Last week the always-innovative Spike Jonze broke new ground for late night television with his one-take live shoot of Karen O and Danger Mouse’s “Woman” on Late Night with Stephen Colbert.  “Woman” plays as homage to the aggressive peppiness of girl-groups past and serves as the poppy focal point for the influence-driven Karen O and […]

Black and blue. When you hear the phrase, images of bruised eyes and healing wounds tend to come to mind. But allow me to place the term into a new context for you: The Black Keys‘ brand new single “Turn Blue”. Ok, maybe I’m reaching on that one, but Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney’s 2nd […]

Indie pop… the most broad genre of all genres, yet still my hands down favorite. Its been a huge year for indie pop as some artists came onto the charts this year with minimal followers and blew up they are all over the radio now (Lorde for example). Thanks to blogs like this, small artists […]

By: Lauren Walker Evil Friends is Seductively evil. Who is Portugal. The Man? And, what kind of music do they make? Two questions I hear frequently (more than I would like to admit), when I talk about my favorite band of the past few years. Two solid questions that pose open ended answers. To start, […]

I always get a refreshing feeling whenever I discover good new music. It’s especially gratifying when that music is great. That’s the case with Los Angeles electro-soul duo Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton, better known as Electric Guest. Their music is super catchy, upbeat, and original; most likely due to the fact that Danger Mouse […]