Andrew Wise
About: Grooveshark is a music sharing community with the goal of competing with the illegal networks, and tapping into the over 300 billion illegal downloads yearly.
To truly compete with the illegal networks, we offer our users free, full-length streaming on any of our tracks, we give them $.25 compensation for any $.99 song they sell, and we give them the same drm-free collection they can find on the illegal networks, on our network, all while guaranteeing the labels and artists are paid.
We are actively looking to make new connections in the following areas:
* Record labels and artists looking to license their content in our community
* Complementary web-services looking to grow their user base and partnership opportunities
* Advertisers looking to expand their digital media portfolio with an innovative new advertising platform
* Entrepreneurs looking to join a team of passionate, energetic superstars (no hyperbole :P)
* Media agencies looking for a compelling and interesting story about a bunch of kids from the University of Florida hell-bent on changing the music industry
Shoot me an email at andrew.wise@grooveshark.com
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We’ve Got Amnesia!
--Earlier this afternoon, we had some problems with our MySQL database that caused Grooveshark to go down for a bit. We’re sorry! Though we wo...
Grooveshark Lite Being Funny?
--You might’ve noticed Grooveshark Lite being a little funky in the past day or two–and if you have, you’re right! Some pretty cruc...
My Gift Card Won’t Work!
--If you have a Grooveshark Gift Card and have run into problems while attempting to redeem it, don’t worry–it’s not you! Unfortuna...
NEW GROOVESHARK BLOG! FROM THE DEEP END!
--photo credit We know, we know, we have been “M.I.A.” for quite some time now!!! Here are the reasons why: 1. College started back up fo...
Adding or Deleting Songs from a Playlist
--So you’ve got that perfect playlist, but one of the songs got old a bit faster than you thought. In Grooveshark Lite, you can Overwrite any p...
Your Brain on Jazz
--Photo Credit If I were forced to only listen to one genre for the rest of my life it would be jazz. Jazz is the only music that has never failed in...
Tin Cans and Cow Skins Make Really Good Beats (Remix)
--I wasn’t familiar with many acts playing at the Real Big Deal music festival in Gainesville this weekend (no, I am NOT a fan of Motion City S...
Lighnting Bolt < Ruins
--Photo Credit Two-piece Lightning Bolt have been hailed as one of the best noise rock bands by the hipster community thanks in part to their loud an...
The End Is Near: A Short Diatribe on Japanese Rockabilly
--There’s something very odd going on at Harajuku Station in Japan. No, it’s not the adults bouncing around dressed as comic book babies...
You Can Call Me… Ratatat (News Break)
--A couple music videos premiered today and, oddly enough, neither required an actual shoot -or a camera at all, for that matter- to create. Intrigue...
Patrick Fugit is Actually Jeff Tweedy
--A few months ago I ran into a picture of Patrick Fugit, also known as “that kid from Almost Famous”. I was pretty startled to see that...
Slashes in Music Education. Again. (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit It’s a sad fact that the arts and music education in our schools in this country has never been fully supported by politicians a...
Cultural Booster Shots: The Complete History of Electronic Music in 10 Songs or Less
--Techno music - meet your maker: The Theremin. Probably the most interesting thing to happen in the first 70 years of electronic music, the Theremi...
Vans Warped Tour St. Petersburg: Photo and Song Journal (Gym Class Heroes and Norma Jean)
--This is Part 3 of 3. Check out the first two installments here and here. I heard it before I could see it. The roar of snarling guitars with their...
Vans Warped Tour St. Petersburg: Photo and Song Journal (Against Me! and Jacks Mannequin)
--I heard it before I could see it. The roar of snarling guitars with their amps turned to 11 combined with impassioned vocals could only signify on...
Vans Warped Tour St. Petersburg Songs and Pictures (Relient K and Dillinger Escape Plan)
--I heard it before I could see it. The roar of snarling guitars with their amps turned to 11 combined with impassioned vocals could only signify on...
Videos: Jack’s Away and Sugaree
--Morning Playlist- July 11th, 2008 from Grooveshark on Vimeo. Today Rachel is listening to Sugaree by Grateful dead. When Jack’s Away… ...
Download Scary Mansion Songs For Free!
--Photo Credit Her name is Leah Hayes and she is the vocalist for the Brooklyn based band, Scary Mansion. Her music is like a complex, smooth, dark ...
Why, Oh, Why? (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit This is the one where Beth is intrigued by covers she found this week, Rachel promises she’s not a Deadhead, and Grace asks, ...
T.G.I.F. (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit It’s Friday afternoon and you are itching for the weekend to start. Maybe you’ll go out on a boat, or spend a lot of mone...
First Discovery! (Remix)
--Bands I Discovered While Wandering About a City Or Digging Through a Friend’s Collection There is nothing better than when you discover an al...
Britney Tours with Madonna…Not Really? (Talk Back)
--Photo Credit I read a few weeks back about Britney “touring” with Madonna via video. Today, on Rolling Stone, it was stated that she wo...
I AM the NAVIGATOR! (Memorable Moments)
--I always try and tell people about that movie where a young boy somehow gets picked up by an alien ship and thinks he is only gone for a few weeks....
What Do Michael Jackson, Kevin Costner & Amy Winehouse Have In Common (News Break)
--Nothing. Except that they are the most interesting things going on in the music world today. Oh yes. Michael Jackson and New Kids On The Block are...
Weepy (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Jack wishes you were lonely, Beth takes a break with The Weepies, and Rachel makes it rain. Jack “If Only You Wer...
Pineapple Express: Smokin’ Soundtrack (News Break)
--Photo Credit A few months ago, I stumbled upon a trailer for a movie coming out later in the year that piqued my interest. It was called Pineapple ...
Rain on Your Parade (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit Sometimes I don’t think I am truly American. Here are the reasons why: 1. I don’t like cherry pie. I despise it! Now, c...
Shadows Fall Singer Is Attacked By Own Hair (Talk Back)
--I’m guilty of not knowing a thing about Shadow’s Fall. From what I’ve inferred from a ton of pictures on flickr, they’re a...
