If you send me a song about football, then I’m gonna go hard about football. | | | | | Edison Victrola (Luke) | | | | |  | “If you send me a song about football, then I’m gonna go hard about football.”
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| | rantnrave:// If AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED can do everything described in this WIRED article, including the part where you ask ALEXA to "play the song that goes ‘I diggedy dot my i’s and cross my tiggedy-t’s bro,'" and she immediately responds by playing the correct DAS EFX song through your ECHO speakers, that would be much more of a streaming breakthrough than Amazon's much-lauded pricing structure, which, I just read the story twice and I still couldn't explain those prices even if you asked Alexa to hold a virtual gun to my head. But do people actually search their subscription services for "mood-specific music from a certain era"? (Please don't answer that; I'm not sure I want to know.) Or are they waiting for the day, like I am, that DJ Alexa (or DJ SIRI, or DJ SPOTIFY) knows what you already like, knows what you might like, knows what you don't know you might like but might like anyway, knows what's good and can repeatedly execute perfect segues? I will happily fork over more than 4 or 8 or 10 bucks a month for that... Less than a week after TAYLOR MAC treated 650 NEW YORKERs to a 24-hour concert covering 24 decades of music, MURS is online, as you read this, trying to set a GUINNESS record by rapping for 26 hours straight (with breaks, of course, as per all modern Guinness endurance records, which should all have giant asterisks next to their listings, wherever those listings are). You've got till roughly 2 pm today to tune in here to hear a torn and frayed voice chanting a mix of original and classic hip-hop lyrics. At a random moment as I write this, he's in the middle of a mini WU-TANG CLAN set. It's strangely mesmerizing... In case you're still upset that you couldn't even get by the virtual bouncer at BERGHAINTRAINER, now you can *be* the bouncer with a card game called BERGHAIN ZE GAME. Really. Now ante up, please. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Thump |
| Porter Robinson, Madeon, and Soulja Boy explain how one shockingly simple program gave 2010s hip-hop and EDM their respective sounds. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The maligned genre was once lampooned and derided as cheesy nonsense, but with an eager legion of younger fans it has been reborn for a new generation. | | |
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 | Wired |
| With the new Amazon Music Unlimited service, Alexa has her eyes set on transforming the streaming-music landscape. | | |
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 | GQ |
| In a year marked by violence and hatred, the beats and melodies of Solange, Kendrick Lamar, and Frank Ocean are transforming anger into contemplation. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Matt Sweeney sits down in Dahkla, Morrocco for some tea and some illumination. | | |
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 | The Fader |
| This artist was trapped in label limbo for a decade. She says it made her more sure of herself than ever. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The rapper sits down to discuss his frustrations with his label, his guest appearances on others’ records and his aversion to political causes. | | |
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 | Co.Design |
| Pandora overhauls its icon and logo to reflect ambitious plans ahead. | | |
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 | The New York Observer |
| “Magic is what people crave, especially in these crazy times.” | | |
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| Noisey |
| Last night in London, the pop star seemed lost in a realm where it doesn't really matter what he does, because everyone will love him for it regardless. | | |
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 | Vanity Fair |
| When the Band decided to stop touring, they asked a young director named Martin Scorsese to put their farewell concert on film. In an excerpt from his new memoir, "Testimony," guitarist-songwriter Robbie Robertson recalls the night of Thanksgiving 1976, where electric performances by legends such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell created rock history. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| Red Velvet came to fame with an unconventional sound and loyal female following -- they tell us what two years as one of K-Pop’s most successful young acts has taught them. | | |
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| GQ |
| The "106 & Park" sensation is back in New York trying to jumpstart a second act—in stand-up comedy. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| Music stars -- and the marketing teams behind them -- are always looking for new and creative ways to engage with fans. Several country artists, including Dierks Bentley and Dustin Lynch, recently launched fun new mobile apps in an effort to do just that. | | |
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 | ADWEEK |
| Opens up about music, and himself for Ernie Ball. | | |
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 | Between the Liner Notes |
| Vaudeville was once America's most popular form of entertainment. Listen as Trav S.D., the author of "NoApplause—Just Throw Money," guides us through Vaudeville's humble beginnings, to its eventual abandonment for new forms of entertainment. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Shovels & Rope talk about studio experimentation, bringing a baby on the road and their new record 'Little Seeds.' | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| In the final hour of Oldchella, Roger Waters did something necessary. Instead of letting the festival otherwise known as Desert Trip fade out in a haze of nostalgia and medical marijuana while pussy-grabbing foolishness raged on around the country, the songwriter launched a full-on war against Donald Trump. | | |
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 | CLRVYNT |
| After an extended hiatus working for a rental company, co-founding Crowbar bassist Todd Strange has his family's blessing to tour off 'The Serpent Only Lies.' | | |
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 | NPR |
| "I think most videos from the '80s are pretty cheesy, to be honest," Astley says. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his career, his new album - and yes, rickrolling. | | |
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