9/14: New album review: "What's Your Medium" - The Medic Droid, by David.

9/13: New artist review: "Spoon" by Colin.

9/01: New artist reviews: "The White Tie Affair" by Austin, "The Medic Droid" by David, and "Girlicious" by Martin.

8/31: New Hot6.

8/02: New Hot6.

7/31: New artist review: "Flyleaf" by John.

7/28: New concert review: AP Tour 2008 by Camille.

6/15: New Artist review: "Stereo Skyline!" by Brett. New Hot6.

6/13: New artist reviews: "Katy Perry" by Mandee, "Lydia" by Brett.

6/08: New artist reviews for: The Ting Tings, Lykke Li, and Evermore.

4/18: New main page feature: Ben G., New artist reviews: "The Hives" by Kayla & "De La Soul" by Dennis, New Hot6.

4/16: 4 new Rewindd Music Support buttons.

3/30: New Hot6, New "Rock Out" iMix, Two new artist reviews by Anum & Louie for: Britney Spears.

3/27: New album review: Simple Plan's self-titled album by Nadia T.

3/23: New artist review: "The Daylights" by Katelyn. Artist Reviews now sorted by Artist & Genre for easier browsing.

3/22: New artist review: "Yelle" by Mark T.

3/16: New layout, 5 new featured stories, new "Music Bits" section.

2/10: Two new artist reviews: "Vogue In The Moment" & "Porcelain and the Tramps." New "Bloc Party" album review.

1/27: New album review: The Academy Is... - "Santi" by Elisabeth.

1/26: New Hot6.

12/28: New concert review: "Maroon 5 - It Wont Be Soon Before Long Tour" by Alexis.

12/27: New artist review: "The Mars Patrol" by Aj.

12/18: New artist review: "The Dream" by Malcom L.

12/13: New album review: Puddle of Mud's album, "Famous" by Angela.

12/9: New album review: Unwritten Law's album, "Here's To The Mourning" by Louie Z.

12/3: New artist review: "The Higher" by Rachel A., New album review: Tegan & Sara's "The Con" by Teresa D.

Lovedrug

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By: ximeng

There's not a thousand words I could say that would be able to paint you a picture of Lovedrug that would actually do the band justice. I could show you pictures since a picture's worth a thousand words but that wouldn't do much good either. You really can't find another band that manages to fuse rock with indie and create the perfect mix of raw emotion and poetry. But the guys of Lovedrug do it so well that you begin to think that they must have a good luck charm or just really good karma (or, of course, they could just be talented but psh, what kind of a lunatic would come to that conclusion?). However, karma obviously wasn't on the bands side this past month (so i guess they must be talented D:) when they had their van and trailer stolen. The pair was later discovered completely gutted and burned. In short, Lovedrug lost everything from their clothes and ipods to all of their band equipment (images, details, and information on how to donate to Lovedrug can be found here). But the incident hasn't stopped the band from performing and touring. Looking on the bright side, they now have more angst to write about? (I'm horrible)

Recommendations:
"Casino Clouds" - I'm a cynic and a pessimist which probably explains why I love this song so much. The song's pretty much about a guy who, upon dying, looks back and realizes that he wasted away his whole life; charming, right?

"Everything Starts Where It Ends" - The tempo is mellow, the lyrics melancholy. Normally I hate songs that are over 7 minutes long, but I make an exception for this song because, behind the bittersweet words, there's a message of hope.

"Spiders" - I hate spiders, I never knew you could compare love to spiders, I bet you didn't either. Go listen to this song, it's cute.