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Valentines Day VSQ Mixtape & Contest!

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 r...

Top 10 Most Anticipated Releases of 2010

Music is a funny thing, like water and insanity it comes in waves. Remember that whole boy band thing in the late 90’s? What was that all about? How did that even happen? Either way 2009 was an o...

The Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Songs of Glee

The Vitamin String Quartet performs the songs from the new phenomenon that is Glee. Pop anthems are sung by geeks and jocks are reinterpreted through violin, viola and cello offering a refreshing ...

Selling Out: Why Bands Should

We all love our local independent bands.  The albums are cheaper, the shows are smaller, and the musicians are more accessible.  Following lesser-known bands mean that we are a part of someth...

Flying High With Owl City

If there’s one musical act that could embody the modern fairytale of the no-name artist-turned-internet-sensation-turned-major-label-golden-child, it would have to be Owl City. The synth-pop proj...

Amazing Cover Bands: Wu Tang Vs The Beatles

Wu Tang Clan and the Beatles: do either demographic of listeners even crossover? I suppose they do, it’s hard for any type of person to not be in some way affected by the Beatles’ staggering catalo...

Interpol, PJ Harvey Sign On for Haiti Benefit Auction

After this month’s earthquake catastrophe in Haiti, celebrities having been going all “We Are the World” like crazy. And that’s not to make light of the disaster, nor to dismiss the outpouring of...

Sigur Rós Take Hiatus After Throwing Away New Album

According to a recent story at the UK’s Guardian, Sigur Rós’ lead singer, Jonsí Birgisson, has expressed the band’s desire to take a break. He’s quoted as saying the band is on an indefinite hiat...

Top 10 Songs By New Artists that Should Be Covered By Older Artists

While the common practice is for new artists to cover old ones, I find it much more interesting when it’s the other way around. In fact, there are a lot of old crooners that are doing contemporar...

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Paramore's Brand New Eyes

Description: The Vitamin String Quartet’s tribute to Paramore’s Brand New Eyes reinterprets the band’s punk-pop choruses with exhilarating string arrangements that echo the pent-up emotions after ...