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Twilight Reboot + Five Day Giveaway (Day 5)

CLOSED! Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winner: Raul Bautista! Welcome to Vitamin String Quartet’s Twilight Reboot. Each day this week we’re asking fans of the Tw...

Twilight Reboot + Five Day Giveaway (Day 4)

CLOSED! Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winner: Paco. We will be contacting you soon with your full download of Vitamin String Quartet Performs Bon Iver Welcome ...

Raging Strings: Aerosmith vs. Guns N' Roses

Who can forget the first few measures of Aerosmith's monster ballad "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing?" Orchestrally robust, the song became the unforgettable theme song to the '90s blockbuster summer...

From the Vault: David Bowie

October 14th will be a big day for David Bowie fans all round the world. It will mark the 35th anniversary of one of Bowie's most classic albums, Heroes. The album was one of three albums Bowie co...

Out Now: Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Nightmare Before Christmas

The memorably quirky tunes sung by Jack Skellington and the citizens of Halloween Town are reinterpreted with animated string arrangements by Vitamin String Quartet. Songs like “This is Halloween,...

VSQ Crossword Puzzle

Consider yourself up to snuff on all of Vitamin String Quartet's latest releases? Now's your chance to test that theory. Click and print the VSQ crossword puzzle below. Use our lyrical clues to fil...

Remixes That Are Better Than The Original

The challenge of the remix, as opposed to the cover, is that you can't just do the same thing as the original except use your own voice and a different guitar. The remix culture demands reimagini...

Soundtracking The 2012 London Olympics

The corporate world often makes strange soundtrack choices when advertising their wares. Most timely and recent is NBC's use of The Clash's “London Calling” for the London Olympics promos, which ...

Between The Covers

Kings of Leon Cover Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" Kings of Leon got this one right – from the distorted guitar lines and hauntingly high “ooohs” to the simple drums and vocals on edge. It’s no...

From the Vault Friday: The Killers

It's been four painfully long years, but The Killers are back and they've got a full-length album to prove it. Their forthcoming effort, Battle Born,  marks the end of the band's short-lived hiatu...