Category: Vinyl Recommends
Songs For You To Cry To When You Graduate
It’s that time of year again. The Hallmark teddy bears don caps and gowns, college towns are flooded with relatives and their flash photography, and “Pomp And Circumstance” is stuck in everyone’s head. It’s a time of reflection and anxiety and wonder and pride, so of course it requires a decent playlist. Some songs on here…
Your Finals Pop Playlist
Pop Songs for the Various Stages of Finals Realizing Finals Are Right Around the Corner 1. “Be Calm” – fun. For when you forget you have a cumulative final tomorrow morning…and you’re out downtown. 2. “Everything’s Just Wonderful” – Lily Allen Sometimes being delusional helps, or maybe you’re about to graduate and really don’t care….
Your Finals Rock Playlist
1. “Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys No, you don’t really want to know what you made on the final you didn’t study for. 2. “Ironic” – Alanis Morissette Isn’t it ironic…that the class you never showed up had the easiest final? 3. “It’s Up to You Now” – Black Keys The power is in…
Top Five Acts to See Each Day at Shaky Knees 2015
Shaky Knees has an incredible lineup this year. If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer amount of bands or just want to see one you’ve never heard of before, check out Vinyl’s top five picks for each of the fest’s three days. Day One The Strokes As Friday’s headliners, it seems like an obvious choice to…
Playlist: Slingshot 2015
This year’s installment of our beloved Slingshot Festival is fast approaching (March 26-28), and we can’t wait to see this year’s incredible lineup live and in person. Slingshot is an event that forces perspective, whether it’s through the mind-bending electronic art, horizon-expanding films, or worldly and forward-thinking musicians. Though no playlist could do these artists justice,…
Top 20 Acts to see at South by Southwest 2015
Running around Austin at hyper speed while trying to scarf down a taco can be daunting at best, so we’ve compiled a list of our favorite acts you should take care not to miss this year. Happy Hunting! 20. Hey Marseilles Hey Marseilles is a 7-piece orchestral band with folk elements not unlike that of…
House of Cards Season 3 Playlist
The eagerly anticipated (and briefly leaked) third season of House of Cards is premiering this Friday on Netflix. To get you primed and righteously indignant for Shyamalen-scale twists and shameless subterfuge, here’s a playlist containing some of the best political opinions ever put to tape. Yes, there’s plenty of punk and Vietnam-era ranting. Bruce Springsteen’s…
10 Songs Hated By Their Own Artists
Everyone has heard about Robert Plant and his well known, self-professed hatred for “Stairway to Heaven,” or Slash’s iconic lack of fondness for “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” but there’s a much longer list of artists with contempt some of their own major work. In the spirit of departing from overtly sensationalist, click-bait titles, this list…
Top 5 Abstract Hip-Hop Artists
Hip-hop is a many-headed beast. It’s incredibly hard to say what hip-hop is anymore, because the artists that rep the genre are as different from one another as they are plentiful. From the early days of hip-hop with the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five to the bodacious Atlanta trap hip-hop artists…
Vinyl Mag’s New Year Playlist
Happy New Year! 2014 was quite a year – pop the champagne, and let’s review.