The past few years have given us some incredible behind-the-scenes looks into the lives of history-making musicians. From the world seeing Ray Charles’ humble beginning in Ray to watching Johnny Cash’s struggle in Walk the Line, musical biopics give audiences…
Global Citizen Festival Announces Lineup
The 4th Annual Global Citizen Festival lineup was announced last week and…wow. The Global Citizen Festival is a music festival held in New York City’s Central Park with the goal to help end extreme poverty in the world by the…
From the Record Crate: Coldplay – “Parachutes” (2000)
Coldplay might think their debut album was “terrible music,” but the world didn’t feel the same. Parachutes, which turns fifteen years old today, sent Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion into international success and stardom that would last for…
Really Great Songs Straight from the Trailers
Movie trailers. Sometimes bad movies have engaging trailers and sometimes good movies have boring trailers. Sometimes they make us cry, and sometimes they give away the best parts of the movie. They play before the Youtube videos we want to…
Six Acts That Killed It at Firefly
We braved the endless pits of mud. We survived the sixty-mile winds and flood warning and endured the scorching heat. We powered through the thirty-minute daily walk to and from the festival and the thirty-minute lines to fill up water…
Music Review: Florence + The Machine’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” Blows It Out of the Water
How big, how blue, how beautiful, indeed. Her voice is big, the lyrics are blue (as in filled with heart-wrenching pain and sadness) and all together the album is beautiful. Mother earth graces every Florence + The Machine record in one…