Tag Archive for ‘Music’
Audible Light Forms: Function Interview + Live Set
Led by Australian Buddhist nomad Matt Nicholson, Function is an ever changing musical collective who conjures lush and ethereal sound vibrations. The Function Ensemble converged at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar on (a cold Thursday evening, January 18th 2007) for a breath-taking live performance, as part of an lengthy quadruple show, along with Arbouretum (Thrill [...]
Pelt: Droning Out 2006
On the evening of December 28th as 2006 was drawing to a close, legendary avant-world-outfit, Pelt, graced the Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, VA with far-out acoustic drones, ringing peace and harmony into final days of a chaotic year. Pelt, known for their revolving cast of collaborators, featured Mike Gangloff, Patrick Best, Mikel Dimmick, Nathan Bowles, [...]
Apples and Onions
From the lighter side of the sinking record industry: the recent iTunes music retail coup made it to the Onion’s weekly Q&A feature. As one who reads this feature regularly, I think that’s pretty cool. What do you think?
Personal media servers
Wired has an article about how to build an audio server. These are clever little systems that give you access to your mp3 collection from remote locations. What exactly “remote” means can vary depending on your level of ambition. Wired’s article starts by focusing on the Squeezebox and the Roku Soundbridge also gets a lot [...]
Apple eats others
An internal memo at Apple which was just intercepted by Ars Technica congratulates employees on having successfully swiped the #1 spot in music retail from Wal-Mart. This announcement comes barely a month after they announced that they had moved up to #2, suggesting a dramatic growth rate. This is a coup of sorts in that [...]
Video projects from Reznor and Radiohead
Thom Yorke’s confused warble on the In Rainbows track “Videotape” just took on another layer of significance, and in addition, Trent Reznor has been watering the middle finger to the old record industry that is Ghosts, and now it’s finally growing longer. In a recent post on his site, Trent announced a collaborative fan project [...]
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