The music industry, at large, is trying to make Dubstep fetch for a wide audience in America. It’s one of those dance genres that people know by sound because it’s difficult to describe. Essentially, dubstep is layered dance tracks remixed to be highly syncopated. It typically uses big manipulated/processed bass lines and tiny little...
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Album Review: Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars has really come out with full force on his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Unfortunately, for all of the slick presentation and his ability to blend in well with other artists, his album lacks a clear identity all its own. It’s multiple stabs at throwback music that don’t quite gel thematically or...
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Just Watch It: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s “Tsukema Tsukeru”
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is the Japanese fashion blogger turned pop singer who released the addictive Lisa Frank-inspired candy-colored video “Ponponpon.” Kyary’s entire EP is a must-have for silly pop fans, but her music videos allow the more discriminating consumer the chance to experience her fun style for free. Last week, Kyary released her second...
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Presented Without Comment: Bitchin Kitchen Christmas Song
I have to prep for round 2 of auditions workshops on the new show I’m music directing. Be back this evening with the Link Rally.
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Album Review: Loud by Rihanna
In response to the Grammy Award nominations, I will be attempting to review a major nominated album each week on the site. Why? Because I’ve heard most of the songs/vocal performance nominees, but not the albums they came from. Whoops. Rihanna has very quietly taken over CHR/Top 40 airwaves. From her inauspicious debut “Pon...
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Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
A sign that your awards ceremony has too many categories? It takes someone who loves strange awards 13 years to discover an interesting category exists. Believe it or not, the now titled Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category has been on the books since 1998, when no specific song was nominated. It was a category...
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Breaking It Down: 54th Annual Grammy Awards: Best New Artist
You know what I love? Surprises in awards shows. The Grammys have raised the “what was that?” game to another level with Best New Artist this year. Let’s learn a little more about all the nominees. As a reminder up front, the eligibility period for this year’s ceremony was 1 October 2010 to 30...
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The Library: “Rumour Has It/Someone Like You” from the Cast of Glee
In The Library, I recommend songs that I think would be a great addition to anyone’s music collection. This time, we’re talking about one of the most skilled mash-ups I’ve ever heard. Glee gets a lot of flack for its music arrangements. I was beating that drum all throughout the first season for various...
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Going Gaga for Laurieann Gibson
Last week, news broke that long-time Lady Gaga collaborator Laurieann Gibson was fired. The reasons have yet to be officially announced and we’ll never know the whole truth. Some reports say she was fired for comments on Twitter defending her work. Others say she was fired for expressing negative opinions on the set. Others...
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The Culture of Fan at NYCC
There I stood, five minutes to the first opening of the floor at New York Comic Con 2011. Hundreds of people surrounded me. Some were fans, others bloggers, still others big time media content creators or and writers. We were all being shoved from one line to the next, making sure the VIP guests...
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