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Best Bandcamp Café Albums
What I Look for In "Cafe" Music: Although I don't expect all albums with "café" in the title to have been created with the intention of being "café music," I'm going to treat these albums as "café albums," for the purpose of writing this article.
By Robin Grape8 years ago in Beat
Review - The Pony Collaboration 'Everything Was Ages Ago'
If Everything Was Ages Ago, the first album from The Pony Collaboration since 2009 after the band's extended "accidental hiatus," sounds like something from a simpler time, that's because it is. Comprised of previously unreleased songs recorded between 2010 and 2013, Everything Was Ages Ago invokes the lazy, carefree feel of a laid-back summer day, and it's not hard to see why the band has drawn comparisons with a host of artists from Tindersticks to The Go-Betweens to Los Campesinos!
By Katie Young8 years ago in Beat
Hip-Hop Artist Plans to Set It Off
If a musical research specialist were to conduct a nationwide poll asking a few hundred people what the hottest musical genre currently is in the country, about eighty to ninety percent of them would either say EDM (Electronic Dance Music) or hip-hop. The truth is, both hip-hop and rap are at the forefront of modern music, and that will be the case for years to come. The waves of popularity the genre has already generated are astronomical in numbers. This is old news to those who are knowledgeable of the history of hip-hop, but to others who are not, this is a relatively new era of thrilling musical styles and different approaches to creativity.
By Samuel Noble8 years ago in Beat
How Did We Get So Dark?
There's no denying that Royal Blood is, at least in some small way, indebted to Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA), who played a key role in pioneering the sound that has made the English blues rock duo so famous. The muscular bass riffs, earth-shaking drums beats, and crooning vocals that have become Royal Blood's trademark would undoubtedly sound right at home on an album like Rated R or Songs for the Deaf.
By Ward Bogoslowski8 years ago in Beat
Best Beatboxers in the World
Unlike songwriters or pop artists, beatboxers must solely rely on one instrument: their vocal cords. A talent that few can completely master, these are the best beatboxers in the world who have excelled in their division, and used it to rise to fame.
By Adrian Scott8 years ago in Beat
'Bobby Tarantino II'
Logic’s fifth mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, dropped this past Friday on the coattails of its three singles: “44 More,” "Overnight," and “Everyday” featuring Marshmello. To judge the project's overall hotness, or lack of, we're going to look at every aspect of it, from production to lyrics to overall listening experience. We'll also be looking into a few specific tracks to talk about certain things, both good and bad.
By Nathan Crane8 years ago in Beat
The Language of Music
Music has been around longer than we could even imagine. Ever since humans were created that was when music was as well, because it’s something that we all need in our lives and what brings people together. Music can help bring together people who have totally different lives, people who think completely different from one another, and can help them become friends or learn about other people. When we listen to music sometimes we don’t feel like other people will understand why we listen to certain types or certain artists, but when you go to a concert you feel a sense of community. Like all these people that are at that concert are going through or who feel the way you do, and you feel happy and safe and like you’re with family even though you’ve never even met.
By Brianna DiPrima8 years ago in Beat
The Underappreciated Women of Rock
The band Heart is undoubtedly one of the greatest bands to come out of the classic rock era. Songs like "Barracuda" and "Crazy On You" put them on the map. The band formed in an era that female rock musicians were not taken seriously and were downright thwarted in comparison to their male counterparts. Notable female rock musicians from their era of the late 70s – early 80s were people like Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, and so many others that made their mark on the genre. The common theme with all of them seems to be that they have, at one point, been discredited on the sole purpose of gender. The Wilson sisters of Heart have been particularly treated in a disgusting way just for the simple fact that they were women succeeding at being rock stars. In fact, the inspiration to write "Barracuda" came from the anger towards a false publicity stunt that claimed that the Wilson sisters were in an incestuous relationship, and geared its anger toward the music industry sexism that tried to put them down.
By Practical Stunts8 years ago in Beat
Five Artists Who Should Be Considered for 2019 Grammy Nominations
The 60th annual Grammy Awards are done and over with, now it’s time to look ahead to the future. Of course, we are talking about the 2019 Grammy Awards. The upcoming 61st Grammy Awards will descend upon Los Angeles again, likely sometime in mid-February 2019 at the Staples Center.
By Nikki Gaskins Campbell8 years ago in Beat
Quick Tips for Playing the Guitar in Tune
Train Your Ears. Tune the Gears. A musical instrument that is not in tune, is not a musical instrument so much as it is a "instrument of noise." Memorize your tones. Try not to rely on a tuner. Choose a song that is burned into your brain that you know has its guitars tuned to standard tuning (A440). Your brain can use this pitch memory to tune your instrument. Of course you can choose any pitch as a reference point, A440 is commonly used in the industry.
By Saturn Axis8 years ago in Beat
