One of my best friends handed me Janelle Monáe‘s CD last year and said, “Listen to this- you’ll like it, it’s the kind of stuff you like.” The kind of “stuff” I like? That could mean anything. I had no idea what to expect of…
Before I moved to Australia, and my boyfriend and I were doing the whole long distance thing, one of the ways we tried to connect from afar was by sending each other music. We sent each other mixtapes all the time, but between mixtapes, my…
Daft Punk is easily at the top of the electronic music scene. French musicians, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, have created several big hits in the techno-pop world, including “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (the latter of which was famously sampled by rapper,…
I have a confession to make. I am a closet Weird Al Yankovic fan. I first discovered Yankovic’s song parodies at the wee age of eight; I became a huge fan, saved my allowance to buy his cassette tapes, and even saw him in concert…
Say what you will about Mariah Carey, but one thing is undeniable: the woman has got an amazing voice. Carey has been a pop music diva for years; since her debut in 1990, she’s released 10 studio albums, sold over 200 million records worldwide, won…
‘Why would a middle-aged, wealthy white woman in the suburbs ever need to sell weed?’ …is pretty much what I thought every time I heard the unbelievable premise of Showtime’s half-hour dramedy, Weeds. I’ve heard of the show since it’s debut in 2005, been recommended to watch it…
I’m going to go all “hipster” on you for a moment and say that I was listening to Australian singer-songwriter, Sia, before she went mainstream. It’s true, though- I bought two of Sia’s earlier albums back in 2008, when she was just a small blip on the…
I really don’t think I need to explain how much The Twilight Saga generally sucks, with the exception of the film soundtracks. Though the books and movies are embarrassingly bad, all of the soundtracks have managed to be great collections of indie pop/rock music.
I’ve been a fan of Jason Mraz for quite a few years now. I’ve enjoyed all of his albums, listened to his songs countless times, drove four hours to see him in concert (and I swear to you, it was one of the best, most fun/interactive…
The Harry Potter franchise is now world-famous, but the series all began with the very first story, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The book, written by J.K. Rowling in 1997, was quickly picked up to be made into a movie. My 14-year-old self, who…