Here is the final installment of our unscientific, should-not-be-used-for-news-an d-reporting-purposes survey results. As you probably know by now, the following answers were culled from a variety of people in the arts, music and entertainments communities. The last question we asked them was: How do you think we'll listen to music ten years from now? Our respondents' answers ranged from silly to philosophical to downright Sci-Fi! We hope you enjoy reading them. And thanks so much to everyone who took the time to participate. Douglas Wolk, writer: [...]
Here is the final installment of our unscientific, should-not-be-used-for-news-an d-reporting-purposes survey results. As you probably know by now, the following answers were culled from a variety of people in the arts, music and entertainments communities. The last question we asked them was: How do you think we'll listen to music ten years from now? Our respondents' answers ranged from silly to philosophical to downright Sci-Fi! We hope you enjoy reading them. And thanks so much to everyone who took the time to participate. Douglas Wolk, writer: [...]
Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me. Like this list? Join my Facebook group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Subscribe to my podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . The latest ones are here . [...]
By Lars Gotrich As soon as a musical movement gets a name, someone is already declaring it dead. Sometimes you wonder about the people who coin the terms; whether they regret the mass categorization of a tight-knit group's creative output. It's almost baffling how quickly "hot new thing" status gets doled out, only to receive backlash, inspire an academic write-up in The New Yorker , experience backlash against the backlash, become loved ironically, and then wind up staunchly defended by those who've been there since the beginning. Because, you know, it's just rock 'n' [...]
Pretty Lights is broken beats, futuristic synths, hip hop and vintage soul samples brought together. The new album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes , has been downloaded over 60,000 times from PrettyLightsMusic.com since it was released October 6. Tonight Pretty Lights will be at the Cat's Cradle. sound: Sunday School City Of One dates: 11.17.09 – Cat's Cradle – Carrboro, NC [...]
La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
Drums Play Spaceland Monday Night (and It's Free) Ray Davies put on a fantastic show on Saturday night at the Orpheum. If you get a chance to see him on this tour do not hesitate. More on that later. Another great week this week. If you're into buzz bands you might want to check out Drums tonight, The Big Pink on Wednesday, Tape Deck Mountain on Thursday, Neon Indian on Friday and The XX on Saturday. Some of those will be good, but I'm recommending a variety of [...]
It's taken me since my first listen to Tha Carter III , but I've had an epiphany: Lil Wayne doesn't give a shit about anything other artists do. This is a guy who records all the time and opens up his mouth and immortalizes on tape his sizzurp-fueled ramblings on luxury cars and his bedroom skills. The enjoyable thing about Lil Wayne is just watching him go. He's a great mix of today's rap: Sex-driven men who gleefully drown in their own testosterone and drug-addled rappers with some messed up daddy issues. And [...]
Being the young age I am (under 30) this last decade was really the one where I can intensely focus on new releases, critically analyze and find real magic in modern music. As much as I wish I was cool enough to say I bought "Slanted and Enchanted" on vinyl the day it came out or smoke a joint and sit around with my friends about to listen to "The Bends follow-up album" with everyone saying "this better not suck!" But since I never saw Nirvana in a basement and didn't hear "Loveless" until Billy Corgan recommended it I'll just stick to [...]
The official artwork for Alicia Keys eagerly anticipated 4th studio album, "The Element Of Freedom" , has finally been disclosed yesterday. The visuals (one for the standard, the other for the deluxe edition of the album) are simply stunning. The singer, photographed by the talented Yu Tsai , is pictured eyes closed, wearing an elegant feather top (the bird being a metaphor for her new found artistic freedom). "The Element Of Freedom" will drop in France on December 11th, in the meantime, enjoy the video of a live performance of [...]
