Music
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Nutella Unica: 7 Million Unique Jars of Hazelnut Spread (Video)
Nutella recently sold 7 million jars of its addictive hazelnut spread in Italy, but unlike most of their sales these 7 million jars were different. I mean that literally, because every jar in this special edition are visually unique, created using an algorithm that ensured no two jars could be alike, for a project called […]
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“Everything Now”: New Arcade Fire Single and Video Drops (Video)
Arcade Fire is whipping up another album and tour, and it appears to be some kind of multimedia promotional effort that I don’t have the mental energy to unpack right now. But the band has gone the traditional route in at least one way, with the release of a new single entitled “Everything Now,” and […]
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‘Songs of Summer 2017’: Spotify Celebrates the Beginning of Summer Vacation
Every summer features music pundits both amateur and professional declaring various pop hits “the song of the summer,” followed by contrarian counter-programming, then the cycle repeats itself. Spotify has gotten a head start on the competition with their Songs of Summer 2017 playlist. And if you’ve got a Spotify account, you can go ahead and […]
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“Shadow”: Chromatics Release New Video for Song Featured on ‘Twin Peaks’ (Video)
If the band seen performing at The Bang Bang Bar at the end of last night’s two-part Twin Peaks premiere looked familiar, it’s for good reason: It was the Chromatics, performing their 2015 song “Shadow.” In apparent honor of that collaboration, the band also released a new video for the song right after the appearance […]
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“Big Boys”: Chuck Berry’s First Ever Official Music Video
Believe it or not, rock and roll godfather Chuck Berry never made an official music video for any of his songs over the course of his 60-year career. Virtually all of his most important work predates the music video era (and, indeed, the video in general), and he never got around to making one once […]
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‘Rap ABC: The Rap Alphabet’ – Child’s First Guide to Rap
No one wants to have a child who doesn’t know Run DMC from The Pharcyde. Now, there’s an upcoming children’s book that seeks to educate the upcoming generations on the legends of rap. It’s called Rap ABC: The Rap Alphabet, and I’m pretty sure there are some full-grown adults who could benefit from its wisdom […]
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“Windows 95 Startup Sound (slowed 4000%)” by Brian Eno x Daniel Jones (Audio)
Yesterday was the birthday of the great outer space rock star, ambient dimensional scientist, and record producer Brian Eno, and to celebrate we have a new track that turns one of his most listened-to works into something totally different (but still very much in line with his sensibility). It’s called (and don’t worry, I’ll explain […]
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“Starboy” Video Has 1 Billion YouTube Hits
It’s tempting to want to leave behind everything that happened in 2016 for good. But evidently the public isn’t quite ready to get rid of “Starboy.” The video for The Weeknd and Daft Punk‘s title track off of the former’s hit record just hit a rare milestone: 1 billion YouTube views. In racking up a […]
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‘Songs To Test Headphones With’: A New Spotify Playlist
It might sound like a long-lost Brian Eno album, but actually Songs To Test Headphones With is of a more recent vintage, a new playlist from the people at Spotify nominally engineered for the purpose of testing your headphones. But since it also presents an unbelievably wide range of musical genres and artists, it’s worth […]
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“Video Game Weapons Remix”: New Eclectic Method Track Made with SFX (Video)
I’m a fan of the pop culture electronic songcraft of Eclectic Method, which specializes in repurposing images and sounds in surprisingly catchy patterns. The act is constantly putting out new material but one of their newest songs is “Video Game Weapons Remix,” a track made exclusively from the sound effects of … weapons from video […]
