I came across Ásgeir’s music by chance; I was scrolling through Twitter, when I happened upon the page of singer, Vanessa Carlton, who was recommending his music by comparing him to a mix between “Phil Collins and Bon Iver.” The description intrigued me, since I’m…
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;…
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…
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’m not sure when I stumbled upon Sleigh Bells, though I know I first heard them while visiting someone’s blog. Usually, I automatically mute my laptop when a blog has an automatic playlist enabled, but I remember being captivated by the band’s unique sound. The…
In 2011, I fell in love with Gotye’s wildly inescapable hit single, “Somebody That I Used To Know”. I loved the catchiness of the song, the honesty in the lyrics, and I was impressed by the female vocalist in the second verse. Luckily for me,…
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 hadn’t heard of Imogen Heap until I saw the movie, Garden State. It was then that I fell in love with the Londoner’s selection on the soundtrack- “Let Go”- which was actually a song from her band, Frou Frou. I was instantly enthralled with the band’s ambient, sythnpop…
My early 20’s, though technically only a few years ago, seem like a whole universe away to me now. Most of the memories I have of my life during the ages of 20-23 are fond; highlighted by the friends I had, the men I dated,…
The typical 15-year-old’s life consists of a precarious balance between friends, dates, school dances and getting passing grades in their high school classes. At 15, Jasmine van den Bogaerde was the winner of Open Mic UK, a YouTube sensation, and had just released her debut…