The Life & Times of Amy Winehouse, In Her Own Words
--Accomplished lyricist and singer, media darling and tabloid icon, Amy Winehouse sky-rocketed from being completely unknown to becoming a household ...
Music and Machines (Remix)
--Printers Play Radiohead Song Photo Credit James Houston, from Glasgow, Scotland, found that old computers and printers provide a wide range of mus...
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Thin! (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit Here in the Grooveshark office, we sometimes get distracted by shiny things. Today’s shiny object of the day was photo-shopped ...
Rock Star Spawn: The Good, The Bad, and The Kelly Osbourne
--There are pros and cons to being the child of a famous rock star. While these people have undoubtedly enjoyed the wealth and fame that comes with ...
Bloc Party Stage “Surprise” Leak (News Break)
--Bloc Party unveiled its new single, “Mercury”, online Monday, although there’s still no news of a third album release date. At ...
Pete, Pete, and Repeat (Memorable Moments)
--Photo Credit What can I say, I’m just a Nickelodeon kid. I’ve written on here before of how programming on the Disney Channel and Nick...
Grooveshark: M.I.A. (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Jack gets in a hymnal mood, Beth gets in an M.I.A. mood and Devin gets in an ‘R’ mood. Jack “White W...
Music Nerds Can Play With Toys, Too (Talk Back)
--Over here, we love creativecommons.org and its catalogued database of images (among other things) with sharing priveleges. Browsing through the tor...
Watch Out For This Guy (Sounding Board)
--Making a Unique Impression on the Music World Photo Credit His name is Ben Sollee and he is a remarkable cellist of The Sparrow Quartet. His solo ...
Songs To Play For Your Elitist Party Crashers (Afternoon Sounds)
--Last night there was a party at my house to celebrate the birthday of Grooveshark employee Joe Kelley. By all accounts it was a raucous affair that...
The Fine Art of The Hippie Festival Dance Part Deux (Remix)
--Last week we wrote a post that detailed the various methods that hippies like to move their bodies at festivals. We’ve only been at Rothbury...
Jazz Hands (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Grace is suspicious of Jack White, Beth can’t stop her jazz hands and Devin wishes he could take the ol’ DeL...
Weird Sound (Memorable Moments)
--While I may spend far too much time rewriting the lyrics to popular songs much to my humor, there is no denying that Weird Al Yankovic is the king ...
Jack White is a Poet, Ian Curtis’ Gravestone Stolen, Prince Sues Label (News Break)
--Jack White Expresses Feelings for Hometown with Poem Photo Credit In 2006, Jack White expressed his dislike for his hometown of Detroit. “I...
The Best Incognito Acts (Remix)
--In death metal news, Slipknot has unveiled its creepiest set of masks yet for All Hope Is Gone, the band’s latest album. Their look has evolv...
I Finally Got My Hammock (Afternoon Sounds)
--This weekend I was house-sitting for this couple who had a killer sound system, a projection screen, and the most comfy hammock inside their house!...
Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday
--Just a heads up that we’ll be rolling out some updates to the underlying systems of Grooveshark, in preparation for the new features we’...
Updates Tonight
--We’re going to make a quick update to the site tonight between 2:30 and 3 AM (EST). The site should still behave itself, and you probably won...
RENT (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Beth is a dorky Thespian, Devin rifles through the lost songs and Grace buys everything in bulk. Beth “Popular&#...
Cover Songs That Best The Original (Sounding Board)
--There’s nothing I love more than a classic hit from the days when rock ‘n’ roll was at its purest. Some of my favorite all-time s...
Cultural Booster Shots - The Lizard King is Dead, A Tribute to Jim Morrison
--“If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite” Poet, lyricist, and philosopher, Jim Mor...
Rothbury Day 1: Surviving The Car Ride From Hell and The Jam Bands From Philadelphia
--Photo Credit We arrived at the site of the inaugural Rothbury festival tired, broken, and confused. We’d just spent the better part of 20 ho...
Punchy McPunchersons! (Talk Back)
--Amy Winehouse Slugs Fan The rumor is Amy Winehouse was groped by a fan and she fought back. The incident took place at the Glastonbury Festival ...
Ryan and Mandy: No Moore (News Break)
--Photo Credit In a development of excruciatingly unsurprising nature, folk-country-rocker Ryan Adams and singer/actress Mandy Moore have officially ...
The Future of Music — Laser Beams! (Memorable Moments)
--Have you ever dreamt of conducting a full orchestra or becoming a cutting-edge DJ? Chances are that won’t actually happen any time soon. Howe...
When Painters, Pop and Rock Stars Make Movies (Remix)
--Madonna Directs Film Photo Credit Filth and Wisdom, Madonna’s directorial debut, written by Dan Caden, and starring Gogol Bordello’s E...
Tubular!!! Pass the Bud Light! (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit This past Saturday, I went tubing down the Ichnetucknee River for my friend Jen’s birthday. For those of you who are not famili...
Battle of the 90’s Celeb-Turned-Reality Show Hosts (Remix)
--As the 90s drew to a close and dozens of teen heartthrobs’ and pop stars’ bubbles were inevitably burst, the actors and musicians were forced...
Gone Phishing (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Devin reminisces of the old times, Grace shares her knowledge of primates and Beth’s seven years of waiting (which...
Lindsay Lohan Earns The ‘Ouch…’ of the Week (Talk Back)
--Photo Credit There are so many sketchy things happening in this single moment. I will now list them solely to magnify the sketchiness of the situat...
When good ideas happen to bad people (News Break)
--The aged, soulful, clearly mature musical connoisseurs pictured below are planning to take advantage of new music circulation trends to bombard the...
Andy Warhol in Rock ‘n’ Roll (Memorable Moments)
--Photo Credit Andy Warhol’s 1971 photography of the denim-clad groin became an everlasting image in the world of rock ‘n’ roll whe...
