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Keyspan now MCU Park, Giants Stadium being demolished
Wilco show @ Keyspan Park (more by Eric Townsend) "Municipal Credit Union (MCU) and the Brooklyn Cyclones today announced a new name for the team's Coney Island ballpark MCU Park. In addition to the naming rights, MCU and the Cyclones......
Apples In Stereo will be putting out their seventh LP, Travelers in Space and Time, on April 20th through Yep Roc/Simian/Elephant 6. A few days before that the band heads out on a two-and-a-half week tour of the US.......
Neon Indian adds Brooklyn show... FRIDAY
"Last minute NYC show at Market Hotel Fri. night (2/5) - Neon Indian, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, Adventure, Blissed Out - @ 9PM!!!!!!" UPDATE: exact show listing with flyer below.........
Short Wave Warfare (02/4/10) (previously Week in Metal)
by BBG DOWNLOAD: Abscess - "Dawn of Inhumanity" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Vasaeleth - "Wrathful Deities" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Apostle of Solitude - "December Drives Me To Tears" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Apostle of Solitude - "Hunter Sick Rapture" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Agrimonia - "The Decay"......
Atlas Sound & Memory Tapes @ the Bell House - pics, setlist
words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo "I had this all planned out," said Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox, "This was going to be a mind-blowing second song." Cox battled technical issues with one of his loop machines throughout his sold out......
Japanther releasing new album (MP3), playing shows (tonight), touring w/ The Bronx (2010 dates)
DOWNLOAD: Japanther - Spread So Thin (MP3) Japanther... The "clubs" portion of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival goes into full force tonight (2/4), Friday and Saturday with shows all over the borough. One of those will be at 171 Lombardy......
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Taz and Carl Carni Street Video Revealed - UK Artists Team Up For Take Your Time
In more urban meets dance news, Rivmixx favourite Carl Carni has teamed up with UK rapper Taz for a reworking of Guru Josh Projects 'Infitiy 2008', which will be retitled 'Take Your Time' for the pair's 2010 version....
Kutski Blogs: Refreshing Hard Dance - A New Era For Hard Dance And Introducing 'Rave Breaks'
Hello one and all! So this is my first blog, allow me to introduce myself... I’m a DJ from the Northwest of England, and musically I play everything that sits under the rave umbrella, out in the clubs as well as my BBC Radio 1 show....
Tribal Skank Duo Return - FR3E Back With 'I Got My Beads On'
The Uk funky duo, FR3E, that brought you the dancefloor smash 'Tribal Skank' last year are back with a new single. The somewhat bizarrely titled 'I Got My Beads On' is released on March 15....
Flying Lotus Album 'Cosmogramma' - Three Free Flying Lotus MP3s Below!
We've been waiting a long time for this and it's finally here, YAY! The much anticipated follow up to his 2008 'Los Angeles' release on Warp Records has been announced as 'Cosmogramma'. And promises to be out of this world. Mary Anne Hobbs has been the first to champion the experimental...
EMI Announces £1.75 Billion Loss - Could A Warner Merger Save EMI?
So, the doom and the gloom surrounding EMI only grew yesterday following yesterday morning's news that the...
The stunning Eden Sessions held, surprisingly, at the Eden Project in Cornwall rarely have a bad wor[...]...
The Tripwire
Dude Goes To P4K and Juggalo Festivals, Embraces Inner Juggalo
Often times when we find a story that catches our fancy, we sort of summarize it for you and inject pith of such a high quality you can only find it here. But this time we’re going to strongly encourage you go to the original source. MTV found a dude...
Kanye West Finally Breaks Caps-Lock Key, Is Sleeping in Studio
Apparently, somebody claimed that Kanye West lost his shit on a plane from Los Angeles to New York because he was offered a seat in Business Class. We say “apparently” because we don’t spend every moment of our day chasing down the seemingly endless flow of rumors concerning Mr. West...
