In both past and present, it is difficult to find an influential songwriter who has never credited their geographical or familial roots as being
One Jens Lekman lyric that remains so humorously memorable to me was a line on “The Cold Swedish Winter” which remarked that many people
Few bands manage to be as innovative and instantaneously accessible as Wolf Parade, the acclaimed joint project of Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner. The
Unless their family’s name is worth a few cool million, most young musicians are forced to get creative when attempting to generate some sort
Created by ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934, an “Ames room” is considered to be one of the most revered examples of an optical
In their first few tours, it would make sense for an up-and-coming band to open for artists whose style is generally reminiscent of their
One of my favorite YouTube clips is of legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins laying down a slick live bass solo in 1978 with Parliament-Funkadelic,
As someone with an accurate perception of the arduously precise process of songwriting and music production, I am occasionally astounded by the work ethic
Since their inception, there are some genres that have maintained a mystique that causes any form of chronological classification for a first-time listener to
When I wrote about the tactful Håkan Hellström earlier this week, the only nuisance that I found in regard to the Swede was the
