Stuff We Like

Vitamin String Quartet Sheet Music Release!

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

In Defense Of: New Radicals

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The big New Radicals song is “You Get What You Give.” This massive hit did so well that I know many who got sick of hearing it by the time it faded away. It’s mostly remembered for its rousing optimism and positivity. It’s tight structure is filled in with lyrics like, “Don’t let go/You’ve got [...]

Coldplay Up On The Wire

Monday, November 21st, 2011

In the interviews leading up to Mylo Xyloto, Chis Martin cited at least three separate influences on the concept behind the album: graffiti art, the White Rose movement, and, most perplexingly, the five-season HBO drama The Wire.
I don’t understand how that works either.
The Wire is a now-legendary HBO series that ran from 2002 to [...]

Old Reviews of Classic Albums: Nevermind and Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

We know now, twenty years after their releases that Nirvana’s Nevermind and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik were game changing feats of sonic achievement. However, when the albums first came out,  (in a display of cosmic magic, on the very same day in the fall of 1991), we could only go [...]

VSQ Guilty Pleasure Movies

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Did you see Fast Five last weekend? That’s not a trick question. Millions of people did, making this fifth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise something of a surprise box office smash. In fact, Fast Five set the April weekend box office record, opening at number one and raking in 83.6 million dollars [...]

Stuff We Like: Flaming Lips Releasing A Series Of Photobooks

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Besides producing some of the most highly regarded psychedelic rock albums of the past two decades, the Flaming Lips have always put nearly as much effort into their visuals, from their endlessly creative music videos to their dazzlingly colorful live show. So the announcement of an upcoming photo book – entitled All We Have [...]

Band Of Horses Surprises Couple at Wedding

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

This is one of those types of stories that seems like it wouldn’t really happen, but apparently it can. So Much Silence reports that Band of Horses showed up at a recent wedding in Tromso, Norway after the couple had gotten engaged at the band’s show earlier in the year in Oslo.
Here’s a bit more [...]

Amazing Cover Bands: Band of Horses Cover The Replacements’ “Can’t Hardly Wait”

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Check out this awesome cover of The Replacements’ “Can’t Hardly Wait” live from the CD101 Big Room:

Amazing Cover Bands: David Garett Performs Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Check out this video interview and performance with violinist David Garrett that Rolling Stone recently posted. He discusses his methods for transforming songs like Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” into a string rendition:
“Of course you kind of try to stay true to the core of the essence of the original but try to go as far [...]

Under Cover Series: The Swell Season, Cursive, Ben Folds and more

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs. 1 Small Round Room.
A new music-video series over at avclub.com which featuring awesome bands playing awesome covers. The website has everything from The Swell Season performing Neutral Milk Hotel to Rise Against covering Nirvana.
More details and videos here.
The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel
Rise Against covers Nirvana

  • Recent Posts

  • Tags

  • Popular Posts

  • Categories

  • Recent Comments

    • kezef: just love you guys and really want to know when or if you’ll release the sheet music for the cure songs?...
    • Clarisse Thomas: Hi! For what other songs is the sheet music coming out?
    • koe: good good
    • PKS: So excited to see the sheet music published! Congrats!! Is there any way to see a sample before purchasing? The...
    • Organic Skin Lightener With SPF 30: great issues altogether, you simply received a emblem new reader. What may you...
  • Archives