Editorials

Growing up with a father that has good taste, I was exposed to many incredible musical samplings throughout my childhood. From Sam Cooke to Cat Stevens, I can thank my dad for whetting my musical pallet. Until recently, one of these childhood memories had been almost forgotten. Last week digging deep into my musical collection for some much needed inspiration, I played “Like a Rolling Stone,” in an attempt to fuel some creative writing juices…and that was just the beginning. This classic tune could not help but follow by the Jester’s entire collection of folksy, bluesy, jazzy, rock and roll. Until that moment, I had forgotten how much I love Bob Dylan.

September 24, 1991 was a day that most couldn’t pinpoint unless they looked online, but it would change the entire music industry for seemingly the last time because never again would a band have such a defining impact on the whole world. It was the day the Nirvana released “Nevermind”, and while the majority of [...]

For more than thirty-five years the Australian born rock band, AC/DC, has been exploding sound across the billboard charts and prompting spontaneous fist pumping across the globe. They are one of the most successful bands of all time and may arguably rule the world when it comes to rock and roll. VH1 ranked them 4th [...]

Fans of Soundgarden have had to suffer for the last 13 years from the effect of Chris Cornell’s ego. How many solo albums and side projects can a man do until he realizes that he made a grievous error and gets back to what he’s best at? Seven… Seven albums either solo (including a cringe-worthy [...]

It’s not very often that the music consumers of the world have a moment of collective interest in the world of real estate. But there are certain pieces of property that embody something so sentimental and influential to the history of music that its fate will likely always be of some interest to anyone who [...]

Do you love a good remake or does the thought of a copycat make you cringe? Cover songs have been either angering or pleasuring our ears for decades.  Most popular artists produce cover songs as a form of artistic expression, a tribute to the original artist, or as perhaps a way of saying, “whatever you [...]

We all love our local independent bands.  The albums are cheaper, the shows are smaller, and the musicians are more accessible.  Following lesser-known bands mean that we are a part of something special, a unique musical experience that not everyone else is privileged enough to know about…that is until they “sell out,” leaving their true [...]

If there’s one musical act that could embody the modern fairytale of the no-name artist-turned-internet-sensation-turned-major-label-golden-child, it would have to be Owl City. The synth-pop project of Minnesota native Adam Young, Owl City went sounds in a Midwestern basement to a MySpace phenomenon seemingly overnight; teenage girls (and okay, boys too) were flocking…and the record industry [...]