Get Your Beach Towel and Your Bong, There’s a New Delorean LP On the Way
Last year, Delorean’s 5-song EP Ayrton Senna made us profoundly weak in the knees. At the time, their euphoric, beachy brand of sunny electronica was dovetailing (in the best way) with a series of killer summer anthems. Now, according to Pitchfork, we’re in for a new season of swooning. Their...
Raekwon and Sade: Together, At Last
This one is so weird, we’re just going to straight up explain what’s going on here with facts and shit. Basically, quiet-storm icon Sade commented on a radio show that she liked Wu-Tang OG Raekwon’s searing, don’t-call-it-a-comeback Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II. The news got to Rae, and he...
R. Kelly’s “Closet” Not Yet Closed and HAVE YOU HEARD “Echo” Yet?
Oh, boy. First, there was R. Kelly’s original five-part song-story-long-form-video-thing Trapped in the Closet, and that made us happy. You laughed, we laughed. Then, Kells was like, “Wait a minute, I have seven more chapters of this story for you,” and we were all, “We feel happier than before.” I mean,...
Bust Open a Breeeeeeew, Listen to Free Energy’s “Hope Child”
Dude. Have you ever seen Dazed and Confused? (Of course you have.) Remember that part where, like, there’s that keg party in the woods, and everyone gets together and is just broing out all over the place? Man, this new Free Energy song, “Hope Child,” would’ve been perfect for that...
Suite101: Music Articles
This music is taken from the traditions of Roots music and is represented by contemporary artist of today. Here are some of those genres and artist that represent them....
Plectrums come in many shapes, sizes and materials and choosing an appropriate one will enhance the sound quality of any guitar....
Harmony's Vintage Stringed Instruments and Amps
Harmony was responsible for large scale productions of banjos, violins, bass Guitars ukuleles, & amplfiers. The instruments were of Beginner,Intermediate & Fine quality....
A Visit With Mrs. Kate About Passport To Power
Mrs. Kate is a delight. A minister's wife,her heart is devoted to telling others about Jesus.She's bilingual and enjoys singing about God's love. Check out her latest CD....
Michelle Chappel in Finals of Music Contest
Raised in Georgia, Michelle suffered under the unseen shadow of child abuse. Through pure determination, she ultimately earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton....
Groovin' The Moo Reveals Stellar Line-up
The sixth annual Groovin' The Moo music festival has expanded its reach to five Australian regional centres, with an eclectic mix of bands hitting the road this May....
Music For Robots
One For The Team - Every Little Thing. I've been a fan of One For The Team for a while now, and it's been really interesting watching them change over the years. Their sound has deepened and darkened, and on Ghosts, their third full-length, an instrument that sounds like a...
S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa. Look, I'm not the guy to sort out all the political, social, sociopolitical, and other implications of the indie fascination with South African, and specifically Sowetan, music. There's a lot to say about it, especially when it comes to the long...
Bobby Charles - I Must Be in a Good Place Now. And so we lose another one.......
This is a great recording of one of the many Jay Reatard shows I was lucky enough to see. Even from the back of the room it was a bloodbath. We're gonna miss him like crazy.......
Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose - Younger. Like many songs I post on here, this is a song for the in-between times. It's not triumphant. It's not a celebration of success. It's not a shoulder to cry on or a call to move on. It's not about the boys being...
Can Numero Group do no wrong? T.L. Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship. The newest release from the archival label is Good God! Born Again Funk, out January 30. It's the 30th record from Numero, and the third in their Good God! series, which collects rare...
Tribute Band Reviews: Remove the Guesswork...Listen and Watch Before You Book!
Gipsy Kings Tribute Bands: Bamboleo
Bamboleo are the UK's premier Gipsy Kings tribute band, they play their complete catalogue including Bamboleo, Volare, Djobi plus many more of their biggest hits. (...)...
Michael Jackson Tribute Acts: Man In The Mirror
'Man In The Mirror' present the ultimate Michael Jackson tribute show including live vocals, live instrumentation, great costumes and amazing dance routines. (...)...
