Feb 1, 2011
Today, we say goodbye to Talking Heads Tuesday with a few odds and ends collected from the web.1.Would you like to know David Byrne's take on the current situation in Egypt? Now you don't have to wonder.2.From the very timely, to an idea whose time may never come...I've always thought of Talking...
Jan 28, 2011
Every Friday, we're going to offer the best links, news and sites that we've discovered over the past week. We promise to keep it relevant (mainly).Warren Haynes talks about his forthcoming solo album, his first in 19 yearsVan Morrison stripped of his Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame credentials (The Onion)Full episodes of Austin...
Jan 25, 2011
Finding the line between creativity and integrity is a daunting challenge when crafting a sound that owes as much to roots-driven music like honky-tonk and low country blues as it does to rock. Leave it to a band out of Chicago to land on just the recipe to offer a little something new while still...
Jan 21, 2011
Every Friday, we're going to offer the best links, news and sites that we've discovered over the past week. We promise to keep it relevant (mainly).Rolling Stone weighs in on the forthcoming Grateful Dead video game, but can it match the power and glory of the Journey arcade game?Widespread Panic will simulcast all...
Jan 7, 2011
A lot of the music related InfoGraphics we post here are enlightening, though whimsical. Light in tone, they help put some element of music just a bit easier to grasp through drawings, colors, charts and text. Some, however, can be downright academic exercises in complex data analysis and visual thinking. Such is the case with...
Jan 5, 2011
Seems like we can't get enough of Pitchfork this week...With year end "top" lists emerging, Pitchfork and Billboard offer a treasure trove of data for analysis and innovative presentation this year. The visual geniuses at verysmallarray.com have managed to overlay the total number songs, by genre and location, on each list for a...
Jan 4, 2011
On the heels of The Barn's exclusive chat with Pitchfork's Rob Mitchum, the indie-rock review hub is newsworthy again. This time, thanks to a sweet, interactive InfoGraphic which plots the spectrum of all of the site's 2010 reviews, based on numeric rating. From the snark-drenched panning of Ghostland Observatory's Codename: Rondo (1.5) to a number of 10.0's (...
Dec 21, 2010
According to this graph from NPR's website, an analysis of the Top 100 Hits of 2010, Rock music accounts for 8% of the selections.Further, the article goes on to state that nearly 1 in 10 songs has a Dr. Luke credit, somebody who I'd NEVER EVEN HEARD OF before reading this article. Over twenty-five percent of this...
Dec 11, 2010
"The Stars Look Good Tonight" Steepwater Band's latest single is a perfect piece of hook-driven rock, accessible without being cloying, gutsy without being super-aggressive. An account with cdbaby will get you a free download if you're so inclined. Now they have a companion video as well -- combining some good ole empty loft performance footage...
Dec 11, 2010
The big musical birthdays always seem to get all the play on blogs these days, so we thought we'd celebrate some of the great birthdays that go unnoticed. Meg White turns 36 today, which is as good excuse as any to look at this picture.We'll also celebrate with some kick-ass video of White Stripes performing "...