Home Features
Your Country's Right Here: Steep Canyon Rangers Grab the Solo Spotlight
posted: April 5, 2012
Steep Canyon Rangers certainly grabbed a lot of attention when they collaborated with Steve Martin on projects including the GRAMMY Award-nominated Rare Bird Alert, but they’re much more than those collaborations. The International Bluegrass Music…
read more…
Electropolis: Music as a Service, Not a Good
posted: April 5, 2012
What motivates the most talented musicians in or outside of EDM? You know, the relentless excitement to wake up every morning to create a work of art. On average, the motivations behind this creativity derives…
read more…
SoundTrax: Beachside Bonfires
posted: April 4, 2012
In the age of the playlist, everyone has access to collections of songs hacked together due to arbitrary similarities. But what does that accomplish other than aid our forever shortening attention span, while making the…
read more…
Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Listening In On Belle and Sebastian's Late Night Tales
posted: April 4, 2012
What do you listen to when the hour is late, the lights are low and careening power chords and wailing vocals just don’t suit the mood? Everybody’s got their own answer to that question, but…
read more…
Superlatones: The Exchange Student
posted: April 3, 2012
Lately, it seems that we are hearing more and more from new and unexpected partnerships between artists of different genres. This is why, through “Superlatones,” we are creating our very own directory”a musical wish-list, if you will”of…
read more…
Soundcheck: Hip Hop Speaks Out On Trayvon Martin Murder
posted: April 3, 2012
In the five weeks since the tragic killing of seventeen-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the hip hop community is stepping up to call for justice and action. Tons of hip hop heavyweights”including David Banner, E-40,…
read more…