I’ll admit that I’m pretty aversive to listening to any band that is associated with the word “emo”. First of all, I don’t understand how “emotional” can become a genre of music…isn’t all music emotional in some sense? And even worse, I don’t understand how…
My obsession with Fiona Apple started back in late 2005, when I purchased her third studio effort, Extraordinary Machine. I fell easily for Apple’s sultry vocals, exquisite songwriting, and catchy tunes and literally wore the CD out (I had to buy a new copy of…
A few months ago, I had never even heard of indie-pop band, Camera Obscura. A friend of mine recommended them to me, figuring that I’d enjoy them like I do most indie music. I recently picked up their fourth CD, My Maudlin Career (released this…
I’m pretty much obsessed with Sufjan Stevens. I bought his album, Come On! Feel The Illinoise back in ’06, or so, in fell in love with him then. He’s somewhat of a musical genius- his songwriting ability is stunning, and the fact that he writes,…
It seems like Amy Winehouse, no matter what you think of her, created the trend of British female soul singers on the US charts. Winehouse broke through first, and then tons of copy-cat singers emerged- Duffy, Kate Nash, and Adele, to name a few. When…
Saturday Night Live has been really iffy in the past few years. I’ve grown up watching the show, and have loved it since I was old enough to really have a sense of humor. I always preferred it over shows such as Mad TV, because…
I am pretty envious of my friend, Missy. During our sophomore year of college, she got to spend half of the year studying abroad in Ireland. While she was there, she had the time of her life- met tons of lifelong friends (two of them…
I’m not really a Modest Mouse fan. My ex-boyfriend was probably the biggest fan of them I have ever met; he owns all of their CDs, every live release and bootleg thing he can get his hands on, quotes them on his Twitter like it’s…
In the past year or so, I’ve become somewhat of a Radiohead fanatic. I blame it all on the band’s latest effort, In Rainbows, but I digress. Anyway, I’ve become one of those people who will argue that Radiohead is indeed the best band ever…
There’s definitely a bit of a stigma when I tell people that I’m a Mandy Moore fan. I always feel the need to explain away my 1500 plays of her music on last.fm. Because when you think of the name Mandy Moore, your mind immediately…