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Between The Covers

Tristan Prettyman Covers Barry Louis Polisar’s “All I Want Is You” Leave it to a children’s book author to come up with a simple yet catchy tune that will be stuck in your head for hours afte...

The Difficulty of Reviewing Music

Some time in the last 10 years, we all became music reviewers. The barrier to entry for music writing collapsed, and now there's an ever-expanding community of internet blogging (hello!) that, in...

Between The Covers

Sky Ferreira Covers Miike Snow’s “Animal” Out of all the Miike Snow covers, this one is interesting not only because of its altered tone, but also its singer: 19-year-old singer-songwriter, mo...

Katy Perry vs. Best Coast

When it comes to Love-punk-surf-rock-indie-pop, a genre I just made up, there is no bigger name than Best Coast. If you listen to any kind of public, college, or indie radio station you've probab...

Celebrating John Hughes

When thinking back to the 1980s, the first images that pop into many people’s minds are not necessarily from real life but from the screen – Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, Matthew Broderick in...

Available Now: VSQ Performs The Music from the Films of Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson films are about the story and his selective soundtracks play a huge factor. Vitamin String Quartet pays tribute to his intimate unions of film and music as innovative string arrange...

Songs That Made the Movie

Even before The Jazz Singer brought us audible dialogue, film and music have enjoyed a wonderful working relationship. Most of the time it's still up to the movie to do the heavy lifting — the dr...

Available Now: Vitamin String Quartet Performs Skrillex

His name is Skrillex. Not only do scary monsters and sprites know it but the dance world has bowed down to his dubstep detour. The three-time Grammy Award-winning artist has also beckoned VSQ to ...

Rock & Roll Beefs

Courtney Love’s recent renewal of her spat with Dave Grohl reminds us that beefs in the music world aren’t just for rappers. Sure, there have been plenty of rap battles – from ones that end in a tr...

Between the Covers

Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) Cover LMFAO’s “Sexy And I Know It” Click here to listen! As a viral-destined finale to Bruce Springsteen Week on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” l...