For most people my age, Nick Drake is pretty much known as “the guy who had a song in that one VW commercial”, but I grew up with his soulful, ethereal music and have always loved him. His music is … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: A Place To Be – Nick Drake Was the Best

So, let’s see how this goes. Bonnie Pink is a singer-songwriter who debuted back in 1995. She has released twelve proper albums and…a bunch of other stuff. She is not well known in the United States and I don’t even … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bonnie Pink

With Belly gearing up for a new tour and releases (Yay!) It seemed a good point to cover the hugely talented and hugely underrated Tanya Donelly. If you don’t mind, I’m going cover this from my viewpoint and start with … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Tanya Donelly

Artist Spotlight courtesy of Pucky It’s late 2011. A young(er) Pucky has been developing a taste for rock music slowly but surely. First, he catalogs every song played on his local JACK FM franchise, in order to establish the canon … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Guided by Voices

Artist Spotlight courtesy of Ninjaneer The year was 2001. Hip-hop was finishing its golden age as P. Diddy’s form of “product placement shiny-suit rap” (which would be picked up later by the likes of Pitbull and Flo Rida almost a … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Jurassic 5 – Or How MTV Got Me Into Conscious Hip Hop

Artist Spotlight courtesy of Leto Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, is an American musician. She is also the first musician whom I have ever truly loved. Her four solo albums and collaborations are some of the most exciting and … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: St. Vincent

With fear of contradiction, I place The Untouchables as the sole U.S. representative in the pantheon of second wave ska. The Los Angeles-based band formed in the early 1980s and disintegrated into a barely remembered brand name after just two … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Untouchables

Content courtesy of pamelabeesly Hey ya’ll! I’m here to share a couple of my favorite tracks from the band Beach House. Primer (I’m plagiarizing Wikipedia): Beach House is an American dream pop band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2004. The … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Beach House

Today’s artist spotlight is dedicated to one of my all time favorite bands and a band that you probably enjoy somebody influence by them: the Descendents. A well-known band as far as punk goes, they’re pretty unknown in the mainstream … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Descendents

Sorry in advance for how lengthy this is or if I’m stepping out of turn. While deservedly known now as a composer, like other film composers such as Danny Elfman, Johnny Greenwood, Cliff Martinez, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Trent Reznor (a … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Clint Mansell

Artist Spotlight courtesy of GAC Subtitle: ‘She’s More Than Just Sad Puppies’ These days, it’s nearly impossible to bring up Sarah McLachlan without thinking of those tear-jerking ASPCA commercials with footage of abused and neglected animals. But even a decade … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Sarah McLachlan