In the early 2000s the Indie music scene was starting to heat up in a way like never before. Propelled by new technology and the surging marketing value of the internet, music that previously may have gone unheard was beginning to be used in media in new and exciting ways. With the explosion of the indie genre, came this idea of hipsterism — developing a taste in music that was increasingly more “underground” than your peers and the idea of undiscovered talent being more auth

Note: This post is the first in a series I plan on continuing about music used in movies and television In media, there are always trends — phenomena — things that own the public forum and conversations for any given period of time. These works possess a very distinct ability to transport us back in time to the moment we viewed them as they cement themselves in our memory. On September 21st, 2005 at approximately 9pm eastern, I know exactly where I was and what I was doing. I

Here’s a look at What I’m Into this month in the world of music, movies & television: Detroiters: Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson are easily recognizable if you’re familiar with, the Netflix sketch-comedy hit, “I Think You Should Leave”. If you’re not familiar with that show, then consider this a double-recommendation. Detroiters delivers the same off-beat laughs that “I Think You Should Leave” does, but it does so while developing a single cast of characters for which you in

Growing up, we had a saying in our home: “You can’t _________ with mom without learning something.” That blank contained multitudes. “You can’t get picked up from school with mom without learning something”, “You can’t watch TV with mom without learning something”, “You can’t have a mental health day at home with mom without learning something”. It was always true— my mother’s passion for knowledge and appetite for learning is, to this day, insatiable. There’s no doubt that t