Dear Readers, In 2012 we brought your attention to a unique musical project. Dutch instrumental indie band All Shall Be Well (And All Shall Be Well And All Manner Of Things Shall Be Well) sourced a short story from a fan of theirs and set out to write a piece of music based on the…
To celebrate our fifth birthday, each Earn This contributor is selecting his five favorite things from the past five years. Here are Colton’s picks. Rap Genius (October 2009) First, there were lyrics. Skip ahead a bit. In 1999, the confused masses rejoiced at the creation of Urban Dictionary, an online reference point that, through community…
Anchorage is a tasty blend of electronic beats and acoustic strings where pop sensibilities connect the technological and the classical. What began as an attempt to “bridge the gap between the kids blasting Usher at school and the ones debating the intricacies of Mozart at youth orchestra rehearsal” has proven successful as sole member Caitlin…
According to a story broken yesterday by TMZ, Ke$ha is suing Dr. Luke for sexual, physical, verbal, and emotional abuse. I see two ways to spin this story into a broader dialogue, and I have no interest in either of them. First, some-kind-of abuse is evil. Agreed, and cheers to those who wave that flag…
Bzzzt! *click* “May I have your attention please! Welcome to the Wide World of Music! For songs you already know, please stand in the Spotify line to your left. For songs you haven’t heard that sound like the ones you know, use the Pandora line to your right. Radios are available in the back of…
Rising up through the ranks, CrashFuse has arrived to put the city of Buffalo on the musical map. They’ve earned cred the hard way through dedication to craft while pleasing local fans with frequent shows around their part of the state. But enough from me: let’s let the boys introduce themselves. (Earn This:) For the…
Soundsupply is the place to go for Drops: curated bundles of digital or physical albums, offered for limited periods at low prices. It’s perfect for hunters, explorers, collectors, and lovers of all kinds of music. Co-founder Tim Mortensen took the time to answer some questions for Earn This about the joys of sharing great artists,…
Dave Elkins, the man behind Schematic and lead singer of the reunited Mae, joined Earn This by phone to chat about everything he’s got going on. He offered such detailed insight that we decided to split up the conversation into two parts. Part One covers lots of Mae news and stories, plus some of the…
Last week I encountered something brand new in music and I want you to share the experience with me. After our recent conversation, knowing I’d be in Boston on business, Beth McDonald tipped me off to a concert series being run by the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP). The schedule of performances, now…
In the past, I’ve demonstrated that I am no stranger to weird music nor to things beyond music. While my exploration has always been as a student and fan, Beth McDonald is a participant on the front lines of invention. May 2014 saw the release of Still, the first album recorded under McDonald’s name as…