Today I’ve got a message for you that’s near and dear to my heart. Remember that band Mae? If not, it’s cool, but they were a big part of my musical life. And for the last three records they put out, Mae was a self-managed band from top to bottom. Lead singer Dave Elkins has…
The story of Austin Chapman provides an awesome basis for discussion. If you haven’t seen this, take two minutes to read it before going on: Being able to hear music for the first time ever. Let me give you a glimpse of the deaf world. With his old hearing aids in, Chapman could hear some…
Only lucky people encounter bands like Elessar. You won’t hear them on the radio until orchestral indie folk music wins its fifteen minutes of widespread public appreciation. You won’t be able to see them play live in the near future if you live more than a stone’s throw from northern France. Still, consider yourself lucky:…
These are Colton’s first impressions of Speak in Code. Read Dan’s here. Alright Eve 6 fans, get your worn albums out and let’s have a talk. Oh, look at you, you’ve got the old Eleventeen record? That’s good, that’s good. You’ll be the most disappointed of all. These guys have rounded the bases before, and…
Dear Readers, Dutch post-rock crew All Shall Be Well has announced the winner of the Storytellers contest I told you about. I hope some of you submitted! This is an exciting project, and I encourage all of you to follow along at the band’s website, where they will be posting updates over time to “make…
Up here in Boston, we’re in the midst of a 90’s music renaissance. Or so I’m told. Sometime a year or two ago, the local press wrote enough about this purported revival to power a hot air balloon, and they flew that baby as far as it would go. Meanwhile, as a recent transplant to…
Public service announcement courtesy of EarnThis.net! The short version: a talented new indie band from the Netherlands is now accepting short story submissions so that they can pick one and write a soundtrack for it. Read their official announcement here and see details below. ~ All Shall Be Well (And All Shall Be Well And…
Topping the UK charts is as easy as a² + b² = c². The Music Information Retrieval (MIR) team at the University of Bristol recently announced to the world that they had devised a mathematical formula that indicates what qualities of a song are important, and to what degrees, in determining whether that song will…
When I saw Dan’s predictions, I felt compelled to follow up with a batch of my own. But I knew I had to one-up him somehow, so I went for the old snazzy-synonym-in-the-title trick. Works every time. I’m gonna classify these as “Temerarious (But Not Lunatic).” I predict that, in 2012… Five different dance albums…
Need a last-minute Christmas gift for yourself? Look, Jews et al., any occasion you can come up with is fine — Scientologists have Freedom Day to look forward to on the 30th — just find a reason and make sure you’ve got The Whole Shebang ready to tap on New Year’s Eve. This is the…