What if you could go to a website with your friends where each of you stood on stage as DJ’s and took turns playing songs while chatting and cheering?You give points for good song selections or hit the proverbial gong…
The Shadow History of 1980s Rock podcast by Rolf Potts provides us with a unique and amazing way to reflect back on music from the 80’s. The premise is that Rolf stumbles upon a stack of records from unknown bands…
I’ve listened to quite a bit of new music this year. I recently came across KCRW’s top albums of 2014 lists created by their DJ’s. I discover much of my new music from KCRW and decided to put together my…
I first discovered Terry Urban after reading this story about his release of Southerngold. The mixtape is described on his site as: “…a concept album, which lays beats based on samples from Santigold’s excellent debut album underneath vocals from southern…
I came across this awesome video last week by Evan Roth that provides some amazing eye candy in the way of animated gif memes from around the web set to an amazing song mashup from the incomparable Girl Talk. This…
Régine Chassagne and Win Butler of Arcade Fire, photographed at the Hôtel Le St-James, in Montreal. Because Régine Chassagne, whose parents escaped the brutal regime of François “Papa Doc†Duvalier and relocated to Montreal in the 1960s, was a passionate…
Very cool interview of Vince Clarke at his personal home studio in a cabin located in Maine which is amazing and filled with all kinds of rare vintage synth gear. He also talks about the early days being one of…
Alan Wilder shocked Depeche Mode fans around the world tonight, joining his former band onstage for the first time in 16 years to accompany Martin Gore on piano during a performance of “Somebody†at a Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert…
So it’s time for me to confess. As you know I’m a huge fan of 50 Cent and president of his fan club. The other day I sent Fiddy (that’s what his best friends call him) a framed photo of…