My favorite local kick-ass, proto-punk outfit The Thermals, have changed teams moving from Seattle’s Sub Pop to Portland’s Kill Rock Stars. There’s a new album underway that should see the light of day around April 2009. After three albums on Sub Pop, ‘More Parts Per Million,’ Fuckin’ A’ and ‘The Body, The Blood, The Machine,’ [...]
Another fine post from Nilina Mason-Campbell - - It’s never too early to get into the Christmas spirit, right? I mean Thanksgiving is just around the corner meaning holiday shopping will soon be in full swing. To help us, as we inch along in the season, is 22 year old Brazilian Fernando Nogari with his [...]
McLuhan and Vinyl? I know - I sometimes stretch an idea to its snapping point but isn’t that why I bother to type all day?
Here goes - As I sit on the panels I’m invited to, I often forget to remind myself, that at the heart of all my discussions about music and technology the [...]
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Post from Nilina Mason-Campbell. So… Kanye West’s new found obsession with auto-tune. Hmm… Truth be told, I don’t care for it much. When he debuted “Love Lockdown” on this year’s VMAs, my heart was immediately stolen, but upon hearing the official non-live versions, my heart sank. It all sounded too close [...]
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Liz Wight of Love Grenades
The music discovery machine keeps whirring. This one came via 3hive and although the track from Love Grenades is a solid piece of funk pop from the compilation Accidental Rhythm Mix1, the story behind the label is an interesting one. Accidental Rhythm is host to Invisible DJ, which is a little [...]
Another road trip, another conference and another panel. I’ve just returned from 2 days in Seattle after attending the Grammy MusicTech 08 Conference where I spoke on the Multi-Platform Branding panel [more on this later.]
This year’s keynote address was given by Ian C Rogers former VP of Music at Yahoo! and currently CEO of Topspin [...]
Julie Ma as Eve, tempting the serpent!
We always have to come back for more. The StudioNemo RSVP list stood at 1,532 by the afternoon of Oct 31st. On the night the lines were long, both to get in and to get a drink, but people persevered and the vibe was one of mass fun, good [...]