By Sarah, on May 9th, 2010%
There are few things that amuse me more than hilarious covers. A capella choirs, groups with strange instrumentation, whatever. Do a cover well and make me laugh and you’ve already won.
With that in mind, check out this thoroughly amusing Lady Gaga medley. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! The Breaking Winds, “Lady Gaga Saga”
By Sarah, on April 9th, 2010%
Like Lady Gaga but wish it were less techno dance-hall beats? Like hard rock or maybe even metal but harbor a secret love for top 40 pop? Then check out these two covers, put together by a couple of guys from Toronto well schooled in metal and heavy music. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! Bangin’, “Telephone” and “Bad Romance”
By Sarah, on April 6th, 2010%
In case you took an internet hiatus overnight, here’s some “news” for you: Lollapalooza’s lineup for the 2010 festival has been released in full, including all the letters and &s and *’s, because god forbid they write out Fuck Buttons on their website. . . . → Read More: Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup
By Sarah, on February 20th, 2010%
With my feed reader at 1000+ unread posts (thanks a lot, busy work week and unexpected out-of-country trip), I might as well just claim defeat and start from scratch, but not before compiling some things that have caught my eye. . . . → Read More: News & Links – February 20
By Sarah, on January 4th, 2010%
“This Week in Great Music” might as well just be renamed “This Week in Chicago Residencies That I Couldn’t Get Tickets To”, with series of shows by Butch Walker and Lady Gaga both selling out before I could even get around to clicking the purchase button. (Bet you never thought you’d see those two names in . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 1/4 – 1/10
By Sarah, on December 23rd, 2009%
So between now and the end of the year, I’ll be bringing you my 20 favorite albums of 2009. These 20 albums aren’t in any particular order, aside from the fact that I put them into four groupings of five albums each. There’s nothing scientific or measured about this, it’s mostly just an order . . . → Read More: 2009 Favorites: Part One