Some bands just love talking about themselves. I occasionally receive one-sheets that contradict both their namesake and purpose in providing an accessible introduction to
Sub-genres are a tricky thing to analyze. It seems that any individual can coin one, from a music theory professor to a 15-year-old ranting
“Oh, breaking up is so very hard to do.” The opening line comes from one of Burt Bacharach’s more guiltless songs, “Make it Easy
After posting about a few new artists who were fresh on the scene with inexperience with nothing but hefty ambitions in their pockets, I
Collecting every morsel of musical output from a band can be a particularly grueling, though often rewarding, task. While I am not referencing a
There are some bands who are reluctant to point out their influences, fearing that such remarks would take away from their suggested innovation. While
The effect that the use of strings has on a band’s degree of singularity often impresses me, granting illustrious moments of emotional potency even
The Virgins have to be one of the most entertaining bands to search for on Google. The results offer up a large array of
If it were not for the references to ICQ, Facebook, and other forms of technological social networking in the geekily titled “The Only One
For the tourism offices in Sweden, the past several years must have been a breeze. With such a bustling outlet of quality Swedish musical