The Academy Awards a night of glamorous intentions, artistic merit, and the occasional questionable outfit. When creators throughout the film industry gather to salute the achievements of their peers, crowning them with one of the highest forms of praise within the creative...
Quite literally a creative couple the husband & wife duo Tennis began releasing music upon their return from a joint 7 month nautical journey along the Eastern Atlantic seaboard. This is clearly reflected in the song "Marathon" in both it's sunny disposition, and the...
Mardi Gras is a celebration born out of the period beginning on the feast day of Epiphany and cumulating in the days leading up to Ash Wednesday, the commencement of Lent in traditional Catholic society. It is a grand final indulgence in all worldly temptations followed by a...
A song wrapped up in that phase of new found affection when it's vibrant and fresh, before it's possible to analyze or deconstruct and all you can do is revel. Written in the aftermath of meeting his then future wife, and mother of his first child, Van Morrison's 'Sweet Thing'...
With Valentine's Day looming around the corner we all need a precedent , a standard to which we can all hope to be measured by one day. Failing that we can always use a famous example to ease some of the pressure on our own more low key romances, let's not get ahead of...
Sometimes all you need is a little melodrama. "With hearts on fire I reach out to you tonight" might not be the easiest declaration to sell, but Australian group Cut Copy seem to have found the perfect setting for such a lofty statement, and given the right circumstances it's...
Nothing unites like the Super Bowl. Fads, interests, and figures come and go, but every year people from all walks of life donate a Sunday afternoon to immerse themselves in one of the most steadfast and consistent institutions of the modern era, the Super Bowl. With such a...
Meditating on hope and revitalization, a statement of pure intent despite being filled with intangibles, Bon Iver's founder and creative center Justin Vernon's stripped down version of "Beth / Rest", the closer from their recently released critically acclaimed eponymous album,...
A song that lingers on the line between what's perceived, and what is. New Jersey band Real Estate examine the introverted conclusion, and the extroverted response. It's not clear whether the singer is trying to convince himself, or the listener, but in the end that remains...
