Music has always been the soundtrack to our staff’s lives and now they’re telling us the songs that defined their decade.
Our staff have spent the past few weeks arguing, digging out their old iPods, and scouring their Myspace pages to narrow their personal picks down.
A lot can change in ten years: personalities, tastes, relationships. For Mayday Parade the last ten years have been a chance to grow as a band, explore new ways to entertain, and to connect with their fans. Which is why—almost exactly a decade after seeing them live for the first time—I’m sitting on a tour bus in Chicago, chatting with frontman Derek Sanders. We’re at the back of the bus. On one side of Sanders, guitarist Brooks Betts is fiddling around on a laptop, on the other, bassist Jeremy Lenzo pre-signs a stack of Sunnyland CDs. The window is cracked… Read more »
Danny Torrance returns to help a little girl who finds that ghosts aren’t the only things eager to devour those who “shine”…
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week discusses metal and lyrics that depict violence against women.
The Faim have been poised to steal your heart for a while and now, with State of Mind, they’re running away with it completely, carried by stadium-ready choruses and lyrics that cut in a way only total honesty can.
August 15, The Maine will don Arizona Diamondbacks jerseys instead of their matching suits as John O’Callaghan throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Chase Field in Phoenix. The Maine hail from Phoenix as the first pitch is a huge honor for baseball lover O’Callaghan. “I’ve been a fan of both music and baseball since I left my mother’s womb, and have been fortunate to play both though only music professionally,” O’Callaghan said. “Tomorrow, I will be trying out for my favorite professional baseball team, thee Arizona Diamondbacks. Technically, I’m just throwing the first pitch, but I figure if it’s… Read more »
Veronica Mars Season 4 is the grown and sexy continuation of the incredible teen sleuth drama so many came to love in the mid-aughties.
Even the littlest of us are heroes inside if we only find the confidence.
During Black Mirror, introspective questions and reflections on modern life abound.
