Fleet Foxes vs. Monkey Mind. When a lot of stuff has been going on and I'm tired, really tired, I have to go to bed early. Usually, that's around 11:30, the normal shuteye time being closer to somewhere around 1:30 in the morning. What happens on these nights is that I have a ton of dreams. It's almost like somebody is holding down the fast-forward button on my...

Artist Brian Joseph Davis took 10 records that were once banned and set them on fire. He then played them and recorded the mess that obviously ensued. It's actually really cool. And artsy. Definitely artsy. Check out the website for the recordings or listen to a couple below. Brian Joseph Davis – "The Beatles" [MP3] Brian Joseph Davis – "Sex Pistols" [MP3] Posted in mp3, Special Tagged: art, banned, Brian Joseph Davis, burned albums, sex pistols, The beatles

We're big fans of the work of multimedia collage artist Brian Joseph Davis. Music Director Brian Turner did a nice writeup of Davis' CD compilation The Definitive Host , released last year by Canada's Blocks Recording Club , and a track from that album can be found on WFMU's Free Music Archive Sampler vol.1 . Davis' download page reveals that he plans to make his "entire catalog available through the Free Music Archive " when our new site launches this December. In the meantime, we're psyched to share [...]

WFMU presents Selected Sounds from the Free Music Archive vol. 1 . This compilation previews 21 of the thousands of tracks that'll be freely available under Creative Commons licenses when the fully interactive Free Music Archive website launches this November. We're working with a group of fellow curators to fill the library with great music, and this sampler represents a piece of what WFMU brings to the table. We'll be handing out free copies of the CD at the July 4th Sonic Youth/Feelies show (we're lending special support as [...]
This year, the '80s turn old. Three of the biggest artists of that decade turn 50 this summer: Madonna (August 16), Michael Jackson (August 29) and, today, Prince. Back in the day, everyone thought he was the weird one, but while Madonna peddles kid's books and lukewarm disco and Michael, well, whatever, Prince is the one whose grown up distinguished. He's fashioned himself an R&B statesman, and his work is as good as ever, despite the popular idea that he's "over." The Rainbow Children (2001), Musicology (2004) and 3121 (2006) stand up to his [...]