Post-punk pioneers Devo are suing McDonald’s over a Happy Meal doll that sports the band’s signature red flower pot hat. In April, McDonald’s introduced a series of American Idol Happy Meal toys based on a range of music styles, including Disco Dave, Country Clay, Rockin’ Riley and Soulful Selma. Devo’s complaint is that the toy… Read More Devo Sues McDonalds Over “New Wave Nigel” Happy Meal Toy
In this video, new age artist Kitaro explains how and why he uses the synthesizer as he does. He also offers some criticism about the “wrong” use of that instrument.
Nine Inch Nails has announced the first wave of tour dates for their Lights In The Sky: Over South America 2008 tour: Tuesday October 7, 2008 – via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Thursday October 9, 2008 – Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre, Brazil Sunday October 12, 2008 – Coliseo El Campin Bogota Colombia Wednesday October… Read More NIN Announces First Dates For Lights In The Sky Tour
Daft Punk’s Electroma – an art-house style movie that doesn’t feature their music and is only thematically related to their other work – is now out on DVD. The movie follows the two Daft Punk robots, Hero Robot No. 1 and Hero Robot No. 2, on a road trip across the US Southwest. The film… Read More Daft Punk’s Electroma Out On DVD
Keyboard Choir, a band described as “a journey through the history of electronic music” is a collective of six musicians who try to make music with the turbulence and dynamics of traditional ‘ensemble’ performance, using purely electronic sound sources and ‘found sound’. “When we started we toyed with the idea of being a loose, random… Read More Keyboard Choir – A Journey Through The History Of Electronic Music.
NIN has released another interesting bit of Internet media for its most recent release, The Slip (our review). They plotted the downloads of the album onto Google Earth, so you can browse interactively and see where the Nine Inch Nails fans are: We’ve had just over 1,400,000 people download The Slip from our site since… Read More The Slip Download Map On Google Earth
[display_podcast] Remember David Byrne’s Julio – the creepy realistic animatronic singer? Byrne has written a post from the opening, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. In the post, he elaborates on the show and his throughts on his man-machine: I don’t think what I’ve addressed thus far really engages the… Read More David Byrne On Machines and Souls (Máquinas y Almas)
Anybody looking on tips on promoting their music via the Internet need look no further than NIN. Their latest Internet media trick is to plot their tour out on Google Earth: On the nin.com tour page, you’ll find links and instructions for subscribing to NIN tour dates via a variety of methods, including Facebook, MySpace, iCal,… Read More NIN Works The Internet Hard!
Joining keytar goddesses Juliette Commagare and Imogen Heap is Lauren Rocket, of punk girl group Rocket. Rocket describes itself as “a volatile combination that leaves one wondering what the results would be if the Shangri-Las crashed the stage during an early Motley Crue gig.”
I saw this Klaus Schulze video featured at Matrix’ site. While the video is interesting, Klaus Schulze’s track, Frank Herbert from his 1978 double album “X”, is just completely techno. The biggest difference between this and later techno is that Schulze has always explored longer forms, instead of creating shorter tracks. Give this a listen… Read More Klaus Schulze’s Techno From 1978