MANTIS 050 WU-TANG on the SHOWCASE . mixed by HELLFIRE MACHINA . Presented by DVNT . Recorded Nov 13th 2009 at 18:00 GMT http://makemassair.co.uk/MANTI S/index.php/mantis-050-wu-tang -enter-the-dubstep/ DVNT DVNT vs Deadman DJ - iNTRO iDENT [MANTIS] The Knife - Kino (Live) [Mute] Moderat - Rusty Nails (T++ remix) [Fifty Weapons] Ryuichi Sakamoto - Grief (Andrea Parker remix) [Ninja Tune] Krzho - The Future is Unwritten [Bumpfoot] NHK - Entire Set [Raster-Noton] James [...]
It's November, middle of autumn, and a time of nostalgia, especially as this year marks the end of the first decade of the 21st Century. The last ten years have been awfully good for music fans. And I didn't start properly taking an interest in music until at the earliest 2003. Shame on me. But retrospect is a good thing and its been the last few years where I've looked back at some of the best albums that I've been able to pick the ones that I have for each year. It's nothing to do with what was popular, critically [...]
This is about the most unlucky thing that could happen right now... _____ Ol' Dirty Bastard " Say NO " 50 Cent " Man's World " The Clipse " Doorman " (prod. by The Neptunes ) Beanie Sigel ft. 50 Cent "I Go Off" [ clean \ dirty ] DJ Khaled ft. Lil' Wayne , Usher , Drake , Young [...]
Zu diesem Wochenende möchte ich Euch einer der wohl schrägsten Interpreten vorstellen, die die moderne Musikwelt bislang kennenlernen durfte. Thomas Alan Waits (* 7. Dezember 1949 in Whittier, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Komponist, Schauspieler und Autor. Biografie Kindheit und Jugend Nach seinem Biographen Barney Hoskyns wurde Tom Waits in der Stadt Whittier im Los Angeles County geboren, einer Stadt, die auch lange nach seiner Geburt so typisch für das Bild Amerikas der 1950er [...]
Last Friday, we sent C=T contributor Molly Müeller to catch the first in a wave of buzz shows to slam Denver. Art Brut-DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake [mp3] Surfer Blood-Swim (To Reach the End) [mp3] The opening act for Friday night's Show at the Bluebird, Jim McTurnan and the Kids that Killed the Man appeared to be playing mostly to a small group of friends; it was early and there were just a few people gathered [...]
I've got a bad back and broken feet, but it could be worse. Tom Waits: Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (West Germany, 1977)
Here are a few benefit shows that were announced in the last couple of days that caught my eye.... Pablove Benefit : Band of Horses / Sea Wolf / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Tom Morello / Shirley Manson / Butch Walker / Tom Gabel / Jarrod Gorbel / Charlotte Martin @ Avalon on 11/21/09 ( buy tickets $35 for GA / $65 for VIP) Pablove Benefit : Tenacious D @ Largo on 12/23/09 - $50 - call 310-855-0350 for tickets. [...]
words and photos by BBG Laurie & John of Ludicra ! This sounds like a highly appropriate tweet from guitar great John Cobbett: just spent approx 12 hours working on one riff. It divided like a fractal into 4 riffs, an intro and a multi-part verse. fascinating eh? Though I can't guarantee it, there's a good chance that Cobbett was referring to riffs written for Bay-Area black metal greats Ludicra , [...]
A repeat from March 9, 2008. Due to a cold that's going after my throat at the moment my voice is shot. Unless this turns swine I'll be back next week with a new one. Right Click To Download Time: 52:00 File Size: 50.6MB Tracks played: 01. Simpletones - Don't Bother Me (Beach Blvd. compilation) 02. Frantix - Face Reality (single) 03. Detention - Dead Rock and Rollers (single) 04. Gentlemen of Horror - Rough [...]
This was the greatest decade of music for me as a fan. There were so many incredible albums, almost all by bands I'd never even heard of in 2000, discovered almost entirely through the same musical venue that you are reading write now -- the Internet. At the dawn of the decade, I was approaching a rock fan milestone that presumably signaled the end of my interest in cool new music (I turned 30 in 2001), while at the same time, the rock music industry (ie. whatever they played on the radio) had devolved into a hybrid of cheap rap-rock [...]
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
