Album Review

Being Followed By A Cat’s Shadow:
Yusuf’s roadsinger

By Lauren Maas
April 27th, 2009

Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens) returns with only his second album in nearly 30 years. My gamut of emotions while listening to the self-deprecatingly lowercase-titled album, roadsinger, ranged from joy to fury.

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Artist Spotlight

The Rich(mond) Sounds of
Fight the Big Bull

By Lauren Maas
February 2nd, 2009

An interview with Matthew White, guitarist and composer for the Richmond based up & coming avant-garde jazz big band, Fight the Big Bull.

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Ironic Jukebox

Has Anyone Here Seen My Old Friend, The Brachiosaurus?

By Lauren Maas
December 1st, 2008

I was a weird kid. There is evidence to suggest that I am becoming a weird adult, certainly, but my intense emotional predilection for (instrumental) movie scores was a major exhibit of my adolescent quirkiness.

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Album Review

The Cure Dreams On

By Lauren Maas
November 4th, 2008

The Cure finally release its thirteenth studio album, 4:13 Dream, another collection of epic pop orchestrations that have kept fans swooning for nearly three decades.

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Ironic Jukebox

“Young Folks” on the Brain

By Lauren Maas
October 31st, 2008

The infectious nature of “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn & John has entranced the kids I babysit for and has forever been seared into the depths of my brain.

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Ironic Jukebox

“Rich Girl” and My Quarter-Life Crisis

By Lauren Maas
October 29th, 2008

The song that has epitomized my post-graduate school experience over the past two years has been Hall & Oates immortal “Rich Girl.” It started innocently enough, with a simple, non-ironic love of that iconic ’80s group, passed along to me through many a childhood viewings of the video for “Maneater” on MTV, and grew [...]

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Ironic Jukebox

The Maas’s Get Mraz-zled: A Photo Essay

By Lauren Maas
October 22nd, 2008

Two weekends ago, I made the trek up I-95 to visit my family in New Jersey. Since I get to visit them about once or twice a season, my mom had jam-packed our weekend with activities, the most anticipated being …anyone? anyone? ….no less than a Jason Mraz concert at my younger brother’s [...]

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Throwdown

Catfight! Female Musician Battle Royale

By Lauren Maas
October 16th, 2008

In light of the recent Palin/Clinton dominated political scene, Jamsbio presents the lady warriors of the pop music world in our fantasy grudge matches for the hearts of music fans everywhere. Vote or die!

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