Did you know the Beach Boys relied heavily on autotune? Here’s how they sounded without it…
The Beach Boys–Minus the Autotune
25 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Best of the Blog, On a Lighter Note Tags: autotune, the beach boys
It Takes a Village to Write a Lyric This Bad
18 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: beyonce, girls run the world
Adding a layer of irony: that’s four male producers and five male writers plus Bey herself, the extent of whose “writing” role in this anthem of feminist empowerment may reasonably be questioned.
Video of the Week: The Capitol Steps–‘Take Ten Pills and You’re Fine’
28 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note, Video of the Week Tags: capitol steps, take ten pills and you're fine
The Capitol Steps have been putting the mock in Democracy for over thirty years now. As songs and albums with titles like Take the Money and Run for President, Liberal Shop of Horrors and “Embattled Hymn of the Republicans” suggest, no one on either side of the proverbial aisle is safe from their razor-sharp skewering.
Here they take aim at the pill-pushing pharmaceutical companies.
Pop Quiz: Indie Rock Frontman or Random Guy in Brooklyn?
22 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note, Quizzes Tags: indie rock, indie rock frontmen, pop quiz, quiz
Think you know Indie Rock? Can you tell a band frontman from some random Brooklyn guy? Test yourself with this quiz at BuzzFeed:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rdio/quiz-indie-rock-frontman-or-random-guy-in-brookly-6uiu?b=1









