Fleetwood Mac: Tusk Album Review

Pitchfork goes back in time for this review. An album that's held up well over the years for me (especially when it's rainy outside or blue inside)

pitchfork.com

Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously.

This is HORRIBLE. I shall continue not using Apple Music.

blog.vellumatlanta.com

Good Things To Read (And Watch) In Remembrance Of Prince

Though I've seen all the videos, I haven't read these articles. Filing away for a rainy day. / via Kottke

digg.com

Phil Collins past and present

Phil reshot the covers for the remasters. Dig.

kottke.org

Michael Stipe covers David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”

I miss hearing Michael. And David. This will do nicely.

consequenceofsound.net

Smart Phones for Stupid People

A one minute music video

youtube.com

Machine Makes Music with 2,000 Marbles

Unreal really. / via Joseph

thisiscolossal.com

Video for The Chemical Brothers “Wide Open” (feat. Beck)

So very, very good. / via Dicky

vimeo.com

R. Ring tour dates

If they come to your town, I highly recommend checking 'em out!

innocentwords.com

David Bowie (1947-2016)

Nice overview of this influential musician's life. (with great photos) / via Paul Nini

theguardian.com

Karl Martin Sandberg, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen and Other Songwriters behind popular songs

Filing this away to read. (Also digging the illustration!)

theatlantic.com

VOX Player: Unlimited solution for Music Lovers

Nice alternative to iTunes for those that own their music

coppertino.com

Robert Beatty

Really, really, awesome insight into the guy that has made my favorite album cover of late (Tame Impala)

pitchfork.com

Song Exploder

A few folks I highly trust keep talking about this podcast that deconstructs one song at a time with insight and interviews. Really entertaining.

songexploder.net

Complete collection of Kmart in-store background music

It's undertakings like this preserving the fabric of life

chartattack.com

How Spotify’s Discover Weekly cracked human curation at internet scale

Saving in my to-read pile. I like Spotify, and the Discover playlist is often quite good. Curious to find out how it works in some fashion

theverge.com

The art and album covers of Robert Beatty

Wonderful work (recently learned from Tame Impala's new album)

robertbeattyart.com

The Same Song in 15 Places

Neat.

swiss-miss.com

NPR Music’s 25 Favorite Albums Of 2015 (So Far)

I caught part of this in my car and I'm bookmarking the rest of the music list to absorb later.

npr.org

TwoDots, Soundtrack Vol. 2

Still probably one of my favorite mobile games (though I've hit a wall and can't seem to get passed it.) The music is one of the ingredients that makes it so good.

yewknee.com

A Remarkable Castanet Performance by Mexican Castanetist Lucero Tena

I learned a new word: Castanetist. Also? That's some vim!

laughingsquid.com

Ten reasons why Hall & Oates win

Fun, silly read. I like these guys even more now.

medium.com

Songs We Love 2014

NPR's streamable list with handy to pop you over to your favorite places to consume and proliferate. (Post note: Listened for a bit, but the random shuffle nature made for a skippy experience)

apps.npr.org

200e System 7 – Buchla

It's $29,999.00. I have no idea what it's all about, but I want to turn every knob.

buchla.com

Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry

I love optimism based in experience. I'm a third through this long piece. Devouring slowly.

theguardian.com

FKA twigs on the Tonight Show

Some silk, some fans, some lights. You've got a striking performance backdrop.

stereogum.com

Mayokero by Roy Kafri

On the tip of making new art from old album covers...

devour.com

Autocomplete Song by Jonathan Mann

This songs feels like They Might Be Giants first album to me

devour.com

Give it Up

Composer ‘Kutiman’ Creates Entirely New Song Using 23 Videos of Other Musicians, plus an awesome cover of 99 Red Balloons

thisiscolossal.com

U2’s Forgettable Fire – The New Yorker

Sasha Frere-Jones puts the free release in context

newyorker.com

‘Squares’, A Song Played on a Guitar, Violin and the Interior of a Car

I'm a fan of songs built on loops. This one by Jonathan Kluth is solid.

laughingsquid.com

Bill Callahan. Dan Bejar. Will Oldham. Cass McCombs.

