Music

When I change my calendars to December I like to look back at the year that was. 2013 had its ups, like Jennifer Lawrence continuing on her path towards world domination, and its downs, like the horrendous events that went down at the Boston Marathon. Read More

Recently there have been a few new releases of music about Doctor Who in celebration of the 50th anniversary. I wish I’d been able to post this before the special aired, but life sort of got in the way, and I’m only just now getting caught up on Read More

After two successful albums, Sammus is finally Kickstarting an EP specifically about her heroine and namesake, Samus Aran from Metroid. The title of the album, AN[OTHER M], is a reference both to the game Metroid: Other M and the fact that her own name Read More

The final two categories of artist from Nerdapalooza are those that I had never seen, either because I just hadn’t seen them before or because I didn’t even know who they were. They’re probably the biggest categories, so let’s jump right into it, shall Read More

In Part One, I spent the entire article writing about the perennial favorites, those artists that have been to most or all of the Nerdapaloozas. This time, I’ll take a look at returning artists: those that have been, but not every year. In additio Read More

As I mentioned in my preview of Nerdapalooza 2013, this was without doubt the biggest year yet. With headliners They Might Be Giants, Nerf Herder, and Green Jellÿ, they were able to get the Orange County Convention Center, which, as it turned out, made Read More

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing this column for a little over three years. My first real introduction to writing about geek music was Nerdapalooza 2010. My first column under the “Geek Music” banner was published just before NAP (I did Read More

I have not yet heard a Bear McCreary soundtrack that I didn’t like, and Da Vinci’s Demons is no exception. McCreary, whose current work for television includes The Walking Dead and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., has managed to create Read More

Since I had so many videos this year, I thought I’d split the list in two. For this section, I’ve included a few videos I shot at Nerdapalooza this year. I’ve also decided to include semi-related videos / songs that are a little bit outside of the Read More

So this year I thought I wasn’t even going to get up to thirteen tracks at first, but somehow over the last couple of weeks I’ve managed to accumulate even more than my usual thirteen. For that reason, I’ve decided to split the list into two parts, with Read More

NBC’s paranormal hit Grimm starts its third season tonight, and we have an awesome prize for the show’s fans! La-La Land Records has put together a 29 song compilation soundtrack that collects the musical score by Richard Marvin. They sent Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s Halloween! It is also perfect that this year is both the 20th anniversary of The X-Files and the 35th anniversary of Halloween. In honor of this, BuySoundtrax Records has released compilations Read More