I really love covers, remixes, and other rarities. The only real problem is that a lot of the time the attempted covers are just awful. That doesn’t stop me! Over the years I’ve collected a mental list of covers that, well, don’t suck. I’ve had this post in the works for months trying to pick [...]

A few great things about 2010 (so far). Enjoy! 1. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio 2. Band of Horses – Compliments 3. Sleigh Bells – Ring Ring 4. Broken Social Scene – World Sick 5. Midlake – Rulers, Ruling All Things

Happy Holidays, friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful time. It seems a bit strange, but we’re already on the heels of 2010. I had a great time in 2009, and there’s no doubt that it was full of a lot of changes. Most of the music I listened to had some kind of emotional [...]

*stretches her legs, checks out new surroundings* Well hi guys! As a semi-obsessed, loyal follower of QHip, I have been having nerdgasm after nerdgasm following Deezer’s trip through the past. So when ’99 came up, I just had to chime in. And give our fearless leader a break – she’s a busy girl, ya know? [...]

Well boys and girls, this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The fantabulous 1998. I made my final steps as a Chester High School student, spent my last summer with my friends (some of whom I still haven’t seen since) and made the journey to Missoula. Our fine president, Mr. Clinton, was bumbling [...]

I was a Junior in High School. President Clinton was beginning his second term in office, the Hale-Bopp comet buzzed by earth (not bearing an alien space ship… unfortunate news for the Heavens Gate folks), Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Tony Blair is appointed to Prime Minister of the UK, and the world loses its [...]

I was a Sophomore in High School. The days of life being uncomplicated were quickly coming to an end. The first version of the Java programming language was released, Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of murdering their parents, the “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski was arrested in his cabin just outside of Lincoln, Montana, the [...]

I just had to share! Patrick Wolf throws like a girl… and that song that is playing right before Mr Wolf makes an asshole out of himself? Awful. Watch this video to hone your drama queen temper tantrum skills. Alec Ounsworth, frontman of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, has come out with another side project, [...]

I was a Freshman in high school, Kevin Mitnick got busted by the FBI, Oklahoma City suffered a devastating attack against the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, Microsoft released Windows 95, the DVD format was announced, O.J. Simpson was acquitted, and Yahoo! and eBay were founded. Busy year! I was undoubtedly wearing a scrunchie around [...]

For the two months that I’ve had Phoenix’s newest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, I’ve been meaning to write a gushing review of how much I love it. The band, heralding from France, has had multiple albums popping up in my Pandora mixes for years, but I didn’t give them much of an honest listen until [...]