The music industry is a different animal today than it was even 10 years ago. It’s becoming more of a rarity for musicians to put out an album, as opposed to a collection of singles. But, every now and then, something comes along and totally amazes you. Enter The Dear Hunter’s “The Color Spectrum,” released [...]
Check out this commercial Newmerica did for Elmyr Restaurant in Atlanta. The Pharma parody is funny enough, but what really puts it over the top is the star… Brent Hinds of Mastadon. His delivery is pretty priceless. They were also the folks behind the Kickstarter video for Chunklet’s Indie Cred Test. HIlarious!
Pretty crazy test Japanese sound artist Daito Manabe did together with Masaki Teruoka and Katsuhiko Harada. Daito’s face is twisted to the music via electrical-pulse that stimulates his muscles, 10 channels in total, 8 to control his facial expressions, 2 to keep the music and face in sync. According to Daito it depends on the [...]
I am sure some of you have heard or read about Thounds before. It is a social network where users can share music ideas by recording their inspiration and intuitions. I interviewed Francesco Fraioli, the creator and product manager. For those of you who need a refresh about Thounds, check out the video below. To [...]
I know…. it’s just so obvious. But yet, but yet… It seems every year there is one blatantly retro synth confection before which I stand helpless and silly-struck. Sally Shapiro last year or so, Neon Neon before that, Baxendale, etc, etc, now this. La Roux. Perfect. Three singles. Big in England. They all sound exactly [...]
Last year’s musical highlight, bar none. The best kept secret in songwriting genius, Afro-baroque pop smarty pants Stew took a bright bow in the klieglights of Broadway for his debut autobiographical musical Passing Strange. The Tony nominated show, a massive critical success (see here, and here) has been superbly filmed by Spike Lee. The film [...]
