Tag: Music
Musician and Baltimore scene figurehead Dan Deacon’s latest tribute to his adopted hometown (he has released several) comes in the form of this GIF-packed video for “Konono Ripoff N°1,” starring a host of luminaries from Baltimore’s ridiculously vibrant art and music scene–including Ed Schraeder, Dina Kelberman, Jimmy Joe Roche, Nolen Strals of Post Typography and Double […]
Fans hungry for one last piece of the Beastie Boys legacy will get their wish Fall 2015, when Spiegel & Grau will publish a yet-untitled memoir by Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, aka Ad-Rock and Mike D. According to the New York Times, the tome, edited by veteran rap journalist and Ego Trip mag founder Sacha Jenkins will aesthetically mimic […]
No, not that Death. This Death. The seminal pre-punk punk band from Detroit, formed in 1971, didn’t receive proper recognition until the 2000s, and now, they’re getting a fantastic looking documentary tribute. Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins both show up to pay tribute in the trailer, but the most magical moment comes when the son […]
Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. Both of this week’s contestants are aging rap legends who’ve spent a lot of time in headlines recently: Jay-Z, for his trip to Cuba, “Open Letter,” and sale of […]
Our friends at Evolver.fm uncovered “Brutalize Me,” an ingenious app from Music Hack Day Paris that allows you to turn the saccharine vocals from any pop tune into a gravelly death/black metal growl. As is often the case with software spawned at hack days, it’s not quite ready for public consumption, but fortunately, its creator […]
“Sorrow found me when I was young… Sorrow waited, sorrow won… SORROW THEY PUT ME ON THE PILL… IT’S IN MY HONEY IT’S IN MY MI–[voice breaking]…” Want to hear that over and over and over and over again? For the artist’s piece A Lot of Sorrow at the MoMA PS1 WV Dome, Icelandic artist Ragnar […]
When’s the last time you saw a traditional music video that made your jaw drop in the same way that, say, Michel Gondry’s “Sugar Water” clip for Cibo Matto did? I’ll wait a minute. How about an interactive video–a little easier, right? There’s OKFocus’s Photoshop-emulating clip for Tanlines, this crowdsourced video made of Vines, Chris […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Today, we’re hooking up with UK indie rockers Mazes, who gave us a playlist that’s all over the stylistic map–from Inga Copeland’s deconstructed dubstep to a 20-minute improvisation from folk guitarist Sandy Bull. Click […]
The latest video remix from the good people of Eclectic Method takes aim at your favorite last action hero-turned-Republican-governor-of-California. I’m not sure if there’s any particular timely reason for taking aim at Arnold, but do you really need an excuse to listen to “I’ll be back” and “It’s not a tumor!” cut and scratched over […]
Need to get away for a long, long time? Got $29 million to spare? The now-notorious Barbados Estate where the Factory Records’ Happy Mondays “recorded” their last album “The Life and Surprisingly Strange Adventures of Ryderson Crusoe” is for sale. Owned by Eddy Grant, the 30-acre estate was an attempt by Tony Wilson to send Shaun Ryder as far […]
