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(video)Perfect: Lower Dens + Apollo 11
Video producer David Dean Burkhart edited clips of the Apollo 11 launch together and set it to Lo... (video)
May 11, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
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And Out of the Syrup Haze Stumbled Kitty Pryde
Imagine Kreayshawn or, really, any other internet-famous rapper popular among the internet cool k...
May 08, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
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Happy Interstellar Jazz Day
Today is the first UNESCO-sponsored International Jazz Day, which, according to UNESCO, “is inten...
Apr 30, 2012
by Ben_Richmond
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(video)There's Now a Rap-Themed Trading Card Game
Let’s get this out of the way first: there’s a difference between rap, which is what ... (video)
Apr 27, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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Jay-Z's Euro-punk Future Cost Him At Least $1.15 Million
Four years ago this week, the value of the euro reached an all-time high against the U.S. dollar:...
Apr 25, 2012
by Jonathan_Liu
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(video)MBTV: Ralph Lundsten's Galaxy
Ralph Lundsten started recording music in the roaring 60s. Unlike many of his equally-psychedelic... (video)
Apr 24, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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A Handy Pocket Guide to Foreign Translations of Rap Names
Last Friday, keen-eyed Twit-wit, Andrew Bloch, noticed something slightly askew in his copy of Ma...
Apr 23, 2012
by Trevor_Macomber
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An Interview With Record Store Day Co-Founder Michael Kurtz
In the last half decade, Record Store Day has inspired some bizarre limited edition offerings. Th...
Apr 21, 2012
by Alyssa_Noel
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Research Proves DJ Drivers Are All Going to Die
It’s time for us all to admit that driving and the “I Want A Song To Exactly Fit My M...
Apr 18, 2012
by Sam_McDougle
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Madison Rapper F.Stokes on Winning the Internet
Rap has always been about braggadocio. That’s not to say that a lot of rappers aren’t...
Apr 17, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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(video)MBTV: Electric Independence: XXXChange
Just because it’s Tuesday and some of us are still recovering from the weekend doesn’... (video)
Apr 17, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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The Science of Music Snobbery
In 1997 I moved from Detroit to Colorado’s Front Range. The Front Range isn’t rural b...
Apr 17, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
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(video)Who Actually Thought the Tupac Hologram Was a Good Idea?
Coachella, long the hipster’s choice for desert festivals featuring hyper-relevant indiebuz... (video)
Apr 16, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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A Kraftwerk Retrospective Retrospective
No one we knew went to the Kraftwerk shows last night — MoMA was reportedly very stingy wit...
Apr 12, 2012
by Alex_Pasternack
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The 'Anal Dance Trend' is Fake
Now that at least a few people realize that the Onion is satire, brilliant evangelical-posing sit...
Apr 11, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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(video)MBTV: Felix Thorn's DIY Machine Symphony
Kinetic, psychotropic visual soundscapes. Give me a second to catch my breath, but that’s t... (video)
Apr 11, 2012
by Derek_Mead
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Doris Norton Made Electronic Music for Steve Jobs
Long before U2 sold iPods, Apple’s first music “endorsement” was what you might...
Apr 09, 2012
by Lara_Heintz
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(video)Arthur Russell to the Moon
The man who gave us “alternative disco” and so much more left the Earth 20 years ago ... (video)
Apr 05, 2012
by Alex_Pasternack
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Death Grips Go Into GIF Retrograde
A piece of music is heard by everyone differently; that’s a big part of the idea even. Pop ...
Apr 04, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
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(video)Beatsurfing Is Maybe the Most App-y MIDI Controller Ever
The iPad instrument-app landscape is already plenty cluttered. A quick search yields a fairly bot... (video)
Mar 27, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
