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SoundTrax: Summer Road Trip
posted: March 28, 2012
The summer road trip has become one of the most clichéd coming-of-age events in our society, but for good reason. Sunshine, fast cars, convertible tops, best friends, better tunes”what more could you ask for? The…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Deconstructing Elvis Costello's Spinning Wheel
posted: March 28, 2012
You might recall that towards the end of 2011 Elvis Costello made news by issuing a statement on his Web site discouraging fans from purchasing the deluxe box set version of his live recording The…
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Soundcheck: Nicki Readies ‘Roman Reloaded’ For April 3 Release
posted: March 27, 2012
Nicki Minaj is finally ready to release her highly anticipated sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The twenty-one-track album features verses from Nas, Drake, Rick Ross and Cam’Ron among others. Last month she told Complex…
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The Second Coming of Jack White
posted: March 26, 2012
Let’s face it, sometimes the past should stay dead. But when an awesome artist fades from popularity, their fans later wonder, Where are they now? You may not know it, but many artists you’ve loved in…
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Sound and Vision: Pop's Singles Scene — the Scores and Strikes of 2012 (So Far)
posted: March 23, 2012
During the early weeks of the year, 2012 sounded a lot like 2011, as Adele continued to rule Billboard’s Top 200 album and Hot 100 singles charts with 21, one year into the album’s life…
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Your Country's Right Here: Enter the Haggis Make a Splash with 'Whitelake'
posted: March 22, 2012
Maybe I’m just a pushover for a band that has both a fiddle player and the more-than-occasional bagpiper, but there’s something about Enter the Haggis”the Canadian-Scottish folk rock band that just knocks me out. Anyone…
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