Songs In, About and By Movies - Promotional Trifecta or Shameless Commercialism? (Remix)
--As Rachel put it, the Music really makes the Movie. But what happens when the Movie makes the Music? These and other thoughts roll through my bra...
Girl Talk Announces Tour, Sub Pop Celebrates 20 Years (News Break)
--Girl Talk Announces Tour Photo Credit After the digital release of Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals, the tour has been announced. Here’s ...
The Deep End - Pilot
--We’d like to welcome you to our (semi) weekly podcast. On it Rachel, Grace, Jack and I (members of our crack blogging team) will talk about t...
Touring Bands Feel Pinch at the Pump (Sounding Board)
--Local Bands Feel the Pinch of Gas Prices Photo Credit Yes, yes, I know the price of gas is always a headliner on every news ticker, always the tal...
Songs Do More than Become Hits, They Sell Chicken and Jeans, too! (Memorable Moments)
--Companies Who Used Hit Songs to Sell Chicken and Jeans. 1. KFC Popcorn Chicken and M.C. Hammer 2. Levi’s 501 and Shaggy’s “Boom...
Thriller (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Beth relives the ’80s, Jack’s all over the place and Devin needs to travel more. Beth “Thriller̶...
Battle For Nickelodeon Band Supremacy (Sounding Board)
--Nickelodeon, the premier television channel for kids since the beginning of the Nicktoons era in 1991, isn’t exactly shy about creating ficti...
The 8 Bands You Need To Hear in 2008
--The instant availability of information that the internet provides can be simultaneously beneficial and detrimental when it comes to discovering ne...
Bands’ Transport of Choice (Remix)
--I always grew up with a vision of touring bands that turned out to be a bit imaginative and, to be honest, optimistic. In my perfect world, every i...
I’m So Lonely (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit While standing in line waiting to order coffee and wondering what the hell I should write about today, I looked down to scan the front...
3 Year-Old Baby The Next McCartney? (Memorable Moments)
--At the impressionable age of three, I spent the eight waking hours of my day: Attempting to resist the overwhelming urge to cry. To no avail. Conf...
Music Industry Watchdog Eats Live Babies, Blows Up Bus Full of Nuns Holding Kittens, Sues Radio
--Here’s what you missed this week: Much in the way the price of petroleum is soaring in the face of the impending Air Car and other forms of ...
Grooveshark in the Southern Most City in the World.
--My dear friend Devin Dotson has traveled to Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) and the world’s Southern-most city of Punta Arenas to see the gl...
Kids Solved Mysteries with Help of Ghost; Alanis Gets Slimed Again (Memorable Moments)
--Photo Credit Before Alanis Morisette was writing angry albums about exes Dave Coulier and Ryan Reynolds, she was getting slimed in another way: On...
Five Reasons to go to Rothbury Next Weekend (Remix)
--Although my last few cable bills informed me that I will NOT be trekking to Michigan for the first annual Rothbury Music Festival, I decided to rub...
Silver Jews on Tour This Fall (News Break)
--Photo Credit Silver Jews will be on tour starting August 28th and ending October 12th. Their new album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, was release...
Is Bono Superman? (Sounding Board)
--What are you doing right now? Probably sitting at home watching Guiding Light and lamenting the alcohol intake that made you call in sick to work....
Grooveshark’s Growing Pains: Love from Our CIO
--We try our hardest to bring you a reliable, fun-to-use place for listening to old favorites and discovering new music. Being a somewhat new company...
Michael Jackson and Bubbles Immortalized in Porcelain (Add a Caption)
--About once a week we peruse flickr in an attempt to deliver some off the wall photos for your amusement. Oftentimes this process is incredibly amu...
Kentwood’s Greatest Export (Memorable Moments)
--On this fine day just eight years ago, it was announced that a Britney Spears Museum in her hometown of Kentwood, Tennessee, was a done deal and un...
How To Be The Best Rock Band In The World: Part III
--At some point in their lives everyone has an aspiration to be a rock star. From all accounts, as long as you aren’t Vanilla Ice then it seem...
Jackson Mississippi (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Grace goes home, Jack likes Muffins and John wants to be a Cowboy Baby . . . Grace “Rough God Goes Riding” by Van Morr...
Coldplay Holds a You Tube Contest, While The Jesus and Mary Chain Release Box Set (News Break)
--Photo Credit Attention to all unknown bands who are aspiring to open for Coldplay: You’re dream may come true! For their Viva La Vida Tour, ...
Enjoy This Song While I Steam Your Latte (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit During the year I spent in Philadelphia, I was a manager at this little bakery and cafe. One of the other managers was an angry psycho...
Barack Obama Stole My Dad’s iPod! (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit Just kidding. But he might as well have. The AP reported a list of the music on the senator’s iPod as part of an interview in th...
I Smell a Rat (Morning Playlist)
--Photo Credit The one where Jack gets Goth on us and Devin is the last person on Earth still watching VH1. Jack “I Need To Know” - Tom ...
Band Names: Hit or Miss - Contemporary Edition (Sounding Board)
--I like to think that there was a time in music where bands took more than three minutes to decide what their names would be. Bands names are consta...
Kanye West to Bonnaroo Organizers: You’re “Squid Brains”!!! (News Break)
--Photo Credit Kanye West has defended his late performance at Bonnaroo in his blog that was posted yesterday. West has received constant backlash f...
Mark Your Calendars People (Remix)
--It is my firm belief that a new holiday is created at least twice a week. Pick up a newspaper in some sector of the world and there is probably a 6...
John Stamos Crooning with the Beach Boys (Memorable Moments)
--Photo Credit Anyone remember the Full House episode where the Beach Boys guest starred? I do. According to my research, they appeared in three Fu...
A Lil’ Bit of Quality Lyrical Hip-Hop (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit After reading Kanye’s blog, and writing a News Break blog about it, I am definitely in the mood to listen to some quality lyrica...
Wednesday Report: Grooveshark Updates
--Some quick updates on goings-on for the past couple of days: 1) Caching is back up - We’ve reimplemented caching (finally) of your content vi...
