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From The Vault Friday: No Doubt

No Doubt fans, rejoice! Last week, the band announced their new album's release date, (the first since 2001,) which is slated for  September 25th. While we eagerly await the album's arrival, the ...

Songs for Rainy Days

We've talked at length about the rainy days of the heart, and the rainy days of the mind. All that's left is the rainy days of the natural world. I don't know what it's like where you're surfing ...

Available Now: Vitamin String Quartet Performs Blink-182

High school is rough. Falling out with friends, break-up's, bullies, failing classes, parents are fighting again; nothing going the way you'd hoped it would. For so many of us, escape came...

Vitamin String Quartet Featured on 100th Episode of Gossip Girl

Did you catch Monday night’s episode of Gossip Girl? If you did, chances are you heard Vitamin String Quartet’s lush string arrangement of INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart" throughout the lavish weddi...

A Day in John's Life

December 1980 must’ve felt especially cold with the death of John Lennon fresh in the news. But every year around this time, Lennon is brought back to life with new articles about his life – as...

Songs for the End of the World

You guys, we did it! We made it to the year 2012, and you know what that means, right? The factual, commonly accepted end of all things. As we've all known for a while now, the world is not long ...

One-Man Bands

I recently read a quote (from the early 1900s) in which the speaker theorized that the rapid growth of technology would lead to a world in which people would only have to work two or three hours ...

Lessons Learned: 2011

I learned a lot this past year. For example, did you know that Nicolas Cage could have been Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings? Crazy. But for more substantial learnings about life, let's turn to t...

Listening to Los Angeles

The sometimes-lovely Los Angeles has a reputation for being more of a hub for the film industry, but it's always been a vibrant music center that grows more exciting every year. The weird structu...

For Your Consideration

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present to you: The 2012 inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This recently announced bunch features a few uncharacteristically modern acts, namely, Beas...