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Read More “Albums in Stores – Mar 1st, 2024”Flop Rock: Inside the Underground Floppy Disk Music Scene
Nobuko believes the proliferation of floppy music in Western cultures is linked to strong punk movements with a DIY aesthetic. “Also, the lobit scene seems to be bigger in countries that had bad internet connections, so they would already use lobit encoding to upload or download things online,” he explains. In a similar vein, Hilkmann believes that floppy recordings are an explicitly anti-capitalist niche that exists outside the usual means of publishing music today on Spotify and other streaming services. “A medium, artistically, is only interesting as long as it’s available,” he says. “Now that floppy disks are becoming more and more difficult to get, they’ve become more and more a collector’s item almost, while a few years ago, it was more like almost a trashy medium that you could quickly get your hands on and do fun things with.”
Adobe Reveals a GenAI Tool for Music
Today at the Hot Pod Summit in Brooklyn, Adobe unveiled Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions (e.g. “happy dance,” “sad jazz”) or a reference melody and let users customize the results within the same workflow.
Using Project Music GenAI Control, users can adjust things like tempo, intensity, repeating patterns and structure. Or they can take a track and extend it to an arbitrary length, remixing music or creating an endless loop.
Apple Music Debuts “Heavy Rotation” Playlist
Apple Music has started rolling out a “heavy rotation” playlist. From looking at mine, it looks like it’s basically just a bunch of things I’ve played a lot recently.
Read More “Apple Music Debuts “Heavy Rotation” Playlist”Review: Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head
Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has never been afraid to push the envelope in her music and artistic growth. Hole In My Head gets its title from Grace taking it upon herself to tattoo the last remaining part of her body she had yet to ink up, and that was her head. The artwork showcases an explosion of colors and images from Grace’s scalp, and it’s fitting, since she paints with wide and vivid colors on her latest LP. The topics found on Hole In My Head range from her mental health, to the early days of her music career, all the way to coming to terms with her gender identity. Grace’s ability to tell vivid stories over an acoustic (or electric) guitar, and remain captivating, is a remarkable talent not to be taken lightly in a songwriter. It’s a gift that keeps on giving to her fans both old and new, and Hole In My Head ends up being Grace’s finest work since the instant classic of Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
Read More “Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head”Smooth Brain – “Good 4 U” (Song Premiere)
Today I’m thrilled to bring everyone a really cool cover of an Olivia Rodrigo track by Smooth Brain called “Good 4 U.” On this electric-charged cover, Smooth Brain channel the original spirit of the song and a few twists and turns along the way too. The band shared, “We’ve been playing “good 4 u” live – with a fun twist – since our inception, and we’re thrilled to finally put it out. If you’ve been to a Smooth Brain show before, you know how much these songs mean to us, and how much fun we have playing our version of Olivia Rodrigo’s hit single.” If you’re enjoying the early listen, you can check out the band’s Facebook page here.
Read More “Smooth Brain – “Good 4 U” (Song Premiere)”Charli XCX – “Von Dutch” Video
Charli XCX has shared the new song “Von Dutch.”
Read More “Charli XCX – “Von Dutch” Video”Bully – “Atom Bomb”
Bully has released the new song “Atom Bomb.”
Read More “Bully – “Atom Bomb””Martha Cover Jimmy Eat World
Martha have shared a two song EP covering Jimmy Eat World’s “A Praise Chorus” and “Crush.”
Read More “Martha Cover Jimmy Eat World”How to Dress Well Announces New Album
How to Dress Well will release I Am Toward You on May 10th. Pre-orders are now up.
Read More “How to Dress Well Announces New Album”Half Past Two Announce New Tour
Half Past Two are heading out on tour.
Read More “Half Past Two Announce New Tour”St. Vincent Announces New Album
St. Vincent will release All Born Screaming on April 26th. Today she’s shared “Broken Man” and pre-orders are now up.
Read More “St. Vincent Announces New Album”Kacey Musgraves Announce New Tour
Kacey Musgraves has announced a new arena tour.
Read More “Kacey Musgraves Announce New Tour”One Step Closer Announce New Album
One Step Closer will release All You Embrace, due May 17th. Pre-orders are now up. The band also released the lead single “Leap Years” and announced some new tour dates with Koyo and Anxious.
Read More “One Step Closer Announce New Album”Twenty One Pilots Announce New Album
Twenty One Pilots will release Clancy on May 17th. Pre-orders are now up and the first single will debut online at 10 am PST.
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