Bedlam Compliments of DJ Miami Horror and Gameboy/Gamegirl in Tampa Next Friday
--Nothing says “thank you forefathers” like a little Tampa revelry at the hands of DJ Miami Horror and Gameboy/Gamegirl this coming Indep...
Whatever Happened to Judy Winslow? (Memorable Moments)
--Photo Credit Many a Friday nights as a youngster, I gathered around the television with my brothers to watch T.G.I.F. Various shows ran during tha...
The Worst Lyricsts of All Time. Ever. No Contest.
--There’s something to be said about a person who writes a terrible song that inexplicably becomes a hit. It’s a phenomena that rivals ...
The Distance (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one with exercise and existential crisis’. Rachel “Rainbowarriors” by CocoRosie “Today Was A Good Day”...
You Don’t Really Want to Hurt Me? Do You? (News Break)
--Oh, Boy! Photo Credit Boy George’s 24 date U.S. summer tour has been canceled after U.S. authorities denied his visa. In April 2007, charge...
Reason #45,923 Soulja Boy Sucks (Sounding Board)
--Soulja Boy, perpetrator of the most annoying dance craze since the Macarena, has decided to pick on Ice T after T accused him of “single-hand...
How To Torture Your Friendly Neighborhood Terrorists (Remix)
--It has come to light recently that the United States military has been using music as a form of torture in our quest for world domination, er, peac...
The Father Of Our Cyncism (Morning Playlist)
--No joke today. Rest in peace George . . . Jack “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)” by Bob Dylan (Mark Rons...
The Best Breakup Albums of All Time
--In the days immediately following a breakup most people retreat into their music collection to find solace. Or their collection of finely aged sc...
Beck’s 10th Album Out on July 8th (News Break)
--BECK’S MODERN GUILT DUE OUT JULY 8TH Beck and Danger Mouse have collaborated to create Beck’s 10th album due out in just a few weeks....
Someday When You’re Older (Remix)
--Photo Credit You know how when you were a kid, you never really thought about the music that you listened to? Years later, you probably re-listened...
Today’s Letter is “G” (Afternoon Sounds)
--In celebration of the release of Girl Talk’s new album, “Feed the Animals“, today’s playlist will consist of some artists w...
When Pop Stars Become Cartoons (Memorable Moments)
--I was about five years old when New Kids on the Block became huge. In 1991, they had their very own cartoon appear on Saturday Morning Cartoons. ...
Japanimation, giant robots and obscure graphics make a good visual for In Rainbows (Talk Back)
--In March, Radiohead invited its faithful fanbase to out-weird the band itself with an Animated Video Contest. Over 1000 entries have been sifted do...
Surf Wax America (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Friday drains our creativity, John goes down south and Devin gets Weezer stuck in his head. Devin “Sunday Morning” by Ma...
Oscars Even The Playing Field (News Break)
--Photo Credit Beginning in 2009, the Academy Awards are going to look a bit different. At least in the ‘Original Song’ category. The Ac...
Kim Carnes, Pac-Man and 7UP = Commercial Gold (Memorable Moments)
--Back in 1982, graphic advances were a bit on the slow side. Atari was still kickin’ and the visual effects in Star Wars was about as good as ...
Efron: Disco Didn’t Die — It Hibernated (Talk Back)
--Photo Credit Call me crazy, but it appears Zac Efron’s huge breakfast caught up with him in the middle of a disco dance party on the 15th at ...
The Dude Sings The Blues (Columns)
--With this weekly diatribe, I have the opportunity to scorn all about music, both today and of yesteryear, that just ain’t right. Let the sc...
Chasing DJ’s 08 - Three of Three: The DJ Dilemma
--Another dawn breaks over skyscrapers, waterslides and the McDonald’s Bistro. Eleven’o'clock rolls around to find your intrepid journal...
I Want to Ride My Bicycle! (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo by Beth Condra Whilst riding on my bicycle along the “friendly” streets of Philadelphia last year, I took a “friendly”...
Bonnaroo 2008 Wrap Up: Rumors, Revelations, and Kanye West
--While it may take us several days to fully recover from our trip to this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival, we’re already nostalgic for ou...
Potter Fans Doing a Little Hocus Pocus of Their Own (News Break)
--J.K. Rowling knew what she was doing when she created the ultra-popular Harry Potter series. She couldn’t have foreseen such a musical offsho...
Georgia On My Mind (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Devin has Sinatra under his skin, John is hungry like a wolf and Rachel likes dead presidents. Devin “I’ve Got You Under...
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit It’s summertime in Florida, and that can only mean a couple of things: 1. The sun hates me. 2. The rains never stop. Summer sh...
Who Would Win in A Fight? (Talk Back)
--In the movie Airheads, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi ask a hostage who would win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God. The answer to the question ...
Interview with What Made Milwaukee Famous
--What Made Milwaukee Famous had the unenviable task of opening this year’s Bonnaroo music festival. While the opening slot might have seemed ...
Bogarting The Jukebox (Remix)
--Upon entry to any drinking establishment, 99% of patrons will head straight to the bar. And why not? I am part of the 1% who are less interested i...
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Rachel parties hard, John is having a bad day and Jack talks about the Lakers. Rachel “Party Hard” by Andrew W.K. “...
The Best Live Bands in the World (remix)
--There is a feeling that you get deep inside of your gut when you see an inspiring performance by a truly great band. It serves an espresso shot of...
“Crazy” (Memorable Moments)
--Aerosmith’s video for “Crazy” was one of the most requested videos of 1994. Um, duh. The video marked Alicia Silverstone’s ...
Beach Trip Playlist (Afternoon Sounds)
--It’s been a week since you and your comrades decided to cut out on the responsibilities of everyday life and head for the beach. You original...
What Will Bono Think? (News Break)
--“We look at what other people are doing and try and steal all the good bits,” Coldplay’s Chris Martin recently said. “We steal fr...