Andrews Sisters Tribute Acts: The Rockabella's
The Rockabella's are an outstanding Andrews Sisters tribute act, a vivacious female harmony trio. (...)...
Rihanna Tribute Acts: Perusi Kakaire
Rihanna tribute act (Perusi) presents a high energy show covering all of her smash hits, from the debut album Pon De Replay to her latest collaborations with Justin Timberlake, T.I. and Jay Z. (...)...
Coldplay Tribute Bands: Coldplace
Coldplace present the most authentic tribute to Coldplay that the UK has ever seen. They aim to re-create the atmosphere and excitement that you would experience at a live Coldplay concert. (...)...
Green Day Tribute Bands: Green Date
Green Day tribute band (Green Date) present an outstanding tribute to this amazing band. (...)...
Culture Bully
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Culture Bully Presents 2009 Mashed
Culture Bully proudly presents "2009 Mashed," a compilation combining elements of the year that was, represented by the collected efforts of a group of bastard-pop producers from around the world....
Retroselective: The Year in Culture Bully
A look back at the highlights of the year through Culture Bully's Retroselective series....
A countdown of the top records of the decade....
A countdown of the top songs from the past decade....
Santastic! Christmas & Holiday Mashup Albums
A collection of holiday mashups produced by some of the best bastard pop producers on the earth....
Today's Blog Music - The Hype Machine
The Replacements (Live) - Bent Out of Shape
Here's the very last show The Replacements ever played - July 4th, 1991 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Besides the obvious historical/sentimental value that fact brings, the show is notable for a few other reasons as well. There’s Tommy’s… (in post [Live/Bootleg] The Replacements - Grant Park, Chicago 7/4/91 from Pop...
The Replacements (Live) - Achin' To Be
Here's the very last show The Replacements ever played - July 4th, 1991 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Besides the obvious historical/sentimental value that fact brings, the show is notable for a few other reasons as well. There’s Tommy’s… (in post [Live/Bootleg] The Replacements - Grant Park, Chicago 7/4/91 from Pop...
The Replacements (Live) - One Wink At a Time
Here's the very last show The Replacements ever played - July 4th, 1991 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Besides the obvious historical/sentimental value that fact brings, the show is notable for a few other reasons as well. There’s Tommy’s… (in post [Live/Bootleg] The Replacements - Grant Park, Chicago 7/4/91 from Pop...
The Replacements (Live) - I Don't Know
Here's the very last show The Replacements ever played - July 4th, 1991 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Besides the obvious historical/sentimental value that fact brings, the show is notable for a few other reasons as well. There’s Tommy’s… (in post [Live/Bootleg] The Replacements - Grant Park, Chicago 7/4/91 from Pop...
Young Sinclairs – “Tribe” (electronically ampli?ed pop-art) 1986 – “Undertow” (featuring members who have played with Bishop Allen, The Rosebuds, The Gutter Twins, Cursive, or Okkervil River) The Heligoats – “Fish Sticks” (delirious art (in post Free music Friday from Atomic Ned. More by this artist at )...
Young Sinclairs – “Tribe” (electronically ampli?ed pop-art) 1986 – “Undertow” (featuring members who have played with Bishop Allen, The Rosebuds, The Gutter Twins, Cursive, or Okkervil River) The Heligoats – “Fish Sticks” (delirious art (in post Free music Friday from Atomic Ned. More by this artist at )...
SiriusBuzz.com
Sirius XM Adds Certified Pre-Owned Ford and Lincoln Mercury Vehicles to its Free Trial List
Sirius XM announced today that it would offer introductory 3 month trial subscriptions of the Sirius Everything package upon the purchase of all Sirius equipped Ford and Lincoln Mercury Certified Pre-owned vehicles. The Everything package delivers more than 130 channels of premier sports, news, talk, entertainment and commercial-free music programming...
Sirius XM Now on Blackberry With 7 Day Free Trial
Sirius XM finally announced today that they are getting into the BlackBerry game by offering access to a 120 channels of programming on the BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour, and Curve. The best news? The new Sirius XM BlackBerry application will come with a free 7 day trial for new users. Do...
