The market for subscription boxes has blown up within the past year. Companies like Dollar Shave Club and Birchbox have exploded over commercial TV and Facebook; but for the growing number of those who don’t have cable television, the words “subscription box” might be new or completely foreign. Subscription boxes are themed boxes that are…
The Masquerade is always an interesting place to see a show. Not necessarily in a good way. Being divided into three venues (Heaven, Hell, Purgatory), there are often conflicting events pulling disparate crowds into the same building. It can be a little awkward. But Friday night was a special one, indeed. Right across the hall…
Remember when you were a kid and couldn’t wait to grow up…and then you grew up? Well, writer/director Noah Baumbach has wrapped all those feelings of wanting to be young, carefree, and bill free into his upcoming film, While We’re Young. The movie is a story of an older couple (Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts)…
December has thus far proved a good one to be a Netflix subscriber, with the arrivals of American Horror Story: Coven, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, and Almost Famous. Sadly, there were a couple of anxiously awaited titles missing from the list, and they all revolve around the most important part of December: the holidays!…
Representing New York City, WYATT releases her newest EP Here Comes Everybody. Better known as singer/songwriter Maddy Wyatt, her style is generally described as indie folk pop, but her EP diverges into psychedelic effects and French lyrics, influenced by WYATTS’s own family line. “Palacyum” opens the EP with a simple beat and a 90’s rock…
Duo Night Terrors of 1927 have teamed up with the beloved Tegan and Sara for their new break-up ballad, “When You Were Mine.” The new song is the lead single off of Night Terrors of 1927’s upcoming debut LP, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, which is due to be released Jan. 20 via Atlantic. The video for the…
Stereotypically, girls cry for days around a carton of Ben & Jerry’s and a bunch of cats after breaking up with their significant others, but of course with Charli XCX, typical is never on the agenda. The “London Queen” has released her latest video exclusively through BuzzFeed. The video is titled “Breaking Up,” but for…
Since it’s now the time for holiday music to be socially acceptable (after Thanksgiving), it only makes sense to comprise a list of the best albums to bring about that joyful holiday spirit. There have been hundreds of Christmas albums made over the years, so it’s pertinent to weed out the less than satisfactory ones….
After what proved a difficult year for the band, AC/DC released has their first album since 2008 and sixteenth studio album of their career today. During September of this year, founding member Malcolm Young departed from the band. Just less than a month ago, drummer Phil Rudd was faced with multiple charges including attempt to…
If you were raised in a place anywhere near the South, you’re probably used to being surrounded by some type of folk or country music (even if it’s unwillingly). However, within the decade, national radio is starting to hear a greater variety of music and a brand new genre. That genre, which falls somewhere between…