Where I’m from, barbecue is a noun (a food, a way of life, a religion) and any regular old activity involving the grilling of foods with family and friends is called a cookout. Grilled hamburgers... Read More →
Bumpershine: Prognosticating The Polaris Prize Short List
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted: Band of the Week: The Secret Life of Sofia
i guess i’m floating: The Secret Life of Sofia: “Outside”
Said the Gramophone: Two-Peaked (feat. TSLOS and Coldplay)
Holy Tonal: Proof Echinacea Works!
And the all-new most downloaded album ever is… (answer here)
Science Daily: To Sing Like Shakira, Press ‘1′ Now
Musical Ability Connected to Genes?
Circuit bent mechanical furby sequencer: The Furby Gurdy!
The Saw Lady gets some burn over on Gothamist
Secrets of Stradivarius explained
What Are the Origins of Famous Patriotic Songs?
“The Fly,” David Cronenberg’s 1986 version, becoming an opera
Donna Summer says she approached her summer tour like a chocolate-chip cookie
“America” (My Country ’tis of Thee) found tucked behind a picture in a flea market
Citysol, an event intended to empower NYC residents “with the vision, knowledge, and reources to attain a more environmentally sound and sustainable future”, was originally meant to include The Dirty Projectors, Dan Deacon, and the world premiere of So Percussion’s 16 Words, a contemporary classical work inspired by the 16 words added to the Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary in 2007. Read More →
Wild Years is a folk-rock influenced indie-pop band out of Ann Arbor, Michigan that also doubles as a performance art troupe, building computers and microwaves in underground pools filled with yellow jello. Wha?? More on that in a bit. First, the band. The band is a project of Alexander Itkin that’s been gaining a small amount of buzz in the Ann Arbor and southeast Michigan music circles. Itkin...
Below are brand new(ish) videos from No Age (great song/great video), CSS (bland song, bland video), Brett Anderson (same great voice, boring songwriting), and Cold War Kids (promising song, video is just a teaser)… check them out and then revel in your in-the-know-ness. “Eraser” by No Age (above) [MP3] ... Read More →
That’s a summer place. Why is it open in the fall?