Chasing DJ’s 08 - Part Two of Three: Blood On The Turntables
--Jack is off to Bonnaroo and I have enough glow-sticks in my duffel to land a Cessna. It’s six on Friday, and the weekend has landed. The c...
Conor Oberst Ponders What Happens When The President Talks to God (memorable moments)
--Up until about 3 years ago I had been ambivalent to Conor Oberst and his band Bright Eyes. I’d purchased the album Lifted and discarded it a...
Lil Kim Wears a Burqa (Add A Caption)
--Photo Credit Wow. This one is just begging to be captioned. Help us out, Sharks! Best of grooveshark lite: Shadow Of The Day by Linkin Park ...
Walking With Ghosts (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Grace loves Led Zeppelin, Rachel’s Jack walking with Ghosts and John finds some celebrity skin. Grace In response to Jack̵...
Broken Laptop Playlist (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit About three months ago, my screen on my laptop went out. I still have yet to get it fixed. While having your screen go out on your la...
To Cache or Not to Cache
--or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Grooveshark Lite. A number of weeks ago, we pulled all the songs we had cached (for reliability) thus f...
The Fine Art of The Hippie Festival Dance (remix)
--Having just returned from Bonnaroo, I feel compelled to write about a phenomenon that is sweeping outdoor campsites and hemp stores across the glob...
Expected Errors Tonight: 11PM - 6AM
--Just a quick update: In an effort to sort out all the madness from earlier today, we’re going to be making some small, helpful changes to som...
To Cache or Not To Cache
--or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Grooveshark Lite. A number of weeks ago, we pulled all the songs we had cached (for reliability) thus f...
Little Rachel (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one with only two people, where Rachel listens to music about Rachel and Grace Rachel “Murder Me Rachael” by The Nation...
Esbjorn Svensson Dead at 44 (News Break)
--Photo Credit The music world lost a rocketing international jazz artist over the weekend as Esbjorn Svensson died during a scuba diving accident on...
The Decade I Barely Remember (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit I recently saw the British comedy, “Son of Rambow”, and was completely enthralled with the story and the awesome 80s sound...
Lots of Love. P.S., I’ll Be Back. (Memorable Moments)
--For my 12th birthday, my grandma got me my very first CD player and 2 CDs: No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom (which I still have, classic), and the ...
Father Knows Best (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit With Father’s Day just a few days behind us, I think it’s fitting to give a proverbial nod to the fathers of the world and...
The Power of Suggestion (Grooveshark Update)
--So you remember that time when you were listening to Grooveshark and you got really awesome song recommendations? Wait, that was right now! We̵...
Bonnaroo 2008 Day 3: My Morning Jacket, Against Me!, Pearl Jam, Kanye West
--Just when we thought it was safe to go to bed My Morning Jacket decided to play an incendiary set that lasted somewhere in the vicinity of 49 hours...
Tom Gabel of Against Me! Talks about the New Wave Follow Up (interview)
--Before the rest of Against Me! takes the Bonnaroo stage, frontmanTom Gabel approaches the microphone and begins strumming the chords to “Ampu...
Bonnaroo Day 2 Report: Tegan and Sara, The Raconteurs, Chris Rock
--We woke up this morning with the hot Tennessee sun on our backs and music in our ears. It becomes 80 degrees by 7:00am so by 8:00 you’re so ...
“These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” (Memorable Moments)
--Damn, Nancy Sinatra is hot. She’s got hair (um, and a voice) better than Amy Winehouse’s and legs that give Ms. Turner’s a run fo...
Red Rabbit (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where Grace makes her debut, John adds a video and Devin really, really likes The Shins. Grace “Highwayman” by Will...
R. Kelly, A Free Man (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit After six years of being mocked and derided for allegedly being caught on tape engaging in sexual relations with a girl as young as 13...
Striking while the iron is hot… or digging a hole at rock bottom? (Talk Back)
--We all know the music industry is going to crap, and power players throughout the biz are grappling to save their skins as record sales nosedive an...
Backstage at Bonnaroo: An Interview with Vampire Weekend
--At this point there is really nothing one can say about Vampire Weekend that hasn’t already been said before. Their mesmerizing blend of afr...
Amy Winehouse’s Crack Dealers Feel The Heat (News Break)
--Photo Credit In London, a man and woman have been charged with conspiracy to supply Amy Winehouse with cocaine and ecstasy (MDMA). Photos of nefari...
Austin Chamber Music Festival 2008 (Afternoon Sounds)
--The 12th Austin Chamber Music Festival is coming up on July 11th –July 26th, and I’ll be on the scene helping out! I’m most excited about the open...
Bonnaroo 2008 Day 1: Backstage w/The Sword, MGMT, Vampire Weekend
--It’s noon in the hot Tennessee hills and we’re in the midst of a cricket infestation. It’s not a few crickets, or even a smatter...
Chasing DJ’s 08 - Part One of Three: Ladytron in Tampa
--I’ve floated canoes around the Bahamas and scaled the Grand Canyon. I’ve watched the smog roll in over LA during rush hour and froze m...
Bonnaroo 2008 Day 1: Backstage w/ MGMT, Battles, Vampire Weekend
--It’s noon in the hot Tennessee hills and we’re in the midst of a cricket infestation. It’s not a few crickets, or even a smatter...
Robert Randolph’s festival reign (Remix)
--So Bonnaroo 2008 starts in mere minutes, and I am sitting in front of a computer, 500-plus miles from Manchester, Tennessee. Cool. Although not i...
Mess Around (Morning Playlist)
--This is the one that takes John back to grade school, where we learn that Rachel loves the Beatles and decide that Devin has terrible taste in movi...
WTF, Ashanti? (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit We have a running joke around the Marketing side of the office that viral videos are pretty much the dumbest idea ever. They take a lo...
“Parents Just Don’t Understand” (Memorable Moments)
--Is there any better teenage anthem than “Parents Just Don’t Understand”? Even though The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff released ...
Tina Turner Becomes 5th Member of Spinal Tap (Add a Caption)
--Photo Credit Our caption contests are usually a chance to say something funny about a picture that was probably just taken at the wrong moment or o...
