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A Shot of 90s Nostalgia

The babies of the '80s have achieved enough temporal distance from their upbringing that they can now look back on the 1990s with nostalgia. It's only in hindsight, over a decade removed, that we...

Rock & Roll Beefs

Courtney Love’s recent renewal of her spat with Dave Grohl reminds us that beefs in the music world aren’t just for rappers. Sure, there have been plenty of rap battles – from ones that end in a tr...

Music Mondays: Spring Fever

We're only five days into the month of March and VSQ has already caught a powerful case of Spring fever! With just three more weeks before Spring officially makes its way out of hibernation, we'...

The Map of Developing Music Tastes

What was the first album you ever bought for yourself? If you can't answer without feeling a pang of embarrassment, you understand that the evolution of your personal music taste can take many tw...

In Defense Of: Soul Coughing

There's a difference between the iconic music of the 1990s and the music that marked the 1990s. The former is the historically important stuff like Nirvana's Nevermind, the music that echoed from...

Get to Know Your Riot Grrrls

Riot Grrrl. You know the worrrd, but if your knowledge of the topic includes only vague associations with Sleater Kinney and Seattle, there’s plenty more to educate yourself on. Here’s your Rio...

Five Things You Should Know About the Foo Fighters

The Foo Fighters made headlines in mid-February by doing a run of secret club shows in some of Los Angeles’ most intimate rock venues. Word on the street is that Dave Grohl and the boys were doin...

Pearl Jam v Nirvana: The Eternal Debate

“Who’s better?” - how often do we hear that question posed? Whether the discussion revolves around sports, music, politics or pizza, we live in a culture that loves reducing the issue down to two c...

Under Cover Series: The Swell Season, Cursive, Ben Folds and more

25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs. 1 Small Round Room. A new music-video series over at avclub.com which featuring awesome bands playing awesome covers. The website has everything from The Swell Season pe...

VSQ Master Series: Nirvana's Nevermind

Download on iTunes Nirvana created a grunge kingdom with Kurt Cobain as its ruler. The Vitamin String Quartet Master Series presents renditions of Nirvana's renowned Nevermind as the original ...