Quickspins – Real Estate, Pharrell, Trust, Imogen Heap
Real Estate – Atlas (Domino; 2014) For their third studio album, the New Jersey indie rockers step out…
Top 10 TV show intros
10. “How Soon is Now?” by Love Spit Love – Charmed Nineties television in a nutshell: girl power,…
Music in the news – March 4, 2014
Bruce Springsteen gets Australian crowd twerking with Bee Gees’ cover New Jersey rock legend Bruce Springsteen closed the…
Quickspins – St. Vincent, The Fray, Beck, Lo-Fang
St. Vincent – St. Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic Records; 2014) With its choppy melodies, electronic distortion and synthesized instrumentation,…
Audiophiles and coffee lovers rejoice: Hip Hop Cafe officially opens its doors
It started out as the ambition of an eager 18-year-old with a business plan. Armed with an entrepreneurial…
Music in the News – Feb. 15, 2014
Pharrell auctions off “mountain” Grammy hat The infamous brown hat that music mogul, Pharrell Williams, sported at the…
Painting a landscape with audio soundscapes
A film’s composition is threefold: it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. By nature, it is…
Quickspins – Katy B, Broken Bells
Katy B – Little Red (Rise/Columbia Records; 2014) Following her 2011 Mercury Prize nominated debut, On A Mission,…
Music in the news
Beyoncé course now available at Rutgers University Beyoncé fans rejoice: New Jersey’s Rutgers University will now offer a…
Quickspins – The Gaslight Anthem, Supreme Cuts, Sleepy Sun, Isiah Rashad
Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo (Top Dawg Entertainment; 2014) After blowing up at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop…
New Moon Psychedelic Mass takes off
In honour of the new lunar cycle, the first ever New Moon Psychedelic Mass will be taking place…
Music in the News – Jan. 27, 2014
FIFA World Cup song chosen The official anthem for this summer’s FIFA World Cup has been selected, reports…