My arm is tattooed all black. If you see someone with an appendage that is all blacked out, that person has made some seriously questionable decisions in life. I am honest and open about my shortcomings, literally wearing them on my skin. |
| | | | | Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace in 2012. (Eddy Berthier) | | | | | | | “My arm is tattooed all black. If you see someone with an appendage that is all blacked out, that person has made some seriously questionable decisions in life. I am honest and open about my shortcomings, literally wearing them on my skin.”
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| rantnrave:// Downloaded the new SOUNDCLOUD GO app, set up new account, clicked home button and found myself facing a nearly blank screen. No artist names, no photos, no song titles, no genres, no playlist. Text that said "Hear the latest tracks" but that wasn't clickable. Lots of gray space. That's one way, I suppose, to compete with the ever-expanding glut of subscription music services. Create a blissful zone of nothingness in the middle of the road. Does the world need this? I'm not smart enough to answer that, though I was able to figure out pretty quickly how to to find lots of music -- major label and underground, mixes and remixes, etc. I've used SOUNDCLOUD a lot over the years, and to me the brand has always been about different music and, more important, a different route to get to that music. It offers a closer relationship between artist/label and fan than most of its commercial competitors. It's a place to share stuff, to try stuff out, to be a DJ, to avoid layers of corporate complexity, to avoid middlemen. It's social. I'm not yet convinced that a $9.99 all-you-can-eat major-label buffet extends that brand in any kind of useful way, and I'm pretty sure the world doesn't need yet another site where emerging artists can stand side by side with established artists, since that's pretty much every other music site on the Internet. If the pay model is the price SOUNDCLOUD had to pay to keep its free model in business, then my one wish is that THOSE are the two elements that can stand side by side, without one getting too much in the other's way. We will see... AVICII retires from live performance; may want to consult with LCD SOUNDSYSTEM if he changes his mind anytime in the next five or six years. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Suburban dirtballs of the 1980s are a lost culture, worthy of academic study, that disappeared abruptly, leaving mysterious artifacts for future generations to work over. Think of them as, say, the ancient Mayans, only with mullets. This, at least, is the judgment of the University of Maryland, where researchers recently scooped up the source materials for "Heavy Metal Parking Lot," | | |
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| Songkick has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Ticketmaster, hoping to force the ticketing giant to stop interfering with Songkick's fan club business. The filing contains dozens of emails between Ticketmaster officials, venues, managers, agents and everyday box office employees, caught in the middle of the fight over fan club tickets. | | |
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| For years, Dawn Richard has been constructing an elaborate musical fantasy world, piece by piece. | | |
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| SoundCloud has launched its long-awaited premium subscription tier, SoundCloud Go, although it will be US-only for now. The launch comes shortly after SoundCloud reached a licensing deal with Sony Music, the third and final major label to sign on the dotted line. | | |
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| Veteran post-metal act, Neurosis have announced "Strength & Vision," an extensive career-spanning limited edition boxset, as well as a handful of live performances including an appearance at Roadburn Fest in April as part of an on-going celebration of the band's 30th anniversary in 2016. | | |
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| James Ho's handprints are all over big projects -- from Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot" to tUnE-yArDs's "Nikki Nack" to Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" -- but there is one album in particular that gets the L.A.-based producer, songwriter, and engineer known as Malay a bit of work: Frank Ocean's "Channel Orange." | | |
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| The ACM awards are this weekend -- not to be confused with the CMAs, the ACAs, or the CMTs. The reason is simple: networks are cashing in on country’s appeal. | | |
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| Ahead of Ad Age's digital conference, Spotify's CMO Seth Farbman talks about using personalized data to drive discovery and sharing. | | |
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| a time and a place in music that could never be repeated Lavelle started seminal trip-hop label Mo'Wax in 1992, at the age of 18. By 1996, the label had released Shadow's classic debut Endtroducing... and Lavelle and Davis began collaborating as UNKLE. | | |
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| Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace explains why she decided to title her memoir "Tranny." | | |
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| The sudden departure of CEO Brian McAndrews brings cofounder Tim Westergren back as Pandora's head. | | |
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| For this week's edition of the Here & Now DJ Sessions, Jeremy Hobson talks with Chris Campbell, host of the Progressive Underground on WDET in Detroit, to look at the different styles coming from the city's music scene, including deep house and progressive soul. | | |
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| In his autobiography, the trumpeter Miles Davis proves to be his own most perceptive critic. | | |
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| RBMA Radio’s Frosty talks to one half of Foxygen about the offbeat L.A. duo’s punk stylings. | | |
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| The first time I met Zaakir Mohammad, a.k.a the smooth-flowing Soup of Jurassic 5, three years ago on a dreary late March LA morning, we could barely stay awake. | | |
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| For his most recent cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman," Jeff Buckley 's creative team has pulled out all the stops. Dropping today is an interactive music video with a gabazillion possible iterations for the viewer to explore, creating a unique listening experience every time. | | |
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| The singer brings warmth and intimacy to a crowded room in New York. | | |
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| "You had better do what you are told. You'd better listen to the radio." | | |
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| Anthony Hamilton's soul sound was refined in the churches of Charlotte, N.C. Watching the Grammy winner perform, you get the hunch that it's harder for him to keep the soul inside than it is to actually unleash it. | | |
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| Between The Buried And Me have been taking lovers of progressive metal on journeys of sound, space and music since their inception in 2000. They have proven with each album that they are without a doubt one of the most musically talented bands out there right now, and they did so again with their 2015 release Coma Ecliptic. | | |
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