Do you remember when in 2015 a guy named Calum Scott auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent singing a song called “Dancing On My Own”? Well great if you did remember him but like he’s not the focus here. The song he performed on that show is. “Dancing On My Own” is a...
If you don’t have your Halloween costumes figured out yet, don’t settle for being the classic cat or vampire. Instead, take inspiration from this perfectly curated list of music inspired Halloween costumes that I’ve assembled, as someone who takes both Halloween...
Autumn’s onset marks the beginning of Jeff Buckley season, an era that spans from the first leafy crunch underfoot until the part of March where everyone decides spring has sprung. The winter months annually call for a seasonally appropriate soundtrack, and Jeff...
If the name Trixie Mattel sounds familiar, you probably aren't alone. Born Brian Firkus, drag queen and Barbie enthusiast Trixie Mattel strutted her way into the limelight all the way back in 2015 on the seventh season of hit queer reality competition show “RuPaul’s...
I was introduced to Lake Street Dive by my Gen X dad. A band founded 20 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts by a couple of college students at the New England Conservatory of Music. I sat in the passenger seat and in the dull silence of another car ride stuck in...
For those who aren’t in the known, 'julie'(stylized in all lowercase) is an up-and-coming alternative rock band composed of bassist/vocalist Alexandra Elizabeth, guitarist/vocalist Keyan Pourzand and drummer Dillion Lee. julie's sonic identity is a lot harder to list,...
The FIFA franchise is one of the most successful in gaming history, making over $20 billion in revenue since the series’ first release in 1993. Soccer’s premier video game is so well known that you’d likely have a harder time finding someone who isn’t privy to its...
The crossover episode we didn’t know we needed: TSxATLA – which element is each album?
It's a well-known idea that fans are supposed to love, or at least admire, the person they are an enthusiast of. Look at Taylor Swift's Swifties or the "Beatlemaniacs" of the 1960s. Most fans would do anything for their favorite stars, from asking them to prom in...
To me, the best music is music with a point of view where there is a deliberate perspective that you can see the artist crafted the song from. Comedic music often has this strong point of view, as the artist must strike a delicate balance between making music that...