Sirius XM to Offer 14 Flavors of Super Bowl XLIV Coverage
Once again Sirius XM announced today that it will broadcast Super Bowl XLIV in 10 languages, across 14 different live broadcasts plus live talk programming from South Florida throughout Super Bowl Week. Starting Monday, SIRIUS NFL Radio (ch.124) will broadcast live every day from Radio Row at the Ft. Lauderdale Convention...
Sirius XM Adds 257k Net Subscribers in the Fourth Quarter of 2009
Today Sirius XM announced that it ended the year with 18,772,758 total subscribers, adding 257,028 net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009. Even more important then this being the second consecutive quarter of net subscriber additions, CEO Mel Karmazin notes that this is the first year in the companies...
The History of Howard Stern Act III All Next Week on Sirius
Starting December 21st you will be able to hear the 3rd installment of the History of Howard Stern on Howard 100 and Howard 101 on the Sirius dial. The History of Howard Stern: Act III, exclusive radio documentary series offers listeners a rare behind-the-scenes look at the life, career and...
Snoop Dogg Nation All Next Week on Sirius XM Radio
Starting this coming Monday Snoop Dogg Nation, a commercial-free channel featuring music, interviews, and specials celebrating the career of the hip-hop icon, from his early days with Dr. Dre to his newest album, Malice N Wonderland will be taking over Hip Hop Nation on Sirius (ch. 40) and XM (ch....
BeatCrave.com - Passionate About Music!
Kanye West Denies Airplane Freak-Out Rumors
Kanye West has laid down low for the most part after he embarrassed himself along with Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards last year. Some say he went to India. Some say he even died (obviously, not true). His blog was spared of all the caps he liked...
Music Stars Ready To Rock Super Bowl XLIV
As Super Bowl XLIV looms closer, we’re not only wondering if it’ll be the New Orleans Saints or the Indianapolis Colts who claim the championship trophy, but whether or not The Who are going to kick ass during the halftime show. Joining The Who for Super Bowl Sunday will be Carrie...
BeatCrave Fav Poll: Vanaprasta, Blair, Olentangy John, Those Darlins
We know we’ve deprived you from our BeatCrave Favs for a little bit, but we’re happy to say the series is back in full effect! So without further ado… We’ve picked out favorite artists of the week. Now it’s your turn to pick yours! Is your favorite Those Darlins, the trio...
Wyclef Jean Will Perform at Haiti Benefit Concert
P. Diddy, Queen Latifah and Pharrell will be taking a day off of their busy schedules to host a two-hour concert and telethon that will benefit the earthquake relief efforts Haiti. They will be joined by top musicians such as Wyclef Jean, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Mary J. Blige, Drake, Justin...
Album Review: Gobotron’s On Your Mark, Get Set…
The solo project of Manchester Orchestra’s lead guitarist Robert McDowell serves as much as a fair example of a rock production as it does a message on self-propulsion. Gobotron – the professional pet name of sorts assumed by McDowell during this extension of his talents – gives us less of...
Frances Bean Cobain to duet with Amanda Palmer, Weird Al, and more
Like a sci-fi plot in which multiple alternate universes all collide upon a single point, Evelyn Evelyn (the side project of Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer with Seattle musician Jason Webley) has crafted a song in which a seemingly random host of pop culture forces find themselves rubbing elbows and egos,...
pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog
Pampelmoose Picks For The Week Of February 5th
Van Dyke Parks – Wednesday @ Mississippi Studios If you’re a music geek, the name Van Dyke Parks is music to your ears, considering the man’s pop pedigree. He has contributed lyrics to many great Beach Boys songs (”Heroes & Villains”, “Surf’s Up”), performed with The Byrds, produced albums by Ry...
808080808 State: An Interview With Graham Massey
During their ’90s heyday, 808 State were one of the first groups to bring the sounds of techno and acid house to the pop charts in their native England. The quartet – comprised of Graham Massey, Marc Price, Andrew Barker, and Darren Partington – peaked right out of the gate,...