Each explain how their songs come into existence. Or at least try. / thx @meredithlistens

washingtonpost.com

Grayscale Cincinnati

Saving this crowd-funding page for a potential brew and music space in my neighborhood.

brewing-arts.com

OK Go – The Writing’s On the Wall

Superfun music video / via Coudal

youtube.com

Owen Pallett’s Disorientalism – Interview Magazine

"Discipline is not just about work, but about diet and about exercise and on a deeper level, about concentrating and making sure that my brain is staying in good places and the neurons are firing in positive ways as opposed to getting into anxiety, panic-attack states of mind." / via @cpratt

interviewmagazine.com

Chet Faker – No Diggity

Kicking off Friday with some coffee and this cover. I might end the day on it too. (thanks Erik!)

youtube.com

Play with your music

Free online music community to create and collaborate, learn to make songs of your very own, and use the newest tools on the web for audio production

playwithyourmusic.org

Please Use This Song

Comedian Jon Lajoie should really just become a full on pop singer. I really enjoyed his parody song.

links.laughingsquid.com

Goldieblox and the Three MCs – Waxy.org

The conversation after the Goldieblox video has been interesting, polarizing and important. Andy Baio sorts through it thoroughly.

waxy.org

Kristen Chenoweth and Hollywood Bowl audience guest Sarah Horn

A beautiful recounting and performance of "For Good" - So. Very. Good.

randyreport.blogspot.com

Dan Deacon’s mobile app

I really dig this guy. His idea here is to turn your phone into a (mini) light and sound show at concerts. Syncs through sound.

engadget.com

1970 Orange catalog

Saving this link to show my work partner because he's an Orange fan.

blog.iso50.com

An interview with Rick Rubin

Nicely done page design at Newsweek, and an interesting character. / via my friend Erik

thedailybeast.com

Unlocking The Truth

This video provides a glimpse of hope for the future

devour.com

The history of 22 Iconic Music Logos

Always good to see Mike Essl pop up in quotes.

redbullmusicacademy.com

Super Morrissey Bros.

This Charming Man, 8 bit style. / Thanks Monkeybear

soundcloud.com

Bunbury Music Festival 2013 Lineup

Speaking of music and festivals in Cincinnati, this year's Bunbury looks quite awesome.

eachnotesecure.com

MusicNOW Festival 2013

Here's the thing about MusicNOW: Every year it brings together a mixed group of artists and creates something entirely special and always amazing. Like goosebumps amazing. I have no doubt this year will be the same.

musicnowfestival.org

Chic & Artistic “Panton’n’Roll”

Fun use of Pantone chips / via thommy

chic-artistic.com

Baby Got Back (in the style of Glee)

Long story short, Glee ripped off an arrangement of a cover of a song. Lame. Jonathan Coulton tries to find a silver lining and I buy a song a second time, intentionally. / via Merlin

jonathancoulton.com

Kim Deal Music

Limited edition 7' for sale!

kimdealmusic.com

Frank Chimero – Favorite Music of 2012

I like a lot of the same music Frank does. That's when I see something I hadn't listened to on his year end list, I get intrigued.

frankchimero.com

Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings

Brain Picker gives an overview with embeds of videos and music that folks have created already.

brainpickings.org

Nicki Minaj Slowed Down is…

Jay Z / via Metafilter

youtube.com

Teenage Engineering’s OP-1

I really have no idea what this music machine does, but it looks quite beautiful - product design and interface elements. / via studiomate Tom

teenageengineering.com

Whatever Turns You On

This song by Gregory Gray (Mary Cigarettes) is beautiful and simple. (Free download.) / via JoeMyGod

soundcloud.com