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SolarBeat: an online music box based on our Solar System

SolarBeat: an online music box based on our Solar System

SolarBeat is a beautiful piece by Luke Tywman that uses the pattern of our Solar System to create an online music box. Watch a video clip here, or view the site. I urge you to also take a look at Luke’s website, Whitevinyl design, which displays info on all of his other visual/music projects. Be warned […]

'You are listening to' sets police radio to a Soundcloud background

‘You are listening to’ sets police radio to a Soundcloud background

What do you get when you mix a police radio stream, provided by radioreference.com, with some ambient background music via Soundcloud? A website called ‘You are listening to‘.               Created by Eric Eberhardt, from Oakland, you can tune in to the dulcet tones of officers in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, […]

Stereogum presents Stroked, a tribute to Is This It

Stereogum presents Stroked, a tribute to Is This It

LOVE THIS. “The Strokes‘ debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01. To help us celebrate this 10th Anniversary, we asked some of our favorite indie bands to cover each track. The resulting collection, STROKED: A Tribute To Is This It, is in the spirit of our previous free tribute albums for Radiohead’s OK Computer, R.E.M.’sAutomatic For The People, and Bjork’s Post…” Read […]

The Rock N Roll For Girls After-School Music Club

The Rock N Roll For Girls After-School Music Club

Last month Cate and I went to a do at Swarovski Crystallized organised by The Industry. Though their events are usually fashion-focused, this one featured an interview with British singer and songwriter Kate Nash, which was more than enough to pull me in. Listening to her talk about the link between fashion and music with hurried excitement was interesting, but what […]