“Welcome To New York”: A Subsidiary of Hell

Boom…Boom…Boom, the song opens with a dramatic bassline and then fires out some 80’s synth goodness. Taylor Swift released “Welcome To New York” on iTunes, technically today, for the countdown to 1989. During an interview, Swift said of the song, “I wanted to start the album with this song…I dreamt about moving to New York, I obsessed about moving to New York, and then I did it.” Did she do the Big Apple justice, or did she just make a doo-doo mess all over everything?

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Jam Sesh

I like to stay pretty current with the musical haps, and because of that I am usually listening to some pretty dope jams. For a minute, I was posting songs that I found myself obsessively listening to that week, on Facebook. I have commitment issues, so that didn’t go on for long… But, I’m back and fresher than ever, so quench your thirsts. Continue reading

Just Call Her Cheryl

She is the dancing queen, hangs out with Mr. Bean, only drinks Ovaltine. None of those things are correct, but I’m drunk and ABBA is everything. Somehow, I completely neglected to mention that one of my absolute favorite UK pop stars is releasing her third studio album Only Human on November 7th. The former Girls Aloud member is responsible for some of my absolute favorite jams such as “Amnesia”, “Parachute”, “Heaven”, “Happy Hour”, and the entire track list of her A Million Lights; “Ghetto Baby” makes me want to go to Brooklyn, pick up a random street rough, and flog him until he agrees to be my boothang. I’m not guaranteeing that Cheryl will elicit such a response out of you, but you could only be so lucky! Continue reading