I Need a Hammock (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit I spent the last year living in Philadelphia, and just returned to Gainesville a couple of weeks ago. I definitely missed how laid ba...
Brokeback Mountain, The Opera (News Break)
--Oh yes. What promises to be a dazzling combination of viking helmets, soaring vocals and sexual innuendos about horseback riding is set to come to ...
An Interview with Discrete Encounter - Anything But Subtle
--This summer, a perfect harmony of the classical and contemporary descends upon The Galapagos Art Space. Discrete Encounter could best be described...
New Label Features Indie Showcase
--Innovative NYC music label SirLady Records (formed by one of Grooveshark’s own independent artists Kirsten DeHaan) will be making rock waves ...
Tha Carter III (Talk Back)
--Photo Credit I don’t even know what to say about Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III that hasn’t already been said. It seems like every re...
Exporting blues, importing electro pop-punk (Sounding Board)
--This past weekend, it seemed that all of Europe descended upon the 234 square miles that make up Chicago with the very same goal in mind as mysel...
Werewolves Of London (Morning Playlist)
--The one where we go to X-mart, Devin loves his Sundress and John comes back from the road. Rachel “Strangers” by The Kinks - Everyone ...
Snacking On Vinyl (Remix)
--Do you have old vinyl LP’s laying around that you’re sick of spinning? While I hear they do make good target practice, there may be som...
Rainy Day Women (Afternoon Sounds)
--Photo Credit It’s flooding all over the South and Midwest, and our office here in Gainesville is no exception. I had to wade through a river ...
New Karaoke Sheriff in Town (News Break)
--The previous world record holder for longest continuous karaoke-singing actually thought 38 hours and 30 minutes would stand. The problem is, he ha...
Lance Bass (Add a Caption)
--Photo Credit As you (should) know by now, every so often we post these silly pictures of musicians in the hopes that you, dear reader, will post so...
Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where the sun keeps shining, Rachel keeps loving and John will never grow old. John Did you know Brokeback Mountain is going t...
Sufjan Stevens and Vampire Weekend Fight to The Death (Remix)
--Sufjan Stevens knows what he likes, and he likes Cryptacize. The Asthmatic Kitty band was recently on the receiving end of a glowing blog post in ...
Tori Amos Loses Label, Gains Freedom
--This one’s for all you Toriphiles out there And so, after two decades of operating under the watchful eye of record execs and team of facele...
Georgia Satellites’ “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” (Memorable Moments)
--A few posts back Heather lamented the fact that MTV’s integrity has pretty much hit rock bottom. Music videos are kind of a lost art these da...
Scarlett Johansson Makes an Album (Sounding Board)
--Photo Credit Scarlett Johansson’s debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, a collection of Tom Waits covers, came out May 20th. Also on the alb...
MTV’s Getting Worse? (News Break)
--Just when you thought the channel couldn’t get any worse, it is. MTV’s programming team is working on developing some new content. Inst...
What do Grooveshark employees think about the 3G iPhone?
--As if anyone cares, many of us here at Grooveshark were obsessively checking the live-blog updates at WWDC 2008 this morning, eagerly anticipating ...
The Video Game Soundtrack to End All Video Game Soundtracks (Memorable Moments)
--At the impressionable age of eight years old, the only thing I knew for sure was that I loved video games. No matter what system, it was completely...
Hey Sandy! (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where we learn about the wonders of Squirrel pantaloons, Jack feeds his Springsteen obsession and Devin takes us back to out chi...
Chris Martin Listens to a Coldplay Song (Caption Contest)
--Every other day we offer delightfully zany pictures for you to either champion or lampoon. It’s mostly been the latter, but we leave the opt...
An Interview with Mason Jennings
--I first encountered Mason Jennings’ music on a vacation in Asheville, North Carolina with some friends. We were staying on the side of a mou...
Psst…: Ratatat, Explorers Club, Esau Mwamwaya (Remix)
--I’d like to introduce a new feature we call “Psst…” This is a little section where we, hardened music junkies, let you in o...
Rappers React To Barack Obama’s Presidential Nomination (Sounding Board)
--With the news that Barack Obama has secured his spot as the Democratic presidential nomination, many in the music community are turning up the supp...
Warren G Arrested… Again (News Break)
--Not one to be left behind, Warren G was arrested on Sunday after a routine traffic stop in Los Angeles, bringing the total number of rappers in jai...
Good Calls: Hercules And Love Affair, The Fleet Foxes
--Hercules And Love Affair I had a dream last week that Joaquin Phoenix and I did a choreographed dance at a discotheque in the 1970’s. There w...
Come Pick Me Up (Morning Playlist)
--The one where Rachel loves Fridays, Jack has a sing along, and John tells us about his weekend. Rachel “Friday I’m in Love“, The...
Parental Advisory: Jon Spencer (Memorable Moments)
--There is a fine line that separates music from good ol’ fashioned noise. Thanks to Jon Spencer, that line is a bit more distinguishable. The...
New York, New York Playlist (Afternoon Sounds)
--I once made the mistake of driving from Gainesville, Florida to New York City. I was operating under the delusion that as a 20 year old kid I coul...
Writer Gets Bullet Through House Compliments of R. Kelly Trial (News Break)
--We write a lot of pretty scathing commentary on our blog. Most of the time the fallout consists of people leaving hateful comments or death threat...
Justin Timberlake Bringing Terrified Back (Caption Contest)
--Photo Credit Traditional non-motorized methods of transportation include the skateboard, roller blades and even the lovable Razor scooter. Here we ...
Upcoming Summer Music Festivals (Remix)
--If you missed out on Coachella, don’t worry. This summer is filled with promising music festivals. Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Lawr...
Lily Allen Gets Drunk, Reminds Us of Saved By The Bell (Sounding Board)
--There is a famous episode of Saved By The Bell that finds the Bayside gang at a crossroads. On one hand, they’re positively tickled that mov...
