Top 10 albums of 2013
These are our top 10 albums for 2013, a year in review across all genres. The artists range from new, to known, to long awaited returns, but each of them was chosen for full album …
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Top 10 tracks of 2013
This was a tough choice to make. 2013 came at us with a lot of new music and a lot of fantastic albums which deserved their own attention so the tracks chosen for the top 10 of the year are …
Kid Koala, looking back and moving forward
text by Matt Caprioli You know you’ve made it when you appear on BrainyQuote.com. Eric San (stage name “Kid Koala”) has come along way since DJing the parties of high school …
STRFKR: what’s in the name?
by Jackie Willson Putting a band together can be a lot like making a puzzle: you start off with a bunch of different pieces that contain certain elements or images and you have to try and …
The Hip-Hop Fix – what Pat Clifton aims to be
by Stephanie Casino It’s 2013. Music aficionados of the 80’s and 90’s would have thought that rap and hip-hop would have transcended time and space to become something like a beautiful …
Self-awareness and the fossilization of Electroclash: a sub-genre revisited
by Shaun Roncken Like crooning the lyrics to “Glycerine” while tucking loose hair behind your ears, or mumbling a phallic joke in the shade of the Seattle Space Needle, an …
Beat Making Lab: making music accessible in hot corners of the world
by Ange Joachimowicz Art meets community best describes music producers Stephen Levitin also known as Apple Juice Kid and Professor Pierce Freelon’s current web series the Beat Making Lab. …
Polaris Music Prize: An equal opportunity award?
by Elizabeth Parker Time for another Polaris music prize – this year’s list of nominees will be released June 13 in Montréal, QC. Over the past few years, the prize has started to gain …
Five Happy Hours and a Happening: The Numbered Days, RISE
by Greg Sheer | photos by Peter Kulak This past Saturday, Lacuna Artists Loft in the Southwestern Chicago Pilsen neighborhood played host to local alternative-event producers The Numbered …
You’re going to want to TUNE into this
by Jackie Willson [Late night shopping network voice] Attention all artists: if you are a talented musician looking to sell your work online and gain 100% of the profits that you deserve, …