The Mars Volta’s album Octahedron, due for release next week, is now available on Myspace (link) in its entirety for you to listen to. The bold offering emulates other bands that have streamed entire albums online like Wilco and Grizzly Bear. It’s Volta’s fifth studio-recorded release, and the track Octopaxi reminds me a bit of the famous debut album De-Loused in the Comatorium. Continue reading...
20.6.09
The Mars Volta Streams New Album Octahedron on Myspace
18.6.09
Top Music on Twitter: The 99 Most Popular Songs
We Are Hunted, the site that compiles the most popular 99 songs on the internet for your listening pleasure, has gone one step further by now providing a similar list of the top songs on Twitter. The original We Are Hunted chart already combs Facebook, MySpace, message boards, forums, Twitter and P2P networks to give you the latest music, but the “Twitter only” version provides a completely different list.
A quick comparison of the two charts shows that Twitter users are discussing older music, or perhaps the music that has stayed popular over the years, with bands like Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Iron Maiden, Faith No More and Rage Against The Machine. Read more...
16.6.09
Hunch.com Helps You Make Choices About Music
Hunch.com, the new site that helps you make decisions, launched today. Ask the site a question, like “which musical instrument should I play?” and after a short quiz, Hunch gives you the answer. In my case, the site asked if I wanted a quirky or mainstream instrument, and whether or not I like mathematics. My result was the Moog Synthesizer.
Hunch combines its special algorithms with your personal traits, and can find out answers to questions such as: which music video you should watch, what music genre is best for you, or what music festival you should attend. Here are some more music related decisions that Hunch is ready to help you out with: Continue reading...
Fans Lured By World-Class Bonnaroo Lineup: Springsteen, Phish, Wilco…
Bonnaroo 2009 has some of the biggest names in music at the head of its lineup this year, including the reunited Phish, Beastie Boys, Wilco, Snoop Dogg, Nine Inch Nails, Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mars Volta, Animal Collective, Femi Kuti and Bruce Springsteen.
“If there was such a thing as a recession-proof lineup this year, this had to be it,” said Ashley Capps, the co-founder of Bonnaroo and president of AC Entertainment.
Enticing fans to pay $250 to $300 for tickets to the festival is no easy task, and its producers have definitely played it safe, with over 100 must-see bands spread out across six stages. Continue reading...
12.6.09
Kuduro and Buraka Som Sistema: Interview With Olivier Guiot
Progressive Kuduro has expanded rapidly throughout Europe and the US with the arrival of Buraka Som Sistema on the music scene – a group that mixes African music with techno and house electronica for the sole purpose of moving bodies on the dance floor. They made an appearance at Coachella this year, and will be at Pukkelpop in Belgium and Bestival in the UK.
Olivier Guiot, a Belgian sociologist from the Human and Social Science Faculty in Lisbon, is studying Kuduro for his masters thesis, and was gracious enough to chat with me about the origins of Kuduro, and the social impact of the cultural movement that is associated with the style of music. Listen to the interview after the jump: Continue...
Songkick Combines Twitter And Wikipedia For Concert Listings
Music site Songkick is looking to create a one-stop destination for information on live performances. It combines tickets for purchase, provides listings and community discussions. The site now has over one million concert listings, the largest in the world, and allows fans to upload their own content, like Wikipedia.
It’s possible to add photos, videos, set lists, images of ticket stubs, posters, and your own concert reviews for each show listing. You can also follow people, bands, venues or festivals in the same way as you would on Twitter. Continue reading...
Swedish Pirate Party Headed For European Parliament
The European Parliament elections were held yesterday, June 7, and the Swedish Pirate Party, with 7 percent of the vote, is guaranteed at least one seat in EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The Pirate Party is the largest party in the 18-30 age range of voters, and is the fifth largest party in Sweden.
The Pirate Party has the potential to gain yet another seat when the final counting, which will include around a million postal votes, will be done later next week. The Party aims to reform copyright and patent law, and also defends Internet privacy and the freedom of sharing information. Continue reading...
Beatles: Rock Band Music Video, Brutal Legend Rock Gods Revealed
That’s the intro for the upcoming Beatles: Rock Band game, by Passion Pictures revealed at the E3 Microsoft press conference. The animated music video looks like it has drawn influence from several different styles. I see some of Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python referenced, and Passion Pictures has been responsible for much of the visuals of the animated rock band Gorillaz.
Another trailer, for the Brutal Legend game featuring Jack Black, was released at E3, and it showed the four rock gods that will appear throughout the game. Guess who they are: Continue reading...
10.6.09
Musicians In Favor Of Pirate Bay
Swedish music group Advance Patrol was referenced by prosecutors in the Pirate Bay trial, and they aren’t happy about it: Gonza from Advance Patrol explains:
We never asked to be plaintiffs in this case. They used us as scapegoats in a fight in which we don’t wish to participate. We refuse to be used in a war against our fans.
Advance Patrol argues that file sharers are the most dedicated fans of their music, not criminals, and they’ve released their latest album, El Futuro, as a free torrent on Pirate Bay. Continue reading...
eMusic Strikes Deal With Sony Music, Raises Monthly Price to $12
Music download service eMusic announced on Monday that it had struck a licensing deal with Sony Music. Sony will be including some of its older catalog releases in eMusic’s library of more than 5.5 million tracks later this year.
eMusic is a subscription service that gives users a allotted number of tracks for a monthly fee. As part of the recent Sony deal, the company has raised its price from $10 a month to $12, and lowered the allotment of tracks from 30 per month to 24. Some quick math shows that the price per track jumped from 30 cents to 50 cents. Continue reading...
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