My fiancé turned me onto Jonathan Coulton’s music. I’d heard the comedic singer-songwriter’s stuff a few times before; his song, “Code Monkey” was familiar to me, as was his acoustic cover of Sir. Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”. But when my fiancé and I started dating,…
I hadn’t really heard of English trip-hop duo, Massive Attack, until one of my favourite artists, Jamie Cullum, performed a cover of one of their songs in concert. I fell in love with Cullum’s version of “Teardrop”- so much so that I decided to follow…
I don’t know why I keep trying with The Lonely Island. The comedy trio’s first album, Incredibad, had a few great songs, but it was mostly filled with clunkers. Their follow-up, Turtleneck & Chain, suffered from the same dilemma. While the guys of The Lonely Island (Andy…
I absolutely love it when my favourite movie or TV show has a fantastic soundtrack. Because I’m a “music person”, I admittedly spend a lot of time during TV shows or movies trying to figure out what song is playing in the background. Much of my…
At the start of the summer, when I heard that John Mayer was releasing a new album, I was half-convinced that Christmas had actually come early. After all, it is winter in Australia, so the combination of the cold weather, and well – the best…
I’m not a Lady Gaga hater just for the sake of being one. To be honest, I enjoyed her when her first album was released- before the world proclaimed her as the best thing since sliced bread. Some of my hatred of Gaga and her…
Sometimes you listen to a musician and just wonder, ‘Why wasn’t this artist more successful?’. I’ve wondered that time and again about English singer-songwriter, Kate Nash. Maybe my only answer to that question is that she arrived on the music scene at an unfortunate time;…
I grew up listening to Prince‘s music. My mom was a huge fan, and I distinctly recall weekend mornings spent cleaning the house while one of his LPs played on her record player. I suppose not everyone appreciates Prince’s music or his vocal styling (really,…
There’s no denying or hiding my love for Sufjan Stevens. The folk singer/songwriter has been a favourite of mine for several years now, to the point that I own all of his albums, EPs, and even hundreds of his live tracks. I’ll literally buy anything…
Earlier today, I was watching an E! True Hollywood Story on The Spice Girls (don’t judge me- I work part-time and have a lot of free time some days!), which in turn, inspired me to dust off one of my old Spice Girl CDs and…