Brahsome (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Stamos is out gettin’ brown a little early this week, so the responsibility of the Fixx falls into my humble hands. I’m honored. I’ve been revisiting an old man crush I had on Brian Eno lately. Rumor has it that Eno and David Byrne will be hitting the road and/or studio soon, so I [...]
ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tickets the first confirmed concerts in the revamped Point Depot sold out within ten minutes of going on sale at 9am this morning.
IGN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Batman Begins Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album) Composing giants struggle a bit to find their sonic footing on their inaugural Batman outing.
JoshSpear.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
We’re all fans of Nonesuch Records, the label of Wilco, The Magnetic Fields, The Buena Vista Social Club — David Byrne! Their site got a recent overhaul by Sisu and branding partner Axiom Design communications, where improvements like new Flash driven media, a “Thinkmap” of roster artists (more Flash gymnastics), and repositioned feedback boards were [...]
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Artists:— One of my dissertation ex-students, Natalie Ann-Hinchley, had her film “The Animal Book” (Second Home Productions) show at the Edinburgh Festival. The website has a trailer for this new West Midlands-made film, and Channel 4’s 4 Talent also have a profile of the studio // Two new biographies — On Some Faraway Beach: The [...]
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I had tried to ignore Coldplay’s fourth album, Viva La Vida, since I felt the airwaves were done with them three albums ago, (its my friend who still likes them, I swear!) But constant radio play as well as the fact that I’ve had to listen to its insidious continuous loop at work have combined [...]
The Sky Report (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The original new wave, art/disco diva Grace Jones is back and she's about to release her first album in 19 years (not including her two unreleased albums in the 90's). Hurricane , scheduled for an October 27th release, features an all-star production team led by Ivor Guest, including Brian Eno, Tricky, and Sly & Robbie. Jones made her return to the stage last month when she performed a two hour set...
music like dirt (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Its not every month that sees the return of not one, but two of the most off kilter, unique, and in my case favourite artists, namely Grace Jones and Roots Manuva. Manuva’s possibly the only rapper alive who when asked to sum up the spirit of his new album would explain it thus “You got to [...]
Line Out (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Paul scooped me on this one (see below) so I'll provide a few extra links. First, Delia beat matching ... probably sometime around the Summer of Love. I like to think this video gives a little weight to Brian Eno's suggestion (can't find the reference) that the invention of the digital sampler was merely a mechanical innovation, as opposed to an aesthetic or functional one. Tape Loops 4 Eva! More...
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
LIVERPOOL’S acclaimed Sense of Sound wowed the judges of the BBC’s Last Choir Standing competition over the weekend.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
LIVERPOOL’S acclaimed Sense of Sound wowed the judges of the BBC’s Last Choir Standing competition over the weekend.
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun, but then so do grown women. Speakers, What is the difference between clavamox and augmentin, multi channel showcased at CES. He was absent from the devilish, riff rocking Jumping Jack Flash single. In preparation for s The Jade marcella Fire, producer Brian Eno had a long [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The West Coast artist and film-maker Bruce Conner was preoccupied with questions of identity in corporation-dominated America.
We make money not art (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Some twenty music icons are brought together for the first time, not to give a concert but to present their visual works. This is not about a movement, but about artists who have all followed individual roads, approaching art and music with an undivided soul
