Stuff We Like

I was two drinks into the night recently when the subject of Dave Grohl came up between me and a dear friend. The topic was actually “people who would be better than Meg White to work with Jack on the new White Stripes album”. Not that she isn’t a total little treat, she’s just been [...]

For over 20 years, singles including “Where the Streets Have No Name”, “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” have remained radio mainstays. March 9th, 1987 saw the beginning of a magnetic love affair between a band and the rest of the world that still shows no signs of slowing. If anything, it’s this album (not that U2 didn’t have any other work of merit) that has likely kept U2 in the spotlight for the proceeding 20+ years since its release. In theory, had they continued on with the trend set by The Unforgettable Fire, they might’ve slid off the pop culture radar at some point. Instead, they shifted modes, focused on crafting 50 powerful minutes of driving, tension-and-release, writing-heavy, music and ended up mainlining themselves into the affections of everyone while securing their position as major contributors to modern rock music.

Billboard has reported that recently reunited Sunny Day Real Estate (SDRE) is set to record its first new material in 15 years with the original, touring lineup that consisted of Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel. Throughout the tour a new song was played, which I happened to catch at a show in Portland last fall, and Jeremy had said on stage there was a possibility of recording in the future. Well it looks like they had been writing and planning such an album all along.

After five albums of genre and mind bending exploration, Pink Floyd found themselves in the studio once again to complete what would soon be Dark Side of the Moon. The material from the album had actually been written and the concept developed before the recording took place, but the impact wouldn’t be truly felt until [...]

September 24, 1991 was a day that most couldn’t pinpoint unless they looked online, but it would change the entire music industry for seemingly the last time because never again would a band have such a defining impact on the whole world. It was the day the Nirvana released “Nevermind”, and while the majority of [...]

File this under “Things That Will Likely Never, Ever Happen but Would Be Kinda Awesome If They Did”: Roger Daltrey and Jimmy Page doing a blues album together. Maybe I’m being too negative. Maybe it will happen. It will if Roger Daltrey has his way about it; the front man for The Who has put [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]