A little while ago I stated my love for Rihanna's 'Only Girl (In the World)' by posting not only her video, but also an accapella version by Mike Thompkins and Shad. Well now I'd like to share probably the coolest version of them all, 'Only Girl (In The World)'...on zither. Seriously, if anyone could find a full-length version of this with vocals ( Read more... )

Speaking of Rihanna's Loud, have you heard this album yet? It kind of looked like she was on her way out after the whole Chris Brown debacle and her extremely dark (and not that great) last album, Rated R, but she somehow was able to turn it all around and put out her catchiest album yet. It's pop, it's dance music, and it's a hellova lot a fun ( Read more... )

Nicki Minaj was a pretty good sport last week. Not only did she play two songs and do The Creep in the digital short, but she also managed to show up for a sketch as well. And what a sketch it was. The Bride of Blackenstein in my opinion is probably the funniest SNL sketch in years. Minaj is so good in this I could almost see her as this new ( Read more... )

I was never really a big fan of Vampire Weekend's first album. To me it was kind of like the Little Miss Sunshine of the indie music world: cute, endearing, and fun but lacking a whole lot of substance and not nearly as good as everyone made it out to be. For me the only real reason you would ever listen to it over and over again was if you were ( Read more... )