Short Skirt, Long Jacket (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where the weather calls for Purple Rain, John goes to the dentist and Jack stays up late. Jack “Start a War” by Th...
Good Call: Lykke Li (Column)
--Photo Credit A good friend of mine is a dancer and recently asked me to watch a piece she was choreographing for school. The song the piece was ch...
New York, New York Playlist (Afternoon Sounds)
--I once made the mistake of driving from Gainesville, Florida to New York City. I was operating under the delusion that as a 20 year old kid I coul...
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler In Rehab To Treat… Foot Pain (Sounding Board)
--In a thinly veiled attempt to blame foot pain for likely other “problems,” Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler, 60, finally spoke up about...
The Most Maligned Woman in the World: Courtney Love (Caption Contest)
--From the looks of the comments on our blog about the whereabouts of Kurt Cobain’s ashes, our readers are not terribly fond of Ms. Courtney Lo...
Scheduled Maintenance Update: HUZZAH
--Last night we begrudgingly had to take Grooveshark down for a few hours while we made some updates to our viscera. Fortunately, everything went as ...
Scarlett Johanssen Makes Us Pine For The Return of Bruno (News Break)
--By now you’ve probably heard Scarlett Johanssen’s album of Tom Waits covers. Hopefully you’ve also recovered from the acid reflu...
Interview with The Helio Sequence (Interview)
--The Helio Sequence is a Portland based band that takes pride in performing incredibly exuberant live shows. So imagine their disappointment when s...
Back To Basics (Afternoon Sounds)
--This weekend, I’ll be in Chicago to catch my sister’s final stint as a soprano in X-Factors, an a cappella group comprised of music students at Nor...
Scheduled Maintenance Tonight: 11PM - 6AM
--We’ll be donning our hard-hats and making some updates to some (pretty important) parts of the Grooveshark Torture Apparatus database tonight...
We Didn’t Start The Fire (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the day that John thinks is beautiful, we argue about arson, and Rachel loses touch with second wave feminism. Rachel “What Becom...
Stick to Beats, Pharrell (Sounding Board)
--I love Pharrell Williams. I’ve liked almost everything he’s ever produced musically. But I don’t know about this. Attempting to ...
Pick Up a Book, Fool (Memorable Moments)
--Ever get the feeling that you’re just not reading as much as you used to? I certainly do. Unlike most people, I blame my childhood obsession ...
Ashes to Ashes: Cobain’s remains stolen from Love’s home (News Break)
--What remained of Nirvana front man’s ashes were stolen from Courtney Love’s Los Angeles home, a few weeks ago, according to News of ...
Ask Weezy (Talk Back)
--Photo Credit To say that I love Lil Wayne would be a gross understatement. In the words of Alvy Singer, I luuurve him, you know, I loave him, I lu...
3.. 2.. 1..
--Broadcast! Since everyone here at Grooveshark has an Amy Winhouse-esque addiction to Twitter, we couldn’t help but be another web company in...
Ladytron is Coming to Florida
--Yes, the rumors (and listings on websites) are true. Everyone’s 2nd favorite Liverpudlian foursome Ladytron are touring our fair state of Fl...
Somewhat Damaged (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where John hates just about everything, Devin gets mushy, and Jack brags about Bonnaroo. Devin “Believer” by Ben K...
A Story Inspired by Jean Sibelius (Afternoon Sounds)
--While visiting my grandparents in Finland every summer, many a lazy afternoon would involve imagining stories to pieces by the Finnish composer Jea...
In Other Beatles News… (Remix)
--With so much Beatles-related information and history constantly surfacing, it’s time to take a look at what is happening NOW in the Beatles u...
Mini-Man as Amy Winehouse (Talk Back)
--This little guy has a few of these videos where he gets dressed into character and does an impersonation of different celebrities. He also has one...
American Roots Music Done Right (Sounding Board)
--What artists come to mind when you think about Country/Bluegrass music? If all you can think of are the Soggy Bottom Boys or other artists off the ...
Daft Punk in the Studio (News Break)
--Pedro Winter, a.k.a. Busy P, stepped down from managing the electro-duo after 12 years. He told inthemix, “I’ve stopped working with them really re...
Remembering Bo Diddley (1928-2008)
--Photo Credit When rhythm and blues first gave way to a new sound — rock and roll — there was Bo Diddley. The influential songwriter and...
Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime” (Memorable Moments)
--May 23rd might have been the official calendar start of summer, but to me it doesn’t really feel like it until June rolls around. We’re...
Alicia Keys Wants to Make Good Music (News Break)
--Photo Credit In a phone-in press conference yesterday, Alicia Keys announced her desire to do a collaboration with the White Stripes. The R&B ...
Another Brick In The Wall (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one where John buys new headphones, Jack talks about Dylan covers and Devin puts another brick in the wall. Devin “Goodbye Bl...
Solange Knowles, “Sandcastle Disco”, “I Decided” (Good Call)
--Photo Credit Solange Knowles, the not-so-famous sister of Beyonce, recently released the first few singles off her upcoming second album (I didn...
The Best Music Scenes In The Country (Remix)
--Here in Gainesville we are blessed with an incredibly diverse music scene. On any given night you can typically choose between seeing an alt-count...
Converse Releases Doors Themed Sneakers (Sounding Board)
--In the 1960’s Jim Morrison was extremely outspoken against conformity and “the man” in general. Lucky for you and Converse, he d...
Bret Michaels of Poison and Bad Reality Television (Caption Contest)
--Say what you will about Bret Michaels, but in the 1980’s he was probably the most secure man in the world. How do we know this? Well, he ha...
What’s That Song? A Tiny One!
--OK, not to keep tooting our own horn or anything, but we just launched TinySong to help with all your music-sharing needs. Type in the name of pre...
The Masked Pedophile (caption contest)
--Photo Credit We’ve supplied the ridiculous photo…now it’s time for you to hold up your end. Who knows, you might even win this th...
Ice, Ice, Baby (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the one when we learn about Sex and the City and Devin’s alcoholism. Rachel Knox “Dream Weaver” by Gary Wright - Who ...
