“The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don’t know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they’ve been listening to the sad songs longer than they’ve been living the unhappy lives.” – Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Therein lies the rub. [...]

Music and literature are just two different ways of telling stories. So it makes sense that many musicians have translated books into song, from Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” which retells Abraham’s moral dilemma over killing his son in Genesis, to Death Cab for Cutie’s “Meet Me on the Equinox,” which recounts Bella’s lip-biting dilemma [...]

VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol. 1 highlights some of the year’s biggest rock tunes so far with propelling string arrangements that burst with energy. Hear the raw rock foundation of Foo Fighters’ “Rope,” the pop melodies of Death Cab for Cutie’s “You Are A Tourist,” the riveting innovation of The Strokes “Under Cover [...]

Available next week, VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol. 1 highlights this years biggest anthems so far including tracks from Augustana, Death Cab for Cutie and Foo Fighters. If you’re reeling for some smooth, soothing tunes to fill your summer nights, you’ll hit the mark with this album!

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1964: The Rolling Stones arrive in New York City for their first U.S. tour. The first date of the tour lands on June 5th in San Bernardino, California.
1969: Jimi Hendrix appears on the cover of Rolling Stone, which is sold at a reasonably priced 35 cents.
1970: The Kinks’ Ray Davies makes a 6,000 mile round [...]

Summer is almost upon us and many of VSQ’s favorite artists are releasing albums just in time to make our backyeard BBQ playlists. Here are the best of early summer’s album releases.
Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’ – May 10

Saadiq’s follow up to his excellent 2008 release The Way I See It promises to be a bit [...]

It’s February and love is in the air. Well, depending on who you talk to. For those of you who turn your nose up, scroll to the second part of this post for something a little less sappy. For the rest of you hopeless romantics, keep reading for a special treat for your Valentine.
Nothing creates [...]

Chrissy H. came to CMH as a lowly intern and has since blossomed into a Customer Service superstar. Not only does she have a winning personality, but has the musical taste to ehttp://www.thevitaminstringquartet.com/blog/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=735nsure all your purchases are the right ones. Her mix-tape is a surefire winner with everything from the eclectic to straight up dance [...]

Jim C works in the digital department at CMH. Since he turns real music into 1’s and 0’s all day, his opinion doesn’t really matter. Just kidding! Somehow he convinced the Vitamin String Quartet to cover No Age, so he hopes you enjoy it!
1. Nirvana – Smells like Teen Spirit from The [...]

As Bella and Edward take a dramatic turn in their relationship, the music in the sequel to Twilight also drops their crescendos into diminuendos with soft insightful indie tunes of heartbreak.