Ah, it’s that time of year again for me to write about another year of Randomville. The holidays usually make it difficult to find the time to write this piece each year. I’m just amazed I got it done before January this year! Before I reflect back, I’d like to mention a few of the [...]

The 5, 6, 7, 8′s are a Japanese all-girl three-piece whose sound is rooted in early American rock n’ roll, surf rock, garage rock and punk. Beginning as a four-piece in Tokyo, Japan in 1986, they went through a variety of line-up changes before finally settling on their current roster in 1992. Their current line-up has Ronnie “Yoshiko” Fujiyama as their lead singer/guitarist, with Akiko Omo on bass and Sachiko as their drummer.

Once again, a handful of our writers each brought a song to the table for each of us to review. Listen to each song as you read our reviews on bands like Sufjan Stevens, Fitz and the Tantrums, and more! The David Wax Museum: “Beatrice” Listen to “Beatrice”: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]

I’m running through a field, not really knowing what’s ahead, pursued by a giant spider whose grasp I have once again managed to escape. I need to find my sister. Apparently I have no parents, and my glowing eyes are sometimes the only light I have in the dark. I’m in Limbo, a marvel of [...]

Here are four songs we think you need to know about by different artists (well, sorta) and our opinions about the songs. Listen along to each song as you read our reviews! Janelle Monáe (featuring Big Boi):Tightrope Listen to “Tightrope”: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] As our singles’ review shows, Big Boi is [...]

For this edition of Five on Five, five of us chose our five favorite concerts from the “aughts” and below are the results. We have everything from Ricky Martin to Paul McCartney for answers. Radiohead made the list three times, and almost a fourth time. We like what Dan had to say about this best: [...]

Good god, another year has zipped by already. Well, we’ve been really busy around Randomville, obvisously, since it took me until January 5th, 2010 to publish the 2009 Year in Review! This time last year we were just getting used to our new skin as we had then recently re-designed the website. Well, we learned how [...]

So here we are, at the end of yet another decade. We figure that all of the other entertainment sources out there are going to have all of the “Best Of’s” for the past decade, but really, won’t they all have about the same answers anyway? Instead, Randomville is choosing to focus on what happened [...]

Each month we feature a new charity to share with our readers in hopes that they might donate or at least spread the word to others for awareness. This month: Watermelon Mountain Ranch Let’s be honest. Most of us are more inclined to help charities that help human beings over charities that help animals. At [...]

Once again several of us have a listen to several newer songs (which are all available for listen in our music player up above) and then we give our take on them: Radiohead – “These Are My Twisted Words” “These Are My Twisted Words” marries the (sometimes overweening) confidence of recent Radiohead with the macabre [...]