Beaux-Arts Ball at Portland Art Museum February 6th – Support The Arts
Ok Portland, I’m doing a DJ set at the Beaux-Arts Ball at Portland Art Museum this Saturday night, February 6th. Proceeds from the show will benefit education programs at the Portland Art Museum. Other than myself, entertainment is provided by Morningwood and Lily Verlaine. For tickets and information click here....
Album Review: Pit er Pat – The Flexible Entertainer (Thrill Jockey)
Some bands hit the nail on the head with unusual strength when naming themselves. The duo known as Pit er Pat are one such group, capturing the core of their sound – a rhythm heavy rumble that relies heavily on the slithery drumming of Butchy Fuego and Fay Davis-Jeffers’ clamoring...
Jónsi Tour Announced by Sigur Rós Singer
Via email from Jónsi: A fan-only, password protected tour presale with some bonuses will start next Tuesday, February 9. We will be sending you all detailed information in the next few days. Stay tuned. The tour will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions, bringing together...
Portland Rumble – Jaguar Love Free Show February 2nd At Holocene
The Rumble skipped January but returns again on February 2nd at its usual location, Holocene. For this month’s show we have Jaguar Love, about whom Pampelmoose contributor Robert Ham has great things to say here. Also on the bill are Logan Lynn and DJ A-Train. And as always it’s a...
Indie Music Tech
dot Music: A Domain Name Extension for the Music Industry
While attending MIDEM last week, I met Constantine Roussos, founder of the ".music" top level domain name initiative. Essentially, he's attempting to generate enough public support to successfully petition ICANN to add .music to the existing list of Generic Top Level Domain Name extensions, such as .com, .net, .org, etc....
Band Metrics Releases Public Beta
Its been a long time coming, but I'm happy to announce that we finally released the public beta of Band Metrics this morning from Midem. What took so long? Great question. We had to re-engineer the entire system, as the previous two versions were flawed. This was a difficult decision...
ArtistData Releases Improved UI, New Features, Paid Options and more
ArtistData just released some significant improvements this morning. Below is a little bit of what Brenden Mulligan had to say (go here to read his detailed announcement): "Today we released the single largest revision to the ArtistData platform. For the past few months we've been reworking and improving the user...
AudioTag is a free music recognition service that allows you to identify over 1 million songs by simply uploading a 15 second clip (almost any audio file format and bit-rate is accepted), or by submitting a YouTube URL. It's an interesting service, especially since it's free so I tested AudioTag...
As briefly mentioned last week, I've been quietly working on another project for the past few months, separately from my work on Band Metrics. Needless to say, I'm pretty tired, but today I'm pleased to announce that the initial beta of Music Scout is live. While there's still a ton...
Apps for listening to the most popular emerging songs and artists like We are Hunted will soon have a new addition with awsm.fm (pre-release private beta). Thoughts?...
Rock and Roll Mama
In case you ever wondered why my name is…
Rock and Roll Mama, Will Kennedy wrote a profile of me over at the Life 360 Blog. I have to say, Will asked some of my favorite questions ever, and is generally a super cool guy. I’m doing that super fun thing where I stay up all night to get...
Mommy Like a Rock Star, Part 9: What Rocks?
I’m gonna tell you a little secret that I bet you already know. Nothing is ever perfect. No matter how hard you try or how matter how much the universe may align. nothing will ever be EXACTLY all the way right. But there are perfect moments in life, and I believe...
Giveaway: Pass to Mom 2.0, Fishful Thinking
As a mom, I worry about a lot of things with my kids. I worry about if they’ll be healthy, if they’ll get into college, if they’ll floss when they move out (OK, when they live here too.) Most of the things I worry about, I can’t control. BUT I can...
Oh, Steve Jobs. You beast. You’ve done it again. No other company inspires such gadget lust, but it’s true. Whenever Apple comes out with a new device, I want to lick it and yell, “MINE!” before my 13 year old grabs it. Make no mistake: when (Not if, WHEN!) an Ipad shows...
