Music in 2014 just wasn’t as enticing as last year. When 2013 came to a close, I couldn’t bear choosing just 20 albums to include in my Best Of list…and here, I struggled to really scrape up a solid 10. Sure, there were many albums I liked in the last 12 months, but not too…
In October, Gwen Stefani released the first of her comeback singles, “Baby Don’t Lie” to mega fan-fare and high expectations. The results were a mixed bag, with a safe, radio-friendly tune, so-so vocals and loads of repetition in the song’s three-minute run. The Voice coach (and No Doubt frontwoman – and don’t you forget that!)…
I don’t often listen to Christmas music. In fact, I sort of hate it. (If I hear that mothertrucking Mariah Carey song one more time…ugh.) Wait..hold on. Come back, Christmas lovers! I’m not a total Scrooge. Look! I’m about to post a Christmas song! Have I ever talked about what a delight Kristen Bell is!?…
It’s been three years since The Decemberists have toured, but starting in February, the Colin Meloy-led band will hit the road for a string of dates that will carry them through April. The Portland-based indie rock/folk five-piece will be supporting their new album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, out Jan. 20 on…
Mark Ronson, British DJ, musician, producer, and songwriter, has finally released a follow up to 2010’s synth-heavy 80’s throwback Record Collection. His funky new single, featuring Honolulu native and R&B/soul maestro Bruno Mars, will make you rethink that Monday suicide pact you just made with your co-workers in the break room. Cuz Uptown Funk gon’…
With the amount of press coverage, retweets, and YouTube views of Taylor Swift’s new shticky-whatevers, you would think that the young songstress was singing the cure for Ebola. It’s always surprising to me when people/the media/the Internet/your Mom flip their banana hammocks over Taylor Swift so much. I don’t hate her, that silly little Country…
Danny Elfman is a musical genius. As if that even needed to be said…but just in case you need a reminder, check out the man’s resume. Beyond impressive. Some of his quirkiest compositions belong to a crazy awesome moviefilm called The Nightmare Before Christmas, which tells the story of Jack Skellington, The Pumpkin King of…
Having been a [rock] steady No Doubt fan since I was a wee lad – almost 20 years! – my phone blows up every time a new single drops. Whether the track is a new full band tune or a solo Stefani outing, friends, family and social media usually hit me up to tell me…
If you’ve turned on your computer in the last year or so, you’ve heard all about the upcoming Foo Fighters album (Sonic Highways, out Nov. 11), the upcoming HBO show (same name, starts tomorrow at 11 p.m.), the Foo’s week-long residency on Letterman, and their headlining cover band gigs under the name The Holy…
Fiona Apple could drown a basket of puppies or club a sea of baby seals, and she would still be doing no wrong. I certainly hope she wouldn’t; I just mean that Fiona Apple is majorly mega, you guys. Hell, she even gets away with wearing squid hats, because art. (It was for a video…