March 13, 2009
- 6:00 pm
By CC Staff
Tags: barbie, beauty, britney, brown, brunette, cher, cursed, dancing with the stars, dark hair, deals of the day, denise richards, fergie, Girls Next Door, glam, hugh hefner, look your best, make up, miley cyrus, online dating, Playboy mansion, Radiohead, Sarah Haskins, Taylor swift
January 15, 2009
- 10:00 am
By CC Staff
Tags: american idol, american idol kansas city, american idol season 8, amy winehouse, blair house, britney spears, green technology, Jay Z, louis vuitton, obama, obama inauguration, PETA, president obama, Radiohead, sea kittens, Sex and the City movie, Sofia Coppola, st lucia, trapeze, white house, will ferrell, will ferrell d bag, you can vote however you like
December 29, 2008
- 9:00 am
By CC Staff

Top albums lists are like as*holes: everyone’s got one. Um…that might, coincidentally, be because they are also like opinions. I’ve got my own set of favorite everythings..and that includes albums.
Below are my own top ten albums from 2008. Are there other great albums from the past year? Why certainly, diligent fan. But I’ve been asked to adjust my ears and pen my opinion, so here it is – in no particular order – because…well…that would be way too difficult. Read More »
Tags: 2008 releases, Colour Revolt, Elbow, kanye west, ladytron, nine inch nails, portishead, Portugal The Man, Radiohead, Ratatat, Sigur Ros, Top 10 Albums 2008, Top albums
December 18, 2008
- 4:30 pm
By Erica - Kent State University

The holiday countdowns have begun! Most of you are already at home enjoying your first week of winter break (and the rest of you are suffering through that last annoying final). Either way, ’tis the season for holiday gatherings, and I can’t think of anything that goes better with mistletoe, ugly sweaters and egg nog than some holiday tunes.
Some are old, some are new, and some are new versions of the old favorites (Radiohead doing ‘Winter Wonderland’? Hell yes!), but all will put you in a great mood no matter what holiday you celebrate!
Host your own pre-game pre-holiday party here.
Tags: celebrate, christmas music, egg nog, holiday music, holiday season, mistletoe, mixtape, mixwit, playlist, pre party, Radiohead, ugly sweaters, winter wonderland
July 15, 2008
- 1:30 pm
By ccandyjessica
Tags: Brooke Hogan, happy ending, hulk hogan, Jada Pinkett Smith, jail, Jeff Goldblum, jimmy kimmel, kardashians, Matt Damon, open relationship, Radiohead, Rolling Stones, Sarah Silverman, the dark knight, will smith
June 6, 2008
- 3:30 pm
By CC Staff
Mixing early rock and roll in its purest and delightfully dirtiest heights with eye-winking Hoodoo mysticism, Who Do You Love is one of the most revolutionary songs produced of its kind. It was written by the recently deceased musical legend Bo Diddley and covered to various degrees of success by George Thorogood among many others. As it happens, Diddley’s version is by far the best, playful, mysterious and light years ahead of its time.
Trip-Hop has sort of inexplicably become one of my favorite genres. Many music critics attribute the
founding of this genre to the Bristol-based group Massive Attack with the release of its amazing debut album, Blue Lines. The album features the track Unfinished Sympathy, which has been remixed within an inch of its life by dozens of famous DJs. Again, the original version is the best. It represents the band’s oeuvre beautifully: dark, sexy, esoteric and strangely danceable.
I know it’s kinda sacrilegious to say, but I think that Radiohead’s latest, In Rainbows, has usurped The Bends to become my favorite Radiohead album.
The first track on the album, 15 Step is a killer song that incorporates all of the things that give Radiohead the greatly deserved reputation of being God-Like in a totally uninspired landscape. It’s catchy, complex without being inaccessible, and strangely melodic despite the synthesizers. Read More »
June 4, 2008
- 2:30 pm
By Elizabeth-Baruch College

Recently, Keith Murray, from We Are Scientists [if you don't know this band you should sincerely check them out], chatted with me for a bit while waiting in a long European buffet line about his band’s emerging presence and much more.
E: You’re in the middle of a really big tour right now. Do you think that touring plays a bigger role these days in being a band than when you started the band?
K: Um, I mean, I think perhaps, proportionally, no. I don’t think anything’s really changed about touring for us and I’m not sure that the fruits of the touring labor are necessarily more substantive. It does seem like the selling of records has become definitionally less…of a factor in measuring how well you’re doing. I feel like touring is probably about as important as it ever was and the space that…the big gaping chasm that’s been left by diminishing album sales has sorta filtered itself into other things. Like, I feel like, weirdly, licensing now is playing a much bigger role than it used to. And online presence, in general, is sorta replacing sales. I feel like touring is a rock that is not changing.
E: Speaking of online presences, I’m interested in knowing what you think about Myspace since it started getting big in the middle of your career with We Are Scientists.
K: I feel like…and I’m sure there are examples that can contradict what I’m about to say…but in my experience, Myspace seems…..sort of like the free release thing that Radiohead did with In Rainbows…it works really well once people know what they’re looking for. But I’ve never experienced a situation where I was trolling around Myspace and discovered a band. That seems like a reach for me. Read More »
Tags: advice column, albums, band, In Rainbows, keith murray, lady hawke, myspace, online presence, oxford collapse, Radiohead, REM, screenplays, selling albums, touring, we are scientists
June 2, 2008
- 11:00 am
By Jess - NYU
Tags: cameron diaz and diddy, jezebel, liveblog, m. night shyamalan, martini, masturbation, mtv movie awards, nabokov, Nina Ricci, Olivier Theyskens, prince, Radiohead, sarah jessica parker, tatum oneal
May 3, 2008
- 1:30 pm
By Elizabeth-Baruch College

Does this mean anything to you?:“Post punk/indie/English geek/Rock”
Maybe?
Well, let it mean this to you now: the Young Knives.
Young Knives are an English band stirring up a bit of a buzz these days. With a name erroneously taken from a book and a bassist who goes by The House of Lords, they’re quirky and simultaneously artistic. The members of Young Knives all have a long history of dancing in front of mirrors and competing for the spotlight, but singer Henry Dartnall maintains that they all show off in their own ways.
“Well, I’m the loudest, ‘look at me!’, one…” Henry says, going on to explain that his bassist and brother, Thomas (The House Of Lords guy), can put on a quiet and shy act all while he’s well aware of the fact that all eyes are on him. Read More »
If there’s one thing I love more than listening to music from the comfort of my own bedroom, it’s listening to music live. Particularly at music festivals, where a hefty chunk of change can enable me to see like, 20 of my favorite bands all at once.
Although I always hit my local festies (including Hookahville and any festival @ Nelson’s Ledges – check them out if you’re in the area!), after my amazing, mind-bending experience at Bonnaroo two years ago, I feel that it’s time to expand my horizons and venture out of state (and of my mind) another time.
But, while scouring the internet for my next super-hippie-indie-rock-y adventure, I realized that what I really needed was one list. A list that compared not only locations and dates, but also prices of the various festivals spreading good vibes and sweet music throughout the summer. So, I’m going to create it. Here is the first installment of my semi-comprehensive list of the major (and minor) music festivals still to come this summer: the Midwest.
So bust out the flowy skirts, a nice pair of Birkenstocks and some moonshine and hit the road. And act fast, cause most ticket prices increase the longer you wait to buy them.
Midwest Festies: Read More »
Tags: birkenstocks, bonnaroo, dancing, festivals, hippie, indie rock, jam bands, live music, lollapalooza, midwest, music festivals, Radiohead