The.LIFE Files interviews record and advertising executive Steve Stoute as he explains the similarities between the fields of music and marketing as well as general lessons learned while building businesses. You kind of go in and start, and figure out how to make it work later. A lot of times you know that you can [...] Related posts: Mixtikl Brings 12 Tracks of Mobile Music Creation Digidesign Pushes...
Wait what? Devo is coming to Toronto? Talk about being obscure in 2009, but I suppose it is only appropriate that these early pioneers of the New Wave genre come back in this day and age, what with the sudden resurgence of 1980's style music as of late. For those of you who don't know, Devo spawned out of Akron, Ohio in 1973, but are probably best know for their 1980 hit Whip it , which has probably...
Filed under: Exclusive , Spinner Interview Saul Williams is an artist of many talents. He began his career in poetry and rose to international acclaim as the star and co-writer of the film ' Slam ' before making the natural leap to MC. Williams spent most of the 2000s fronting bands that played a genre-busting music that was neither hip-hop nor rap-rock. Further refuting any kind of categorization,...
Avante Garde musician/poet Saul Williams—who visits Portland Sunday—has worked with a lot of artists: Trent Reznor, DJ Krust, DJ Spooky, Coldcut and recently, the Arditti Quartet. Each of these collaborations has sounded distinct (hell, anything Williams touches sounds unique), and each has been an experiment in genre-crossing. Few artists are more passionate and immediate as [...] Related...
If He's Black, He Must Rap : Once again, Rich from Four Four is giving hoes the business. This man is always on point. I hung out with him once and you didn’t so be jealous . I am always finding myself wanting to cry foul when people who are CLEARLY SINGERS are referred to as rappers. This happens about once a damn month with Ne-Yo. The closest I’ve ever heard this man come to rapping...
Popular social media destination Digg is no stranger to video production. In fact, they have five different video shows that go out mostly on a weekly basis, best known of which is Diggnation, where Digg founder Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht discuss most popular stories on Digg. Now, at DiggTV , you can follow all five shows at one place. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but for Digg fans it’s...
“These are unique times to be living though,” declared a winded Saul Williams to a packed house at the Blender Theater on Wednesday of CMJ week. Decked out in his signature silver face paint and long blue feathers staked throughout his hair, Williams thrashed around the stage rhyming and wailing into his microphone as a mosh pit gathered below. Sharing the bill at the AfroPunk Showcase...
I'm a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails and alot of their videos are highly creative (i.e. Only). I honestly don't know if this is the official video for the song Discipline (from The Slip) but it's funny as...
I spent many happy years working with musicians and their music. I loved it. Some still know me as a former radio guy but there is a much deeper story. Below The Surface Radio – like every industry – has much more under the surface than those outside comprehend. Overseeing a radio station requires regular business stuff like budgets and talent development; promotional duties such as website...
I have liked NIN since Pretty Hate Machine and have been a fan from The Downward Spiral. It wasn't until recently that I have really been interested in what Trent Reznor has had to say. And NIN has waved good-bye. Trent on staying current and cutting out the middleman. Trent on how to sell music in this day and age. Trent on Chris Cornell as a bad example. Trent on the excitement of watching the record...
Last night, Roseanne Cash promoted the cause of closing Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on The Colbert Report. Last week, a group of international musicians that included Trent Reznor, Jackson Browne, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, and others joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo. The musicians also filed Freedom of Information Act (GOIA) requests seeking to declassify all secret government records pertaining...
Imagine if Trent Reznor at his angriest and Radiohead at their strangest combined into a single entity. Imagine this entity was asked to write a 1800s haunted house soundtrack. Now imagine that this person is a psychotic female who's the definition of "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." That person would be Emilie Autumn. Scared yet?
Photo courtesy of David Marek, Girlie Action Media, Inc. Really, so your plan was to spend your night off in between World Series games at home, resting your liver and your wallet? Well think again, because there is a tour rolling into Philly on Friday that takes crazy to a whole new level. Tell your checking account that everything will be okay, but trust us: Saul Williams is definitely worth going...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Everyone likes to be liked and in that regard, it's been a good few years for the Horrors . When Nine Inch Nails announced their whirlwind retirement tour this past summer, Trent Reznor hand-picked the British band to open his New York City shows, an honor that completely surprised them. "Trent was tweeting somewhere in L.A., and...
OK, Where to start with this album? It was produced in 1989 so obviously the production isn't really close to that of more recent releases. I also think the chief hit the nail on the head when he said you can tell it was made in the 80s. It has a really funk-y sound underneath the typical Nine Inch Nails industrial style. For a debut release it's impressive, and it's a great taster of what was to come...
Apple has recently shown its modest side and reinforced its stance on profanity, by rejecting a Nine Inch Nails themed app for the iPhone. As apps developed for the iPhone are on the rise, the company is under more scrutiny regarding the materials found within the applications. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails published a message he received from Appleās iPhone developer group over the weekend on nin.com,...