It’s becoming very common to hear the phrase “Oh you don’t know so-and-so? She’s the new M.I.A.” which I suppose means (1) she’s rapping over electronic music, (2) there’s global influences in the sound and (3) there’s lots of silver spandex, bright t-shirts and quirky poses.
I’ve heard this phrase several times, but I […]

Whenever I go through Claremont I always stop at Rhino Records. I can usually find one or two new releases I simply can’t pass up. This is my new favorite thing. The hard part is deciding which songs to post, because there’s not a single low point on the record. I may have to post […]

So I was once again researching designers and illustrators (instead of diligently doing my audiomuffin homework), when I came across a great video for the recent song “The Coldest Heart”, by Aussie band Belles Will Ring. This macabre video was designed by Who Buys Your Kids and animated by Forays for You.

Belles Will Ring […]

Sufjan Stevens made the perfect killing song on his Illinoise album. The song not only tells the creepy tale of the convicted mass-murderer John Wayn Gacy Jr.; but also admits towards the end of the song that:
In my best behavior, I am really just like him…
look beneath the floorboards, for the secrets I have hid.
Combine […]

Oh, what’s that Tila Tequila? You didn’t find true love on your reality show? I wonder what went wrong. Trying to find true love by having 30 crazy girls and guys all live in a house and fight over you with cameras rolling sounds like a grand idea. I have another idea, because it didn’t […]