [...]
It’s always sobering to hear a band for the first time and think you’ve uncovered this new gem only to discover that not only are they far from new but also prolific with thousands of fans and millions of plays.
That’s what happened with Metric.
The quasi-grunge-alternative-rock group first came onto my radar through – you guessed [...]
Do you remember the first album you bought? Back when you were young, pirating music off the internet wasn’t an option, and the 10 dollars you saved up for that album seemed like a small fortune?
I do. Vibrantly.
I was raised rather sheltered, and secular music was both magical and contraband material. My first CD [...]
