Cool Stuff On The Interwebs Today

So in the last couple days I’ve unearthed enough cool bits of music to keep me entertained for hours on end. Being the benevolent music blogger that I am, I present you with a small helping of said goodies. The Frontloader has a knack for some quality theme posts, and equally brilliant bootleg discoveries. Earlier [...]

Album A Day: The Clash – The Clash

Just to clear up any and all confusion, I’m listening to the 1979 US release. It’s almost universally considered not as good as the original UK release, but it’s what I pillaged from my friend Justin’s computer. The Clash are one of those bands I feel like I should appreciate more than I do. I [...]

Moment Of Zen: I’ve…I’ve Got Nothin’

And here it is, your Moment Of Zen. No really, I’m kind of speechless here. The All-American Rejects – Womanizer (Britney Spears cover) Thanks to Diana for facebooking this.

Album A Day: Taylor Swift – Fearless

I figure 8 weeks atop the Billboard charts warrants my paying attention to an album, so today I give you this seemingly unkillable piece of work. As a general rule, my attitudes toward country music entail an enjoyment or tolerance of the voice and music, and either indifference or pure dislike of the lyrics. Garth [...]

Getting Up To Speed

So apparently I had very little available bandwidth on box.net, and it’s all used up for the month. Bummer. Which means nothing I’ve posted can be downloaded. As a quick fix, all the songs I’ve posted this week are available below via YouSendIt. The links will die after a week, which is why I don’t [...]

Who Watches The Watchmen? Who cares! Listen to Them!

I’ve been digging on the upcoming Watchmen movie since the first trailer came out in July in front of The Dark Knight. I was prepared to firebomb 20th Century Fox’s offices in response to their morally and artistically bankrupt attempt to block the film’s release via lawsuit (thankfully the suit was at most a modest [...]

Album A Day: Counting Crows – August and Everything After

My first encounter with a larger body of Counting Crows’ work (that is to say songs that weren’t “Mr. Jones”, “Round Here” and “Big Yellow Taxi”) came around this time a year ago when I pillaged the hard drive of my friend Mike (my love affair with the Gin Blossoms came around this time too). [...]

Album A Day: Deas Vail – White Lights EP

Days like today are the reason I built that “EPs are fair game” clause into the project. The snow canceled my first class of the day, allowing me to sleep in. But the snow was not so kind as to cancel my second, far less enjoyable class for which I still had significant amounts of [...]

Album A Day (With Special Guest Justin): The Bronx – The Bronx III

Hello loyal readers, TJ here. This entry marks a special moment here at VLM. Yes, its another installment of the 365-part Album A Day series. But this one marks the first ever guest blogger here on Viva La Mainstream. Today’s response to The Bronx III, the third album by The Bronx, is brought to you [...]

Lil Wayne Wants The World To Know He Can Sort Of Play Guitar, Too

Remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned that Lil Wayne didn’t seem satisfied with just being the best rapper alive? Yeah, that was before I saw this story. Idolator and MTV are reporting that Rebirth, the new album from Lil Wayne, will be arriving April 7. Oh, and by the way, it’s a rock [...]