Owl City and Why You Should Give Them A Chance
[Frame credit: Angela Pak]I used to be a Music Tool.  I would say such things as, "I've heard them before they were famous!" "I got a free ticket there, so hah!" I was quite a prick, if I do say so myself.But then, on Facebook of all places, I saw two of my best friends saying, "Listen to Owl City."  Owl City came on the radio.  My little

[A Dark, Dark Friday]
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[BreakThru Radio - Anatomy of a Blogger]
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[Fanfarlo]
"It caused a drought. It caused a flood. It came to change us all for good."I didn't think I'd have to write about this particular British band, because at this point, I simply thought they had entered everyone's musical library by now. But when I got an email from their promo that starts with the words, "Let me introduce you to..." only to end up being followed up the name Fanfarlo, I realized, well maybe there is a pocket of you out there that still don't know about

[The Paper Scissors]
"We don't walk! We don't sit! We don't stand! We fly!"This trio hails from Australia, a world of it's own for me ever since I stopped writing to my penpal in Melbourne. Since then, the word coming from that overgrown South Pacific island has been close to mum, but every now and again I'll stumble onto something from Australia that has me wonder why the hell I don't hear about bands from that countrinent more often. The Paper Scissors bring about a