I just finished the Steve Jobs book, and boy were there some interesting things. For example, did you know that before he invented the iPod, he made computers for Apple?! Fascinating stuff! If you’re really this clueless about Steve Jobs,...
This morning’s Morning Music Notes noted (holy repeating words in this sentence!) that Jay-Z and Kanye West performed Niggas in Paris a whopping 11 times in a row at their gig in Vancouver. Either they really love it, they think...
Bon Jovi is NOT Dead – The Internet Lied for Once Despite the rumours, Bon Jovi is not dead, and did not overdose from the Advils that he is now schilling for (via Gigwise). In what has (unfortunately?) become a...
Kickstarter is a way to fund cool projects that require set amounts of sales in order to be produced. The latest Kickstarter project to feature on this fine website is the Audman (via Technabob). The Audman looks like a Walkman,...
Ah science. Used for things such as medicine, planetary explorations, creating robotic women who don’t talk or love but I’m okay with that and now, possibly music hit predicting (via Canoe). “Based in the University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory,...
Radiohead released the 8-song album, The King of Limbs, this past Februrary. Since then, they released a 2-song single, comprised of Supercollider, and The Butcher. Now, they have released another 2-song single. This single contains non-album tracks The Daily Mail...
The clever Apple marketing machine produces another winner. Apple’s virtual iPhone 4S assistant, Siri, is ripe for awesome commercials (and general awesomeness in your life). The latest one shows Santa Claus using Siri to navigate his way around the world....
He Just Won’t Stop: New Paul McCartney Album 69 year old Sir Paul has a new wife. With new found inspiration, The Cute Beatle (as I like to call him) has also recorded a new album. The album will be...
You should relax with some great beats this Sunday – and there is no better place to start than by tracing the 8 degrees of J Dilla. Slum Village, Pharcyde, De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Common, A Tribe...
So, there’s Sonoio – which is the brainchild of Alessandro Cortini, who has been playing the synths on tour with Nine Inch Nails since 2005. Then, there’s Ladytron, who have been making exquisite shoegazey pop with synths since 2005. Put...
The Siri iPhone comedy videos keep coming – just in time for this week’s edition of Friday Afternoon Funnies (ignore the fact the past few weeks have been M.I.A.). What do you get when you hack the iPhone virtual assistant,...
The standout track from Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs now has a music video. The album was out in August 2010, but the Montreal group decided it had nothin better to do than to make a video for Sprawl II (Mountains...
French duo, Justice, have just released Audio, Video, Disco. Their classic image is that of the cross, which goes with them on tour, as well as is the name and imagery from their first album. So for the second single...
Feist’s great first single from her latest album is How Come You Never Go There. I still don’t know why I never go there. However Beck does (terrible segue alert!), as he has remixed the Feist song. The Beck touch...
Jon Bon Jovi doesn’t make the loud, rocking kind of music that drives me to reach for an Advil – it’s usually the Off button I’m looking for. However, Bon Jovi has been selected to star in an Advil commercial,...
