Guardian has a nice story, happy-afternoon-movie type, about an English folk singer Sam Lee who is trying - and succeeding - to save birds. He goes into the night with shruti box – the instrument used by Indian musicians to create drone effects – and sings to nightingales: “They love the harmonics. They love cellos […]
"I decided to stop making music for a while. For a year or so, I just messed around in my little home studio and tried different things, reconnecting with what I really wanted to do, digging into my obsessions and trying to find a more personal approach of production and mixing genres. I enjoyed being […]
However bizarre it may seem now, in 1994, the British government attempted to outlaw dance music and rave culture, defining troublesome music as that which “includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”, Guardian reports. New indie movie, 'Beats', produced by Steven Soderbergh, is a Scottish coming-of-age story describing […]
In newest edition of the Quietus' segment Columnfortably Numb they pick out stand-out psych and noise rock tracks for the month of May. With Big Business, Orchestra Of Constant Distress, Raketkanon, Centrum, Hibushibire, Terminal Cheesecake, and Hey Colossus compiled in 44 minutes at tQ, it's actually a good compilation.
“One of the biggest stars in the world is using it [Instagram aesthetic] in their video – that might mean it’s reached its peak” - Lev Manovich, author of 'Instagram and Contemporary Image', says about Taylor Swift new video 'ME!'. Maddie Raedts, founder of the Influencer Marketing Agency (IMA), believes that perfection is no longer […]
"The band’s blend of technical death metal feels as ruthless as it is calculated, making for a fascinating record. As we are entering the halfway point of 2019, 'Sociopathic Constructs' can surely be considered one of the heaviest records of the year thus far. One way to think of the album is as a work of well-crafted […]
"The past 50 years or so have seen such an explosion in musical development that anything starts to sound retrogressive after a couple of years. What I try to do to avoid re-treading old ground is to create music that does something interesting with the form: to push and pull the verse structure, the time […]
"All tracks on 'Thina', serve the same purpose: creating and sustaining a musical mood that is serene and reflective, while still being adventurous enough to allow for flights of both instrumental and vocal fancy" - PopMatters reviews second album by South African modern soul band. Listen to album at BandCamp.
Selena Gomez has declared that social media is "dangerous" for her generation and encouraged youngsters to impose time limits on themselves. Gomez spoke out about the dangers of social media during a press conference for her new movie 'The Dead Don't Die' at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, saying "social media has really been terrible […]
Jarvis Cocker has released a first official studio recording with his new project JARV IS..., a seven minutes hypnotic rock song 'Must I Evolve?' (yes, he must, back-up singers answer), Brooklyn Vegan reports. Former Pulp frontman plays now with Serafina Steer, Emma Smith, Andrew McKinney, Jason Buckle and Adam Betts, and this single will only be available […]
