Back in 2008, Coldplay was riding the success train after releasing their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The album saw a marked change in Coldplay’s musical direction- the twinkly piano ballads and emotive vocals were replaced by more…
It’s almost winter here in Australia, which means it’s time for my annual Harry Potter-athon. I’ve been following a personal tradition for the last ten or so years, wherein every winter I reread all of the Harry Potter books, watch the movies, listen to the…
I’m a big Radiohead fan, but I won’t lie: I was pretty disappointed with their most recent effort, The King of Limbs. Still, I never give up on a band I love, particularly not one of my favourites, like Radiohead. So when lead singer, Thom…
Whenever something starts getting a lot of publicity or hype in the media, I instantly feel wary. It just seems that nine times out of ten, the movie, TV show, album, etc. isn’t really worth all of the attention and praise that I end up…
I think at this point in time, I don’t really need to tell anyone that the Twilight movies aren’t the highest quality film series around. The movies have been notoriously panned for the weak scripts, poor acting, and subpar CGI effects. The only good thing that the…
I haven’t actively followed most of the Disney movies since I was a kid. Part of the reason was that as I turned eleven or twelve, it was really uncool to be watching cartoon musical movies, and I didn’t want my friends to make of…
One of the most sentimental, touching movies I’ve ever seen is the 2007 Steve Carell drama, Dan in Real Life. The film is one of those few that makes me laugh, cry, warms my heart, moves me to think, feel and enjoy life…all in a…
Norah Jones was pretty much everywhere in the early 2000’s. Her husky voice was constantly heard on the radio, her videos were heavily rotated on VH1 and MTV, and she won a slew of awards, including five Grammys.
I can’t keep track of how many times I’ve bought an entire album based on liking just one song I’d heard on it. It really doesn’t bother me to have albums on my iTunes that I haven’t listened to all the way through, because I…
I’ve had about zero interest in Bruno Mars and his music over the past few years. I remember the summer of 2010 when he debuted on the radio- first on a guest spot for B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ on You” and then on Travie McCoy’s song, “Billionaire”-…