There's no reason not to dig into the past for new (to you), inspiring music with modern day creativity. A few years ago, I stumbled upon Big Noise from Winnetka through the cover by Asylum Street Spankers. It's one of ...
If you have a New Year's resolution to do more cooking at home (which will save you bundles of cash, by the way! Do it! [Mom!]) and you are a music fanatic like me, then this subscription box is about ...
When I told my Dad that my Amazon wish list was full of vinyl records, he literally laughed at me. He had no idea why I'd want some old, antiquated piece of plastic when I could so easily download a ...
When the colder months roll around, my taste in music seems to go from high energy to supremely chill. (See last year's Winter Holidaze playlist for evidence of that.) There's something about the dropping temperatures and the desire to just ...
I'm really excited that headphones have been getting more design attention lately, because they will likely be a constant in my life, and developing a wide and varied collection of cool headphones is something I can see myself doing. Seems ...
Happy Thursday! My night will be full of luchadores and cheap beer, both of which I am so badly in need of. Then, the rest of my week will consist of easing back into my enormous pile of to-do design projects, ...
In the off-chance you're like me, you'll want to go ahead and add this band's music directly to your "Strutting Music" playlist, and maybe even throw it on the "Pre-Funk" playlist, if that's still a cool phrase that people use. ...
Calm down, everyone. Your summer can officially start now. We've released our Summer Session playlist. ...
I'm proud to put another Pacific Northwestern musician up for Tunesday this week. Well, half of this group, Kimya Dawson, hails from her adopted home of Seattle/Olympia, WA but her cohort in this weird, hipster-hop adventure is San Francisco/New York's ...
One of my favorite songs is a saucy little number by Washington native, Mirah, called "Light the Match." It's all about the unbearable urge to cause trouble & mischief - something I can definitely get behind, relate to, and advocate ...
The first time I heard Laura Marling was a couple years ago, well after the release of Alas I Cannot Swim. Coincidentally, I saw her before I heard her and I occasionally wonder if this contributed to my initial perception of ...
There is nothing more friendly to a broke girl's stomach than pho. You can fill your entire stomach with a dazzling array of proteins and... other things... for less than $7 on a daily basis. Not only that, but it's ...
There's something different about the transition from winter into spring. Instead of just a temperature change, there's also a phoenix-like resurgence of life that is unlike anything else. Cold & dark turns into warm & light, life literally burst out ...
Yep, I'm going right back to the well for this Tunesday. The well being Kate Nash. She was featured on Watsky's Hey, Asshole and the perfectly timed release of that record stirred her somewhat dormant fan base (what? It's been ...
It's everyone's lucky day! I get to put the word "asshole" in your inbox (which brings me unbearable joy) and Watsky just released the video for a song he did with Kate Nash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aXTxoPFmL0k If you're not familiar with the ...
I'm going to approach this post as though everyone has seasonal collections of headphones. It doesn't mean that's when you have to use them, it's just their aesthetic categorization. Like, my moss green headphones are obviously spring headphones, while my copper headphones ...
This week has been all wonky, and man, I miss you guys! I have been runnin' on nine fingers due to a disagreement between me and my building's 100+ year old elevator doors, and have been having a half hilarious, ...
If you've got a passion for hard-hitting percussion and breathy, chilled-out vocals, read on... I came across Railbird by way of effective public relations - in other words, I got a notice that this Brooklyn-based band was releasing their third EP, Lucky, ...
I have always, and will always, love film & television. I can't help it. I have tried to do the cool hipster thing and denounce it, but I can do so no longer. My love for the idiot box was ...
We are officially on the cusp of one of the greatest holidays of the year, and it's time to start getting spooky. (Not like anyone on the east coast needs anymore adrenaline rushes...) Some of you may know that I ...