Reviews – Emilee Lindner

my track-by-track review of wheatus’ lemonade

Hi guys! Iconic Long Island rockers Wheatus released Lemonade, their groundbreaking EP in 2005. Although the project is pretty much entirely scrubbed from the Internet because the songs were re-recorded for other things, I know you’ve been waiting 11 years for my hot takes on the EP, so let’s get started. 1. Lemonade — “Do youContinue reading “my track-by-track review of wheatus’ lemonade”

Part 2! Best Tracks of 2012 (or How Music Got Me Through the Year)

Part 2 is finally here! Here’s the last of my best of 2012 playlist. Now that it’s Februany February, you can say I’m officially behind on this stuff. But who cares? You have Miguel, Cat Power and Ellie Goulding singing to you from years past! Quit complaining! Here are my 11 through 6 picks ifContinue reading “Part 2! Best Tracks of 2012 (or How Music Got Me Through the Year)”

Best Tracks of 2012 (or How Music Got Me Through the Year)

Even though we’re already 17 days into the New Year, it’s not late to do a “Best of” list. 2012 saw some pretty BIG changes for me. A senior thesis, a graduation, a big move, a new job and there were so many new songs to get me through all of it. Here’s my BestContinue reading “Best Tracks of 2012 (or How Music Got Me Through the Year)”

New music and sunny skies

Just thought I’d take some time to mention that there are some cool things going on at my boyfriend’s blog, Kind of Bleu. He reviews new music from Beach House, Free Energy and s/s/s. You can listen to the tracks on his site. The new Beach House song has got me listening to their 2010Continue reading “New music and sunny skies”

A weekend of music

So, this is more than a week old, but I still want to post it. My roommates laughed when I said I wanted to go to bed at 9 p.m., but when I woke up at 4:30 a.m., I had all the energy in the world. I was goingContinue reading “A weekend of music”

Best Coast

“I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.” Bethany Cosentino clasped the microphone with both hands, guitar hanging freely from her neck. “A few months ago, I became aware of what politicians were doing to Planned Parenthood, so we organized this concert to help,” she called out. Cosentino, front woman of Best Coast, the surf-rock band fromContinue reading “Best Coast”