Fascinating musical theory breakdown of the dubstep subgenre by one of the best in the genre. Love the dynamic typography too.
Bassnectar Explains Dubstep
– January 4, 2012Posted in: Music
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Spotify Apps
– December 8, 2011Posted in: Music Industry, Technology
Thomas Houston from The Verge:
We’ve been waiting for years for someone to seamlessly wed editorial content like Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s lists and reviews to a deep music backend, and this is a great step in that direction. These beta apps, though, are merely a first step, and don’t fully reflect the deep archives, sorting features, and knowledge of these sites yet, and we’re hoping to see that in future versions.
If I’m in a pinch for time to get some new music, oftentimes I’ll just troll Pitchfork’s best new music section for stuff to listen to on Spotify. With the Pitchfork App, I can listen to the album right there on the same page of the review. It’s awesome and time-saving. Houston is right in that many of the apps are bare-bones as of now, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction and we’re truly seeing a killer music app that combines content curation with instant gratification start to take shape.
From a business standpoint, it was brilliant for Spotify to bring the app makers to the Spotify client, rather than the other way around. It ensures that people will be Spotify users first and foremost.
You can try out Spotify apps out for yourself by downloading a preview client here. (Shame on Spotify for not linking to this on their Apps product page!)
via The Verge.
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New Miike Snow Single – “Devil’s Work”
– December 6, 2011Posted in: Music
I’m liking the driving, epic nature of this new Miike Snow single. Kinda makes me want to cut my own movie montage scene and set it to this song.
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Deadmau5 Lights Up London Skyscraper For Nokia
– December 1, 2011Posted in: Music, Technology
Deadmau5′s got some of the best light show/visuals in the business with his “normal” set equipment. But projecting those visuals onto a London skyscraper? Hot damn.
The stunt was ostensibly for the release of Nokia’s new Lumia 800 phone, though calling it “4D” is a bit hokey. What, did that light travel across time? Nevertheless, that Lumia is still a mighty sexy phone and associating it with pretty colors and a popular DJ can’t do it any harm.
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Show Report: Chromeo 11-17-11 @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles
– November 29, 2011Posted in: Music, Show Reports
One of the signs that you’ve made it as a live band is if the crowd has a custom chant for you as you take the stage or during the encore break. By that token, Chromeo has really made it, since the crowd at the Wiltern was already primed to let out a choral “CHRO-MEE-OH WHOAAAAAAAA OH” as soon as the lights dimmed. We came to the show to get our electro-disco inspired dance fix and we got what we came for, no more, no less.
There’s only so much a duo can do on stage musically and even backed up by three Rockette-like lady dancers/singers, Chromeo didn’t do much to distinguish their sound from their recordings. That’s not necessarily a knock on the band, as their recordings are very fun affairs, though it is noteworthy that the material from their latest album, Business Casual, sounded much more polished and alive. If your goal at the show was to get drunk, dance, and have a good time, you probably got your money’s worth. If you were looking for a dynamic stage presence or transcendant live music revelation, though, you’re going to to want to keep looking.
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There’s A New Rammstein Video
– November 11, 2011Posted in: Music
From the comments on Vimeo:
Technically OK, but I really miss the times, when Rammstein videos used to have a PLOT.
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fun. Has A New Song Out
– November 9, 2011Posted in: Music
If you enjoy hot chicks peeling apples, boy have I got a music video for you to masturbate to watch!
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New Orbital Song – Never
– November 4, 2011Posted in: Music
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard a new studio album from Orbital (2004!), but lo-and-behold, they’re back! (Hopefully with still-functioning glasses)
Great music to drive to and the video fully captures that soundscape. Strangely enough, though, I feel the urge to randomly shout “WRONG” when watching it. I wonder why that could be.
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Download The Portal 2 Soundtrack For Free From Valve
– June 6, 2011Posted in: Music, Video Games
Being the nice people that they are, Valve is offering up the soundtrack score to Portal 2 on their website for free. They’ve also got up some ringtones in both Android and iPhone audio formats along with some previews to boot.
I can’t say I’m enamored with any of those ringtones to actually use them since they’re a bit noisy for me, but if you’re into any of them, they’re there for you. What I really need is a great short SMS notification sound clip because the iPhone comes with the worst noises possible.
The soundtrack itself is innocuous enough to use as background noise while you work, although some people might find the tracks with high pitched beeping and pew pews a little annoying.
You can hit up the direct link for the ZIP file for the soundtrack here.
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This Is The New National Song From Portal 2
– April 19, 2011Posted in: Music, Video Games
With Portal 2 officially in stores today, we can finally hear the new The National track from the game, “Exile Vilify.” Unsurprisingly, the song sounds extremely mopey and downtempo. At least Matt Berninger writes about trials and “mind troubling.” That sorta sounds like what Portal is about.
Granted, I haven’t played through the game yet so I’m not going to comment more on the song in the game’s context. However, anyone expecting anything remotely resembling “Still Alive” needs to quickly reevaluate their expectations.
