When you think about the most earnest and emotional voices on the alt-rock and indie scene, it’s hard not to think of Death Cab For Cutie, and distinctive frontman Ben Gibbard. The band has built an improbable, lucrative career, largely out of songs of sadness, loss, longing, love, and growth. In an interview at Billboard, in…
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Nearly 20 years since the last episode aired, Friends remains a very popular show. To this day, fans of the show continue to seek out new content related to their favorite romantic sitcom. In fact, despite being continuously cancelled, confirmed, and rescheduled, people are still hoping that the upcoming Friends reunion will materialize sooner rather…
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One month ago today, Editors released their first greatest hits compilation, Black Gold: Best Of Editors, including 13 tracks spanning their first 6 albums, plus 3 brand-new songs. Most of the obvious choices are there: We have "Munich" and "Bullets" from The Back Room, "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors," "The Racing Rats," and "An End…
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Four years ago, Green Day announced their most ambitious release yet: A trilogy of albums. Following the huge success of 2004's rock opera, American Idiot, the band crafted another concept album, this time divided into three acts, with 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. Green Day knew they couldn't keep doing politically-oriented rock operas, so they decided to take it…
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Bonus tracks are a magical thing for most music fans. We love getting a new album from our favorite artist, and most of us are eager for as much music as we can get our hands on. I myself have already expressed my love for songs, and in my opinion, the more the merrier. I can never…
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When Amanda asked me to write a guest blog for this week, my first thought was, “what do I know about music?” As I wrote in a previous post, Amanda is the one between us that has the real passion for music. I jokingly proposed “I Depend on My Sister for Literally Everything Music-Related” as…
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Most music fans I know are always excited to hear more music from their favorite singers and bands. Anticipation builds into a giddy frenzy as a new album's release date approaches. When an artist performs a new song, half the audience films a video of it so fans can search it out on YouTube a…
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This article was originally published by Skynet & Ebert - see their original post here. After sixty years of research, it’s conventional wisdom: as people get older, they stop keeping up with popular music. Whether the demands of parenthood and careers mean devoting less time to pop culture, or just because they’ve succumbed to good old-fashioned taste freeze, music…
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