Streak Download By David Sternesky Dan Smart lives up to his name: literary, poetic, and artistic references are abound in his solo work. As a member of Probably Vampires , Smart adds keyboard textures to songs inspired by "real, true, unwavering 602's pop sound," but as a solo artist he thankfully allows himself the chance to indulge in heavier themes in music that includes "overlapping elements of country, folk, rock and roll, electronic, and experimental art music, sometimes all rolled into a single song." Freed [...]
By Emily Cheever To pop my cherry as a writer for The Hippodrome, I reviewed the UK based music website, Arkade.com. At first, I thought that perhaps "arcade" is just spelled with a K across the pond, like they usually spell color or favorite with a U, but I it seems that Arkade's creators only had edginess in mind. Crazy kids. Anyway, Arkade advertises themselves as the "new 'Online Stage,'" an independent service that enables artists to sell their music. Out of Arkade's options, (of which there were many) I found particularly interesting the groups [...]
Well no, I'm sorry to prematurely expose a potential feature, but this charming video from The Lisps finally begins to add credence to The Hippodrome's never ending quest for rad unsigned music videos. While we keep searching, enjoy The Lisps' (lol) "I'm Sorry."
Woohoo! I'm proud to announce the first of many international music festivals present by The Hippodrome! That's right, several of The Hippodrome's illustrious features have a few shows coming up, so if you live in North America, you don't have an excuse to miss out on any of them. Some dandies: Boy Crisis : 10.20.07 – New York, NY – CMJ Orchard Bar 11.16.07 – Middletown, CT – Wesleyan University 11.17.07 – Troy, NY - Renaissslaier Polytechnical Institute 12.1.07 – New York, NY – The Annex Ross [...]
By Ben Bernstein For the inaugural edition of our weekly site review, I decided to investigate a little known social network by the name of Project Opus . After I got by the laughable obstacle of pronouncing the site's name (I was getting fond of pro-ject-ti-pus), I found out that Project Opus is a solid engine for the aspiring musician. The concept is hardly groundbreaking – Project Opus allows artists to sell their music at a 50-50 rate and gain access to all the site's [...]
In the last few weeks, a few readers have noted that The Hippodrome's "The Business" section has done nothing but disparage other websites, pointing out their faults and just being generally pessimistic. While I can't disagree, especially with the craptacular nature of so many current online social networks, I do have a bit of good news for the optimists. I'm proud to announce the addition of a new section to The Hippodrome. Starting tomorrow and continuing every week until our eyes fall out, we'll have a review of a different music networking/distribution site. These reviews will [...]
Driving Is A Full Time Job Download Cardinal Download By Sarah Murrell Photograph by Carlos Lima You wouldn't know it, but Ross Brown began his musical career with Ska. Brown aspired to become a master of the genre, one of those legends that comes to mind whenever we think of those three letters. But things rarely turn out the way anyone intends, and Brown's latest album, The Human Condition, places the ska sound pretty far from your mind. Instead, the [...]
I recently received an email from a lady by the name of Benaz Hossain, who wrote to let me know about Jango , a music social networking site about to launch. After checking out the beta link that she sent along in his email, I was intrigued by the idea. In a nutshell, Jango is a Last.fm type custom radio site that utilizes a fairly impressive internal music catalog. This allows the user to listen to any artist on the site, and then build a social network of friends who are interested in the type of music they've been [...]
Farmer Boy Download By Ally Bernstein Alixandra Macmillan-Fiedel claims she didn't always intend to become a musician, but her percussive, expressive voice and clever songwriting are more than well suited to the profession. The California-born songstress recently recorded her first LP of cheery folk and mellow harmonies under the name Alixandra and the Tailor Sea . A naïve friend of mine once complained that "all folk songs sounds the same," but Alixandra achieves distinctive results because of her collaborative approach. [...]
"TiVo and Rhapsody are joining forces to deliver digital music service directly to TiVo consumers' televisions via the digital video recording company's set-top box. The move continues TiVo's drive to differentiate itself from the generic digital video recorders offered by cable and satellite television companies by offering content beyond recorded TV shows." (From Alley Insider ) Well, that's really a step in the wrong direction. Solve music distribution problems by putting a Napster on TV? I'm sure that will make it worth everyone's $13 a month to have the same crappy music available on your television screen [...]
While millions of people participated in, voted for, and watched the thousands of videos in YouTube's 2006 Underground Music Contest , only four artists came out triumphant. I watched and rewatched the winners' entries, and concluded that Ostrich Head's "Freak Show Carnival" was one of the most dismal signs of what the world thinks the "underground" has become. The contest ended nearly eleven months ago, but the message the winning videos send is still current: to embrace your "underground" status, you have to simultaneously refute whatever MTV tells you is good, while still mimicking the most successful commercial artists [...]
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