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The Cure Announce New Album, Tour, Live DVD

posted: February 4, 2014

I can’t even believe I’m about to write this, but The Cure are making an incredible comeback this year, and I couldn’t be more excited. The band will release their 14th studio album, tentatively titled…
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5 Valentine's Day Songs To Make You Swoon

posted: February 13, 2013

Girls, send this list to your significant other. Boys, pay attention. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if the rows of heart shaped candy boxes and giant red teddy bears lining supermarket shelves haven’t clued…
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Soundtrax: Songs For Early Winter

posted: December 21, 2012

Soundtrax: Songs For Early Winter by OurStage on Grooveshark Ah, winter. For so many, the subtle oncoming of winter means snowy days, icy windshields, and a whole lot of bundling up. But for all the slight…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Justin Rice Jumps Between Bishop Allen and The Last Names

posted: October 10, 2012

First you hear the hazy, languid tones of a young woman whose voice falls somewhere in the ethereal zone between Mazzy Star‘s Hope Sandoval and Cat Power. At times, a male vocal partner’s warm pipes…
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Sound and Vision: Pop's Greatest Gender Benders – Songs That Sound Better Sung By the Opposite Sex

posted: August 3, 2012

One of the best releases of 2012 to date is Boys Don’t Cry, an album of covers recorded by Anglo-Pakistani singer-songwriter Rumer (nee Sarah Joyce). As a vocalist, Rumer is soothing and smooth, strictly middle-of-the-road…
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Metal Monday: Royal Thunder Interview

posted: May 28, 2012

On May 9, 2012, Josh Weaver was just about two weeks out from the release of CVI, the first full-length with his band Royal Thunder on Relapse Records. That evening he took some time out…
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