The Sennheiser PX100 headphones offer great quality and are still relatively portable. The headphones come with a case and can be folded up to fit into it (see pictures). When fully folded they measure about 5.5in x 3in x 1in. Although they are obviously much larger than a typical pair of ear buds, they do offer very good sound quality for a relatively low price compared to upper tier ear bud...

The New Pornographers Album, Mass Romantic, is the first main release album from the Vancouver based indie group. The album opens with the song 'Mass Romantic' which exemplifies the groups Power Pop upbeat style. Throughout the album they're songs are filled with a variety of instruments - their use of guitars, tambourines, organs and hand claps adds to a very layered and energeti...

Sufjan Stevens’s second installment of his project to create an album for all the fifty states is Illinois. This twenty two track long album is filled with many well orchestrated tracks that all have a very rich a full feeling to them. The songs feature acoustic guitar, vibraphone, banjo, strings, accordion and much more. Steven’s voice is sometimes compared to that of Elliott Smi...

Cheap Monday Jeans are notorious for being ultra tight. They have a very rock star look and their jeans even have a small amount of spandex (98.5 Cotton, 1.5% Lycra) so you can move around. These particular unwashed jeans need to have some consideration made when purchasing them since they are made of raw denim. Raw Denim has not been through any distress or pre wash cycles like most jeans ar...

Hot Chip is a London based electronic band. Their album 'The Warning' shows a wide array of musical styles from the warm vocals in 'And I Was a Boy from School' to the pop-dance feel in 'Over and Over'. Overall, Hot Chip has very bold percussion with minimalistic and very catchy synth and vocals. Although simple, the music is very layered and has a very full feel - t...

I recently put together a home computer and I used the Thermaltake Armor case. I personally picked out this case because of its size - I did not want to run into problems where my parts did not fit. The case's size is one of its biggest advantages, it measures 20.9" x 8.7" x 22.1" (H x W x D) which is quite large. It is easy to work in even when you have a lot of components...

I recently went to Staples to purchase an electric sharpener. I chose this X-Acto brand sharpener since it happened to be on sale. Luckily for me, it turned out to be an excellent product for what I needed. The X-Acto brand itself markets its different sharpeners based on how frequently they are used - the Helix Electric Sharpener is made for home or small office use. I use it about 3 times m...

The Logitech G5 mouse is a very visually appeal mouse that has many features that will be favorable to anyone who needs more out of a mouse than a standard 2 button ball mouse. The G5 Mouse uses a "gaming grade laser" - it’s very precise and it is a lot easier and smoother to use compared to a ball mouse. The mouse is designed so it fits easily in the hand and is slightly text...

Zach Condon is the main face behind the band Beirut. His music sounds like an entire orchestra playing wonderfully beautiful songs. Ukuleles, horns, accordions, glockenspiels, drums, violins, cellos and more all fill Beirut's music with a fully layered feel that everyone can appreciate. The sound can be described as folky, a sort of more orchestrated Bob Dylan - it reminds me of gypsies. ...

Elliott Smith was a fairly unique artist. He has an ethereal quality to his voice that is not found regularly in many other singers. His music can be compared to artists like Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Shins, Iron & Wine and, Bright Eyes. His music is very sad, but this album itself is much more orchestrated and follows more of a baroque pop sound. Figure 8 open up with a cat...

Adidas Classic Stand Smith is said to be the most copied design for a shoe ever. Adidas says it’s the "most popular tennis shoe created."  The shoe itself is made out of mostly full grain leather - It's very soft and smooth. Also the entire shoe comes in a very pure looking white color. The shoe will easily show dirt so if you want a pair of shoes to wear in the mud;...

To do a review on an eraser seems pretty odd but after going through many low quality erasers I found one that, for me, works very well. It is the Pentel Hi-Polymer eraser. It doesn’t look like the typical pink eraser but is rather white. It comes in a little cardboard case with the tip of the eraser exposed - I believe this cardboard helps keep grease from your skin getting on the eras...

After running out of my Febreeze brand air freshener I switched to try out the Oust brand. Oust is quite different than a typical air freshener since it does not have a very strong scent. That's not the say that there is no scent at all, I chose one that was marked as "Citrus Scent." It smells like a light scent of citrus, and also a little bit like Lysol surface disinfectant. ...

In my opinion the Logitech Desktop Microphone is a simple design that works at a very efficient rate for how inexpensive the microphone is. At only $20.00 (It is much cheaper and often seen on sale at Electronics shops such as Best Buy, Circuit City etc., check the ads!) it works very well. I use on a fairly frequent basis and overall the sound quality is average. But if you think about how l...

I upgraded to this Sata drive from an old IDE drive. On my first reboot to windows (after it was installed to this new drive) my system booted up lightning fast. Never have I seen such a speed increase (except from a new processor) in a computer. The boot up and shutdown times increased dramatically - if you have an old and slow IDE drive (3200 RPM) then this drive will show a huge increase i...

Stephen Malkmus was the lead singer and song writer for the very influential indie-group from the 90's, Pavement. Their new album known as Real Emotional Trash features many of the aspects of the old pavement sound - Malkmus seems to either be mumbling about while the groaning guitar plays in the background or he's clearly singing his catchy tunes. The album sounds somewhat like The V...

!!! (also known (and pronounced) as Chk Chk Chk, or Chick Chick Chick) is music that is often classified in the genre of "dance punk" or "punk funk." They combine aspects from electronica, rock and funk all into one to create their fairly unique sound. Their overall electric sound leads them to be associated with bands like LCD Soundsystem, Junior Boys and Hot Chip. In their...