When we first started the site well over 6 years ago it was simple, very simple. Every month we ran a contest allowing fans to vote for their favorite artist; 1 out of 4 choices, hand selected by us. While we didn’t expect a surge in activity, we quickly learned we had a hit idea. The popularity became so big our shared hosting couldn’t handle the traffic – over 310,000 page views in a month we were able to hit.

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Coeur de Pirate

by Ann on March 8, 2011

Here we present yet another short and sweet post, this time being presented from the spotty Internet connection in South Africa. The flight, with unusually tight leg room and with a surprise free overnight pack (from South African Airways, probably the last standing airline to do so!), was made better with the in flight entertainment service of not only your pick of tv shows and movies, but also a choice of music artists picked specifically to relax your senses for the 7 hour connecting flight.

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J’adore Adele

March 7, 2011

It was a little over three years ago. I was a hopeful contestant three rounds into my college’s attempt at American Idol, and in desperate need of a new song to showcase another layer of my vocal abilities. In response to my anxious pleas, I was met with dozens of suggestions from friends, all good, but none of which I felt would accomplish what I needed: everything had been sung (or shrieked) at local dive karaoke contests. I needed a secret formula. Then, in my eleventh hour, my New Zealand-raised roommate said the sentence I’d been waiting to hear: “I know the perfect song for you” ;no one in the U.S. really knows the artist, but her music; oh my God! her voice is unbelievable!

The return of… flannel???

March 2, 2011

Earlier this week, I heard via the radio that Soundgarden was IN the studio currently working on new material for 2011. I am both skeptical and excited to hear this great news. I am excited to hear this because I could spend days or weeks trying to figure out if they would be going in a different direction with the music they make or would they stay the same and give us some of that sweet old grunge sound we have come to enjoy in the part, either way I am excited and eager to hear what ever they come out with. This was inevitable for Soundgarden to go back into the studio and compose a new album, ever sine the band reunited in 2010 to play a couple of select shows since 1997.

STRFKR

March 1, 2011

STRFKR, also known as PYRAMID also known as Pyramiddd also known as and pronounced as Starf***er also not to be confused with the band from Belgium under the same name, is a band from Portland, Oregon. The band is comprised of Joshua Hodges, Ryan Biornstad, Shawn Glassford, and Keil Corcoran, all contributing and playing an assortment of guitar, keyboard, drums, turntables, and vocals. This electronica band makes use of hazy vocals and energetic bleeps that stop you in your tracks to make you wonder, “who are these guys??” right before you get pulled into their dance craze.