Reunion Roundup - Simple Minds, 3EB, Zeppelin? (Afternoon Sounds)
--Ladies and gentleman, as we approach the Apocalypse, please cue your iPod to REM and direct your attention out the front window, where you can see ...
Third “Flashing Lights” Video Leaks (Sounding Board)
--If you needed further proof that Kanye West was totally batshit crazy, you got it. Today the THIRD video for his single “Flashing Lights̶...
Ozzy Osbourne Takes a Bite Out of Vermin (Memorable Moments)
--Nothing says “appreciate my music” like a little on-stage animal brutality. Photo Credit This ideal has never been more strictly adhe...
Hilary Clinton Seals Democratic Nomination With Ricky Martin Endorsement (News Break)
--That sound you just heard was the last death gasp of Barack Obama Presidential campaign. Despite appearing like the frontrunner for the Democratic...
That’s weird, my downloads keep failing…
--So last week we made some updates to Sharkbyte with the intention of allowing users to cache their songs for constant availability–and it wor...
OMG PRIZES
--As promised, we’ll be giving out 8 super-awesome prizes to the super-awesome winners of the Grooveshark survey we asked you friends and lover...
Have You Met Grooveshark Lite?
--We’re insanely proud to announce the launch of Grooveshark Lite. After many weeks of tireless, pizza-filled nights in at the Grooveshark hea...
Tidy Up Playlist (Afternoon Sounds)
--Cleaning your house/apartment/temporary living arrangement with the head groundskeeper at Notre Dame Stadium is about as tedious as it gets. What b...
Good Call: Sigur Ros- “Gobbledigook” (Column)
--Ever miss those childhood days of climbing trees, silly newspaper hats, and dalmatian dragons? Ever wonder what it feel like to fall through a clou...
John Mayer’s Mankini (Caption Contest)
--Photo Credit You know the drill. Post a funny caption, win Grooveshark stuff. I’d start you off with a caption, but I’m speechless. Be...
The Musical Philanthropy of Conscious Alliance (Interview)
--As you may have read in the Rothbury post, Conscious Alliance is placing a bid at the Rothbury Festival for the largest can structure with the 40,0...
Order Up! Rock Star Treats (News Break)
--Most of us know the feeling; it’s 2 A.M., you’ve consumed your fair share of Jack Daniels and your stomach is pleading for something so...
Oh Yeah… It’s a Spice Girls Blog (Sounding Board)
--Existing in a precarious balance between the Planeteers and Josie and the Pussycats, The Spice Girls were the resounding thunder to a lightning fla...
Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight” (Memorable Moments)
--This song might be most popular from its appearance in Anchorman (”If you don’t think this song is the greatest song ever, I will fight...
And Their Guitars Gently Weep (Morning Playlist)
--It’s the day that we learn why Jack’s sister cries, John hates the world, Devin is a closet Wallflowers fan and Rachel likes New Wave. ...
The Scoop on the Rothbury Festival
--So Jack and I just spoke with Megan McFann of Madison House Publicity about how Rothbury Music Festival is different from other run-of-the-mill mus...
Mindless Self Indulgence (and other Sunday afternoon pasttimes)
--Self-described as “Industrial Jungle Pussy Punk”, there is but one musical group, one man, one band so heinous in voice, so offensive i...
Add A Caption Contest: Robert Smith of The Cure
--Last week we started posting pictures of “rock gods” in hopes that our readers would delight us with their zany captions. While few of you seemed t...
Jakob Dylan, Growing Up
--Photo Credit The Wallflowers’ record deal with Interscope has been up for over two years now, but that hasn’t stopped frontman Jakob Dy...
How To Survive a Music Festival Like Bonnaroo
--There’s something intrinsically wonderful about the concept of music festivals. Ideally, an outdoor music festival consists of a group of mu...
Hey, It’s Us!
--If you’ve ever laid awake at night fretting over a lack of information about what’s going on around Grooveshark, sleep well, young inso...
Everybody Bathes — Sometimes
--The concept is very simple. Yes, I really, really love listening to music. But I can only feel better listening to a great tune when I know the wor...
…Introducing
--There was blood everywhere and we couldn’t get away from it… At least not without the diamonds. Now that you’re pulled into thi...
New iPod Shuffle Allows You To Listen To Music Underwater
--Have you ever been scuba diving off the coast of Ecuador when you were suddenly struck with an overwhelming desire to listen to Ricky Martin? Who ...
Diddy, the Playwright?
--Photo Credit He’s Made the Band, sort-of-rapped, and changed his name more than Prince. Now he wants to write a movie. Puff Daddy/Puffy/P. Di...
How To Be The Best Rock Band In The World: Part II
--Anybody with a knowledge of music history and the internet can ascertain the basics of the rock star lifestyle. While knowing how to write a song,...
Whatever Happened To Garage Rock?
--In the early 2000’s garage rock was nearly inescapable. Bands from Detroit to Sweden were experimenting with a noisy, raucous sound that was...
Promoter’s Ordinance to Kill Chicago Music Scene?
--Photo Credit If you’re up-to-date with the Chicago “Event Promoters” ordinance battle, you know that the ordinance was recently pulled from an offi...
Rosewood Thieves @ Galapagos/NY-12/June (pending date)
--Often described as a resurrection of classic Americana, The Rosewood Thieves somehow manage to recreate the elements of the classic rock of the 60s...
Grooveshark on MakeUseOf.com — Help Digg Us!
--Thanks to our friends over at MakeUseOf, they have featured us as their daily tool of the day for May 24th. Here’s a quick quote from the art...
Festival Vive Latino 2008!
--The largest metropolis on our continent (third largest in the world), Mexico City, is preparing itself for Festival Latino 2008. This two day festi...
Blur Frontman Damon Albarn Makes US Opera Debut
--And I’ll bet you thought he only did Song 2. Damon Albarn, best known for creating one of the greatest anthems of 90s Alternative Rock, has ...