Each week I’m posting audio links to a few bands, songs, and music videos that have caught my eye at some point. Enjoy! Bands 1) The Redwalls: My best friend actually bought one of their albums because he liked that all of the band members were wearing fedoras on the front cover. Imagine his (and […]
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Yamamoto's audio picks: Placebo, Melee, Hellogoodbye, and The Rolling Stones
Each week I’m posting audio links to a few bands, songs, and music videos that have caught my eye at some point. Enjoy! Bands 1) Placebo: I was lucky enough to have been introduced to this band’s music as early as middle school. Without You I’m Nothing, the band’s second full album, is probably one […]
Yamamoto's audio picks: Abandoned Pools, Gatsby's American Dream, Metric, and Science Daily
Each week I’m posting a few bands, songs, and music videos that have caught my eye at some point. Enjoy! Bands 1) Gatsby’s American Dream: I can’t even remember how long I’ve loved this band, but I’ve seen them play on multiple occasions and have never been disappointed. Feel free to scope out both their […]
SXSW: we're digging those nerdcore bands
As some of you probably already know, more than a thousand bands from around the world have recently been gathering in Austin, TX for South by Southwest (SXSW), a collection of interactive, film, and music festivals. If you find yourself in the area or are simply interested in learning more about the musical offerings provided […]
Songs about radio: Part Trois
Paul and Matthew each wrote a piece (click here and here) on songs about radio. Here are a few more suggestions: 1) Alkaline Trio “Radio“: Not really a song about radio, but it does discuss “radio” as an object in an interesting break-up song. 2) American Hi-Fi “Hi-Fi Killer” I gotta disappear Don’t wanna hear […]
Yamamoto's audio picks: Scissors For Lefty, Copeland, The Ink Spots, and salvia
Each week I’m posting a few bands, songs, music videos, and websites that have caught my eye at some point. I should mention that many of the links to songs will probably be on youtube (aka they may include videos that I don’t consider to be particularly good) and that I’ve chosen the music videos […]
Yamamoto's audio picks: On Patsy Cline, Lady Gaga, and Death
Each week I’m going to post a few songs, music videos and websites that have caught my eye at some point. I should mention that many of the links to “songs” will probably be on youtube (aka they may include videos that I don’t consider to be particularly good) and that I’ve chosen the “music […]
The Radio Survivor Guide to escaping mainstream radio
Radio Survivor’s Helen Yamamoto offers her comprehensive guide to every band genre that she (and we) can think of on the ‘Net.
Survey: younger consumers dig mobile shopping, despite the ads
A recent article on Retrevo.com (“the ultimate electronics marketplace”) analyzed how consumers view shopping on their mobile phones and how they’ve reacted to the associated advertising on their devices. In general, Retrevo concluded that consumers are warming up to researching and shopping with their mobile phones, but many appear to be turned off by mobile […]
10% of BitTorrent users download music – 99% of it is "likely" illegal
A recent survey performed by Princeton senior Sauhard Sahi under the supervision of Edward Felten attempted to discover the types of files available on BitTorrent, a popular file distribution website. According to the study, 10 percent of the shared files contained music: “For the music category, the predominant encoding format for music was MP3, there […]