Archive for February, 2010

There’s pretty much no achievement of rock and roll that’s as esteemed and celebrated as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s basically the Holy Grail, at least, by some people’s standards. And every year, the music players and fans around the world wait to hear which bands or individuals made [...]

You know how some celebrities are so far beyond the normal box that thinking about them doing everyday things in everyday environments seems kinda wrong? Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne has always been like that for me. Like, imagining him waking up in a normal house and walking down his normal hall and taking a normal [...]

As you may know, we are huge fans of Glee. We even released an album, Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Songs of Glee, to express our exuberant love for the show and the music they perform! If you love Glee as much as we do, then take our poll and let us know your favorite [...]

U.K. metal magazine Metal Hammer posted a video that features ex-Guns and Roses legend Slash talking about his new solo album that is scheduled to appear sometime in April in the U.S. The album features a ton of guests, including, Dave Grohl, Iggy Pop, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmister, Adam Levine of MAROON 5, Ian Astbury, [...]

Since Nine Inch Nails recently stopped touring for the foreseeable future, they’ve decided to put up a majority of their touring gear on Ebay for fans to purchase and use what they no longer need. Everything from speaker cones to guitars are online and able to be bid on.
Visit eBay to see the entire list.
Currently [...]

Do you love a good remake or does the thought of a copycat make you cringe? Cover songs have been either angering or pleasuring our ears for decades.  Most popular artists produce cover songs as a form of artistic expression, a tribute to the original artist, or as perhaps a way of saying, “whatever you [...]

We know you’ve been waiting patiently (well, some of you) for Vitamin String Quartet sheet music to become available. Well your wait is almost over. This summer will mark the arrival of our first two sheet music releases. Drumroll please…by popular demand, we will be releasing Evanescence’s “Bring Me to Life” and Aerosmith’s “Don’t Want [...]

What Do You Think of Fireflies by Owl City?

Lexington, KY’s favorite music blog You Ain’t No Picasso has started posting more of a rapidly popular Covers Archives for select indie artists. These posts not only point out all the covers and who they originate from, but they also offer each one for free download.
At this time, there are only a few, but with [...]

Oh, I really should apologize to Peter Gabriel. I had pretty much written him off. I thought he was done, at least in the current-pop-culture-relevancy context. I don’t mean to downplay the immense contributions he’s made over the years because, really, kudos to him, man. I just thought he was, ya know, done. But then [...]