Things found and ideas about technology, business, music, culture and more — a blog of sorts by Shawn Yeager.
iTunes Store launched in 2003, with 25 millions songs sold by year-end. By early 2006 the number was 1 billion. By mid-2008 the number was over 5 billion. 18 months later that number has now doubled. Astounding.
The Radio Department — “Heaven’s on Fire”
A bit of mid-week dreampop from The Radio Department’s forthcoming album, Clinging To A Scheme, expected to release in April.
The Neo Gramophone: Audio as Sculptural Artwork
The Neo Gramophone is both a throwback and step forward in one, with a polygonal minimal-modernist speaker form which hearkens back to an era of scratchy vinyl audio while actually abandoning the former medium for an updated feature of streaming audio via Bluetooth, complete with hidden subwoofer inside it’s horn speaker housing.
This is a great run down by Gabriel Nijmeh of the flurry of activity that’s occurred over the past two months, from funding to new launches to analyst insights.
Jason Lytle — “Rollin’ Home Alone”
A newly discovered artist that I’m really enjoying, found along with many other free downloads at Insound.
Postdata — “Tobias Grey”
A new project by Paul Murphy of Wintersleep with his brother Michael, to be released independently on January 26, 2010.
Sound Wave by Jean Shin
Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave, dotted with bursts of colorful labels. The resulting structure speaks to the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete. The piece also aims to physically manifest the ephemerality of music as well as one man’s musical tastes, as represented by his personal record collection.
(via simko)
Van She — “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
It takes real moxy to cover Blue Oyster Cult. Van She pulls it off.
Athlete — “Love Come Rescue”
From their only-released-in-the-UK-so-far 4th album, Black Swan.
I’m generally not a fan of BritPop, but something about Joel Pott’s voice always hooks me. I saw Athlete live almost four years ago, opening for Snow Patrol, and have been a fan ever since.
