WTF?
There are two interesting things about this NYTimes.com article about Rock Music in 2011
Sunday, January 1st, 2012The first is that Jon Caramanica has written a very interesting and well-considered piece about the mainstream US* rock scene in 2011. I’ve had quibbles with some of his pet projects over the years, but here he hits a home run. It really is difficult to overstate the malaise in US mainstream rock this year. [...]
The Record Books – Music as Literature
Monday, April 11th, 2011“Well loved albums > Well thumbed tomes”. A fun and fascinating set on Flickr. Famous records imagined as book covers by a pretty good graphic designer. Apparently, they will soon be available as a set of postcards. The Record Books – a set on Flickr. Share
NYC Subways making music – mta.me
Monday, January 31st, 2011Conductor: www.mta.me from Alexander Chen on Vimeo. Impossibly cool! NYC Subway trains API describes art on screen and has a fun musical surprise too. Speeds up over time and is different each time you launch. Run it in multiple tabs for even more fun. Requires scripting, flash, HTML 5 and sound. MTA.ME. Share
For the true vinyl fetishist: cool turntable laptop skin
Sunday, January 30th, 2011We don’t know anything about Perpetual Kid and this amazing skin appears to be out of stock at the moment, but we are sooo tempted… PerpetualKid.com: DJ TURNTABLE LAPTOP SKIN – TURNTABLE INSPIRED LAPTOP SKIN. Share
Remarkable interactive infographics: Year in Reviews 2010 (P4K Edition)
Saturday, January 8th, 2011Edward Segel has a very cool infographic at: Year in Reviews 2010 It features all the Pitchfork album reviews of 2010 arranged according to rating and it pops up images and links. I’m sure my statistician sister can tell you what the technical term is for this sort of presentation of data. I think it is [...]
Unlikely Sources: The 5 Deadliest Drops Of 2010 : NPR
Friday, December 31st, 2010Of all the unlikely places to hear “deadly drops”, I think that bastion of middle class bourgeoisie, the NPR website, is the most unlikely. Still, credit where credit is due, this short list is killer: The 5 Deadliest Drops Of 2010 : NPR Dunno if it got on the actual radio network tho… (bonus points for the [...]
Company presses your ashes into vinyl when you die
Friday, August 27th, 2010Company presses your ashes into vinyl when you die. Wired tells us music lovers can now be immortalised when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones. No mention of the sound quality, we suspect that the records sound a bit like early 80s Jamaican pressings… Share
Ninja Tune XX – What a beast! Now *that’s* the way to celebrate your 20th!
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Ninja Tune, the label founded by Coldcut, is turning 20 years old. The Ninja Tune XX boxset is a beast. You’ve got wo days left to pre-order it at $130.00 Hit the link for the truly frightening details (6 CDs, 6 7″s, stickers, hardback, etc. etc.) and here’s the remarkable track lineup: Tracklists: * = New + Exclusive [...]
This is what extreme record digging looks like…
Thursday, February 11th, 2010From WFMU DJ Frank O’s recent trip to Ghana Share
Music sampler from SubPop
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Apologies from admin. This posting was lost in the ether for god knows how long. Worth a look! **** SubPop has made a music sampler available for download, the site is worth the visit just to see the tribute to circa-90′s web design, and yes that is the right URL, just don’t let your significant [...]
NPR, NME (also P4k, Paste, Uncut) release “Best Albums of the ’00s” – Reliably, predicatably, play to own audiences
Thursday, November 19th, 2009NPR: An important distinction: We’re not looking for everyone’s favorite albums or songs, but rather ones that had some sort of historical significance. These are the game-changers — ones that signaled some sort of shift in music, or ones that were particularly influential in some way. We’re looking for the albums and singles people will [...]
New Brisbane bridge named after Go-Betweens
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Not content with having critical success, these attention seeking songsmiths have finally been given the ultimate accolade, having a major civil engineering project named after them: New Brisbane bridge named after Go-Betweens Share
HEH! Prince Zimboo comes to rule…
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Prince Zimboo “Love Diareha” – A fun, funny track with a great groove. This deserves to be huge. It wasn’t on YouTube yet so I cobbled something together and put it up. Zimboo first came to our attention with his contribution to the Major Lazer record earlier this year. Despite the brevity of the track, [...]
Ultimate Limited Edition Record = Too Cool
Sunday, July 12th, 20091 copy. Glued to a working turntable. TT lid inscribed with lyrics and monogram. Nuts! Bob Hund – Fantastiskt. Share
Nightmare or Dream? Heaven or Hell?
Friday, February 13th, 2009Only you can decide… Share
New musical meme
Monday, January 26th, 2009New musical meme: Type “Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith:” into YouTube and have fun. (Songmith info on Wikipedia) A couple of my favourites: Which just gets it completely wrong, to hilarious effect. And: Which is more like a mash-up of old. Share