music-news-from-breakups-to-the-lastest-buzz
Check ’em Out: Passion Pit
All of a sudden, pop is the new “indie”. Bands like The Ting Tings are the latest thing in the alternative world, but their sound seems taken more from Eighties pop like Madonna than it does from anything off-center or truly “alternative”. After all, how much difference is there between the Tings’ “That’s Not My Name” and Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl”?
Enter Boston’s Passion Pit. Formed and led by Michael Angelakos, this band combines falsetto and […]
The Top 100 Songs of the 00s #100: “Hate To Say I Told You So”
Remember all the “The” bands and the frenzy around them at the turn of the decade? There was The White Stripes (who you’ll hear from as this list winds down), The Vines (who you won’t), The Strokes (who you also won’t), and Sweden’s The Hives, who supplied us with the delightfully messy song that kicks off this latest list (and hopefully my computer lasts until I get all the way to #1 this time).
Boasting matching […]
Chrisette Michele Evades the Sophomore Slump with “Epiphany”
There haven’t been a lot of newcomers in the R&B field worth mentioning over the past couple of years, but Chrisette Michele is definitely a star on the rise. Most people first heard her distinctive voice singing the choruses of Jay-Z’s “Lost One” and Nas’ “Can’t Forget About You”. With a vocal delivery and phrasing straight out of early 20th century jazz, she applied that voice to contemporary rhythms on her debut album, I Am, […]