In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. For a long period of time, the shared document that stores The A.V. Club’s pitches...Show More Summary
At the top this week is Jack the Giant Slayer (plus Bonus Features) available to buy in SD or HD two weeks before it hits DVD and Blu-ray! An age-old war is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Show More Summary
Geek obsession: Josh Homme Why it’s daunting: Singer-guitarist Josh Homme has written some of the most accessible—if not downright catchiest—heavy-rock songs of the past three decades. And with the recent release of …Like Clockwork, the sixth album by his current band Queens Of The Stone Age, he’s still firing on all cylinders. Show More Summary
Joe Jeremiah has been covering songs in chiptune style on his YouTube channel for a while, but the latest in his “A Bit Of 8-Bit” series comes right on the heels of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, and it combines elements of every song on that album. Show More Summary
Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. Show More Summary
Music is one of our most powerful gateways to connect to our spiritual nature -- our divine source -- the unseen, as well as to the universe around us and those other divine beings that inhabit it with us.
Bicoastal chef Andy Rick of Pok Pok fame may know his Thai food, but as it turns out, he also knows his Thai pop music. Over at Food Is the New Rock, Ricker recommends his top five gateway Thai pop...
Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. Show More Summary
No launch of a new flagship is complete without a few new accessories to go along with it. While RIM is still banking big on the NFC-powered Music Gateway, it wasn't about to let the Z10 sit around with no new friends to keep it company. Show More Summary
Maybe grandpa and grandma won't take to the deep house and up-tempo nu disco immediately during the holidays. So to get them aboard the train you need some sort of slow and melodic, yet danceable, gateway music. Brisbane quartet Mitzi's remix of YesYou's "Half of It" fits the bill perfectly, and will be an instant favourite for the whole family. Show More Summary
Though it still makes me smirk two decades later, maybe I should adopt Gateway to a Great Getaway as a slogan for Mining the Audio Motherlode. What a better way to describe the worldly adventures teed up for you here on a weekly bas...
Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. Show More Summary
Happy Monday all, I just wanted to tell you a little bit about Xperia Lounge – our gateway to unique Sony experiences… Music, film, gaming or sports nut? Xperia Lounge has something for everyone, with exclusive content from Sony andShow More Summary
Some jazz aficionados might characterize pianist Ramsey Lewis' music as a gateway into more serious jazz, as if popular Lewis albums like The In Crowd (Verve, 1965) were meant to lead novice listeners to saxophonist m: Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come(Atlantic, 1959). Show More Summary
I recently updated Music Biz Blogs and it now includes headlines from 75 music industry bloggers who are all worth a look. It's a simple site combining a headline feed, a Google Custom Search Engine allowing you to search the included blogs and a link list of all the blogs. Show More Summary
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On Jones Beach
[Three Lobed; 2012]
by Clifford Allen
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Every music fan needs a gateway drug of some sort. For a lot of people — myself included — the opener into vistas of free improvisation and experimental music was the alternate tunings, clangor, and collaboration that Sonic Youth brought to the table. Show More Summary
Hot off announcements at New York Comic Con on "Deadpool Killustrated" and "Helheim," Cullen Bunn spins the roulette wheel and answers random questions on his "gateway" comic, music, gators and more.
Interview and article by Chris Lockett Over the past decade or so, the Internet has proven itself to be the ultimate gateway to discovering new music, and in helping artists from all over the world at getting their voices heard. However, every coin has a flipside, which is to say that over the past few [...]
Geek obsession: Lee Hazlewood Why it’s daunting: A maverick songwriter-producer, Lee Hazlewood helped establish a rock ’n’ roll recording scene in Phoenix in the ’50s, topped the charts with Nancy Sinatra, and discovered Gram Parsons in ’60s Los Angeles. Show More Summary
Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre, series, or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. Show More Summary