The Los Angeles based indie/soul pop outfit Fitz and the Tantrums is comprised of six people and a wide variety of instruments—without a guitar in sight. Inspired by major musical movements of the past, the band provides a fresh, different…
Concert Review: Ed Sheeran at Radio City Music Hall
The glory of having a seat at a concert is unmatched, in my (dramatic) opinion. Don’t get me wrong—certain bands are made to see at standing room only venues, leaving you free to crush your way to the front and…
Music News: Fall Out Boy Reunites and Announces New Single, Album, and Tour
Classified as many different genres over the years–pop punk, pop-emo, that band with the song titles that go on for days (“I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got was This Stupid Song Written About Me”…
January Author Spotlight: Kristin Cashore
Who likes well-crafted high fanatasy novels with fierce heroines and intricately woven plots? Amazing! Me too. Kristin Cashore has your next reads all written, released, and ready for you in the Graceling Realm novels. Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue have an…
Concert Review: Olly Murs at Irving Plaza
Olly Murs, British pop songwriter and former runner-up on the British X-Factor television show, had his first headlining New York concert this past Thursday night at Irving Plaza. His music has been making its way over here slowly but surely—he’s…
TV News: The Vampire Diaries Spinoff in the Works
Popular CW show The Vampire Diaries might have a spinoff companion show snuggling up to it in the near future. Deadline Hollywood explained that show co-creator and executive producer Julie Plec is working on a project called The Originals. The…
Music Review: Take Me Home by One Direction
One Direction’s sophomore album, Take Me Home, hit stores less than a year after their debut hit the United States. The English-Irish boy band has been taking the world by storm, racking up number one hits, platinum albums, and sold…