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Leading Ladies: Top 10 Songs of 2013

It’s nearing the end of the year so you know what that means! Various lists on the best music of 2013! I’m super excited to let you all get a glimpse of my list (it’s very extensive and mathematically chosen, probably) and perhaps will inspire a few lists of your own!...

Geology: Monolithic Modest Mouse

One of the great tragedies of music has been Modest Mouse‰'s association as “that band that did ‘Float On.‘‰” Travel back a few years and you‰'ll find a monolithic trio of albums (and one compilation that shits on most artists‰' magnum opuses) that embodies everything...

Jazz It Up: Look Out for Trombone Shorty at the 9:30 Club

If you‰'re in D.C. at the end of December, be sure to check out trombone player Trombone Shorty and his band, Orleans Avenue, at the 9:30 Club. Over the summer, I had the privilege of seeing this up-and-coming artist at San Francisco‰'s Outside Lands music festival...

Eye Candy: "Bound 2"

Released to the fanfare of both the internet and Ellen Degeneres, Kanye‰'s new video opens on impressive time lapse imagery of majestic mountains, presumably to show his timeless love for fiancÌ©e, Kim Kardashian. She then toplessly writhes on a motorcycle for the...

FaceTime: Get to Know Metronomy

Metronomy is a British rock band with members Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, Anna Prior and Olugbenga (Gbenga) Adelekan. Their most famous albums are Nights Out from 2008 and The English Riviera from 2011. Metronomy‰'s music contains experimental percussion and...

Leading Ladies: Three New U.K. Artists You Should Know

1. Rainy Milo Last year, this 18-year-old London native made her debut with her jazz and hip-hop fusion mixtapeåÊLimey, produced with the help of some established artists like Oddisee and Chet Faker to name a few. A recent graduate of the BRIT School, Milo describes...