The late Amy Winehouse started the movement in 2006, but Adele, and now Lana Del Rey, confirmed it: The torch song is back. You know the torch song; it’s a love song that smolders with things too long left unsaid, unruly and messy around the edges. For Winehouse, it came in the form of “Back [...]
May 17, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: Adele, Alzheimer's disease, Amy Winehouse, Ane Brun, blue-eyed soul, Celine Dion, Duffy, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Florence Welch, Jeff Buckley, Joss Stone, Kurt Cobain, Lana Del Ray, Laura Marling, Lisa Hannigan, Lykke Li, music therapy, music trends, My Heart Will Go On, Paloma Faith, Soap & Skin, torch singers | Leave A Comment »
One upraised middle digit. That’s evidently all it takes to rattle the world, or at least the press (though we’d venture to guess that you likely see birds flipped daily on your local freeway). Witness, if you will, M.I.A.’s extended middle finger during her Super Bowl performance, Chris Brown’s “Middle finger in full effect today” [...]
Mar 23, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Trends | Tags: Adele, Chris Brown, flipping the bird, Kristen Stewart, M.I.A., middle finger, obscene gesture, obscenity, Rihanna, Super Bowl 2012, the Brit Awards | Leave A Comment »
With 89 million Americans tuning in to online radio each month, you’ve likely not had a Spotify-free Facebook feed since … well, September 2011, which is when Mark Zuckerberg officially integrated the streaming music service with Facebook. (Spotify, too, is run by a young entrepreneur: “The most important man in music,” 28-year-old Daniel Ek.) Hot [...]
Feb 15, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks | Tags: Adele, Coldplay, Daniel Ek, Facebook, Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg, MOG, music industry, music trends, Pandora, pop culture trends, Rdio, record labels, social media trends, Spotify, The Black Keys | Leave A Comment »
