The Useless Critic 2.0

Today marks an incredibly s ad day for the music community - we lost an icon. The queen of soul herself, Aretha:  I'm not gonna jump on a bandwagon and claim to be a superfan - I've always respected (irony) Aretha, though. And you have to admit she had arguably the best female voice in modern music history. Don't you always feel a little more united with people when someone so beloved dies? You all share kind of a weird similar grief? Like when David Bowie died - I was flying to Tahoe the next day and I wanted to get sleep, but I just couldn't sleep. I laid awake in my bed and read people's outpouring of love for on social media. Michael Jackson - I was at the store with my sister and someone asked us "Did you hear about Michael?!" Aaliyah was right before 9/11, and MTV was dedicated to her coverage for days on end. Elliott Smith got some mentions on the evening news and repeated showings of his Oscars performance. Amy Winehouse?! I was walking...

she's pretty great! Florrie , that is. Best Coast's newest video was directed by Drew Barrymore. Does anyone want to imagine how that conversation happened? BEST COAST:  *passes joint* DREW BARRYMORE:  Like, oh my god! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu SO MUCH for dis valuable ~OPPORTUNITY~ BEST COAST:  *tweets about 30Rock * here is said video: Get More: MTV Supervideo , Music , Best Coast Is that...Donald Glover? :O Band The Amends released their newest album last week. Better yet- want to take a good listen at ANY of this Colorado's band catalog? Check it out:   http://artofmediocrity.com . Pretty sweet of the guys! http://theamendsalbumpromo.bandcamp.com <- The album itself can be  streamed/downloaded hurr.  Band member Tyler Taylor says, on the band's sound:   " What we’ve tried to do with our first album is to create a kind of love letter to rock n roll—an attempt to create something new from the music that’s inspired u...