Two favourite works of mine are missing in the article... Sextet and Electric Counterpoint.
2012-10-23
Guardian: An Essential Guide to Steve Reich...
Arguably the most important post-WWII composer.
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classical
2012-10-16
Space Leap of Faith - Bad Astronomy
Phil Plait has an interesting take on the recent Red Bull publicity stunt - Space Leap of Faith
On Sunday, skydiver Felix Baumgartner stepped out of a high-altitude balloon and plummeted 40 kilometers back to Earth. I wanted to watch it live but missed it due to an appointment I had to keep. I heard it was heart-pounding, and Twitter went nuts over it. I wish I had seen it!
Still, my feelings on it are mixed. While I really am glad it got people excited, I couldn’t shake the feeling it wasn’t more than a stunt. A cool stunt, but a stunt. It was plugged as a way to learn more about spacesuits and all that, but I had my doubts. Having it sponsored by a sugary caffeinated energy drink marketed to teens also made me a bit wary.
2012-10-12
Paper Bag Records cover Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
To celebrate ten years, Toronto record label Paper Bag Records (or PBR, for those of the hip variety) got a bunch of their artists together to record a tribute album to Bowie's classic Ziggy Stardust.
I know what you're thinking, that my first instinct would be to hate it, and you wouldn't be wrong. Turns out it's not that bad.
It's a free download so if that's something that would pique your interest then it's definitely worth checking out. I wouldn't exactly give any of the cuts five stars, but the whole thing is surprisingly good.
Ziggy is one of my favourite albums of all-time so I really had my guard up when I first listened, but the first few tracks drew me in. It loses me somewhere in the middle, and it's tough for me to tell if that's just my pro-Bowie bias at work or what.
The Yamantaka-Sonic Titan cover of the Ziggy bonus track "John I'm Only Dancing" is a nice touch too.
It's interesting to note that The Darcys did a full-LP cover of Steely Dan's Aja earlier this year. I look at this, and other recent full-LP covers by the likes of Flaming Lips as a possible trend towards rock's canonizing of its catalog the same way that jazz and classical have genre standards that are performed and reinterpreted time and again. The maturation of a musical genre, I suppose.
Anyway, all the PBR record will cost you is your email address, so go check it out.
2012-10-05
How Indie Finally OFFICIALLY Died: The Broken Indie Machine. | Hipster Runoff
Awesome takedown/polemic/rant/whatever on the state of music on the Internet in 2012. The best post from HRO in a while, and surprisingly un-ironic for the most part. Definitely says a lot of things that have been on my mind and the minds of many music fans as well. Worth the long read.
our buzz harvest has gone bad, and now is the Winter of Our Buzz Content.
How Indie Finally OFFICIALLY Died: The Broken Indie Machine. | Hipster Runoff
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2012-10-04
2012-10-03
Gangnam Style production tricks in Pro Tools
via Pro Tools expert:
For some strange reason I can fathom PSY hunched over a Pro Tools rig cutting away through all hours of the night...
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