Torontoist (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Urban Planner is Torontoist's guide to what's on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you'd like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you've got any—to events@torontoist.com . Photo of Devo playing live by Steve Rhodes . MUSIC: For the first time in twenty-five years, Devo ('80s pop bastion of...
Jessica's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The year is winding down…this is the time where I get super excited to choose of my favorite albums of the year. I’m a list person. I love making lists and picking favorites. This year it’s going to be especially difficult. There have been so many great releases! More recently, Norah Jones, Paolo Nutini, David Gray, [...]
Derek Sivers (Free subscription) | yesterday
When I was 17, in 1987, I went to New Orleans by myself for a few days. Guitar on my shoulder, I took a taxi to the airport, and the driver said, “A musician! What kind of music do you play'” After telling him, and asking where he's from, he said, “I'm from Nigeria! You must hear the best Nigerian musician, Fela Ransome Kuti.” He wrote it on a piece of paper for me. Back in...
Awed Manor (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Browsers are free. Operating systems are free. Books are free. Why isn’t music free? Glad you asked. And yes, these are all legal. Glad you care. The first place I look for free music is Magnatune. They have a free song every day, a free album occasionally, and you can listen to their music (streaming on-line) as [...]
Dilated Choonz (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
David Bowie – Crystal Japan No posts for a while so I thought I’d come through with a little something for the weekend. David Bowie is a rather divisive figure among Dilate Choonz bloggers – some of us think he’s a genius, others think he’s a complete dud. I must admit that listening to 80s albums like Tonight and Never Let Me Down would swing one towards the latter category...
Flavorpill San Francisco Events (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Friday Nov 20 (10am–5pm) @ Exploratorium In celebration of the Exploratorium’s 40th Anniversary, we’ve been combing through our archives and revisiting our rich history. One gem we discovered is the highly regarded Speaking of Music series, which was co-presented by the Exploratorium, Charles Amirkhanian and KPFA radio, and produced by Mr. Amirkhanian from 1983 to 1991. In the series,...
badgerblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
19 November (Thursday) - Raleigh - He Can Jog , Mahlon Hoard , slicnaton , Subscape Annex - badgerhaus - Time 8pm sharp, free with donations requested for traveling performers Nic Slaton slicnaton opened with a monster pedalboard case, using a disconnected from all inputs mixer with the gain turned up and modulating the feedback through effects. Much more pleasant than that description could imply,...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Truth be told- I didn't think too much of HEAT when I saw it back in '95. However- I was a young lad of fourteen then, so really- I didn't know what the hell made a good movie. Heck, I thought JUDGE DREDD was da bomb back in '95, so that goes to show you where my head was at. Luckily, my balls dropped shortly afterward, and a few years ago, I picked up the DVD of HEAT and gave it a watch. I couldn't...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
When the 1980s came to a close, there were a handful of artists who had established themselves as definitive contributors to the decade's musical palette. Names like Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Michael Jackson became synonymous with changing the direction of popular music in the decade of decadence. A strong late bloomer (but still a powerful [...]
rickwebb.net (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
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jacquie shambles (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
PLAYLIST faust - it’s a rainy day sunshine girl lungfish - shed the world black mountain - tyrants zombi - cosmic powers pink floyd - obscured by clouds big boys - sound on sound love sculpture - summertime spacemen 3 - may the circle be unbroken brian eno - another green world click here to listen to these cosmic late night tunes
It's getting better (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Two early versions of Space Oddity. Neither is quite the 'popular' one. Although he released an album and numerous singles earlier, David Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of 1969, when his space-age mini-melodrama "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK singles chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam-rock...
Soviet Panda (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I've watched the recent BBC 4 documentaries, Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany and Synth Britannia , twice each. Both are well done and incredibly inspirational. Stream Krautrock below, or search for it on Google or your favorite torrent site to watch. Krautrock explores the social and political climate in post-war Germany during the 60's and 70's that led musicians to explore truly new music, with...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fela! Is a forthcoming Broadway musical that is based on the extraordinary life of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti. Brian Eno once memorably said : "There were three great beats in the '70s: Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, James Brown's funk and Klaus Dinger's NEU!-beat." The show opens on Nov. 23, and it has just been announced that Jay-Z will work as a producer on Fela! , providing some much-needed...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Unity Peg has designed a range of Text Transfers to liven up your blank wall space. The collection consists of a choice of 19 different phrases, each one being the name of an album. They have chosen titles that are...
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