Win a Trip To Walt Disney World Resort
Now through February 28th, 2010, you can enter once a day at Lifetime Moms to win a trip for your family to Walt Disney World. I’ll be doing a post each week about my family’s experience’s visiting the most magical place on Earth last December. Good luck, spread the word and...
Mommy Like A Rock Star, Part 8: You’re so Metal
Image via Wikipedia We’re on Day Eight of the ten part series: “Mommy Like a Rock Star”. To catch up, visit here. Lemme tell you about my weekend. I filled an entire laundry basket with socks needing matches. Almost set the house on fire when I set the tropical fish heater...
MTV Buzzworthy Blog
Never Shout Never Performed Live Today on MTV.com
Thank you for your great tunes, Christofer. And much thanks to everyone who watched, commented and sang along (yes, we heard you). The Never Shout Never frontman stopped by for a little chat and four-song performance this afternoon. We hope you caught it. Christofer breezed through -- with the help of a...
Vintage Video: Watch Britney Spears Watch The 1999 GRAMMY Awards
Time to get in the way, way back machine and go back to that time of innocence and optimism, it's time to party like it's 1999. You know who wasn't partying in 1999? Brintey Spears! Oh, I mean, she probably did some PG partying in those days, but not on GRAMMY...
New Video: Jason Derulo's 'The Walk To Fame' Webisode
Jason Derulo's rise to notoriety is a pretty interesting story. How do I know? Well, I just watched the first episode of The Walk To Fame, a web series being shown on the pop/R&B singer's MySpace page. We know and love Derulo's club-banger, "In My Head," and his Imogen-Heap-sampling, "Whatcha Say."...
Video Premiere: AFI, 'Beautiful Thieves'
(Credit: Rene Cervantes) Earlier this week we gave to you a look at AFI's newest video "Beautiful Thieves." The 30 second sneak peek was pretty cryptic, as was AFI frontman Davey Havok's suggestion that the finished version, "shows people being forced to be responsible for their actions, we implement that retribution,...
New Interview: The Audition On Las Vegas, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony And More
(Credit: Liza Chrust/MTV) Chicago band The Audition channel the mighty noise and bright melodies of their Midwestern forefathers Cheap Trick with great aplomb. Their 2009 Self-Titled Album (clever, clever) is a relentlessly pleasing slab of harmonies, distortion, emotion and volume in the red. And with their new album, Great Danger due...
Buzz Bites (2/4/10): Miley Cyrus Grows Up, Nick Jonas And Selena Gomez Step Out
+ Artists continue to do their part for Haiti relief. We've had the Hope For Haiti Now benefit album, the two charity singles ("Everyboyd Hurts" and the "We Are The World" remake). Now we get news that John Mayer and Arcade Fire have each licensed songs to help aid the...
NashvilleGab - Nashville news and country music gossip
I'm alive....barely....but alive in any case
To answer the question on lots of minds, I'm alive. I did make it to Nashville and got to enjoy the winter wonderland. I had fun despite most of N'Ville being locked down tight. The flight in was harrowing and scary and vomit-inducing, but we landed safely and that's really...
Stuck in Denver...oh yeah, oh yeah....
Well I made it as far as Denver...so far. As any of you who live near Nashville know you're having sucky winter weather and it's messing with my trip. I made it to Denver from Boise with no problems but then United shut down all flights going anywhere near Nashville....
Oh, before I'm off and running...it's LeAnn singing Lady GaGa
TMZ had this fun video of LeAnn having a blast singing Karaoke in a Colorado bar. I have nothing bad to say, they just all look like they're having too much fun for me to rain on their parade. Besides, I'm glad to see that even awesome singers can sing...
Here's the 411 for this weekend
Okay guys, as I mentioned yesterday I'm off to Nashville this weekend. I have a full day of my day-job work today on top of trying to get ready to leave tomorrow so I think I will probably not be on the site today. I will try and get on...
Trace Adkins don't like no itty bitty B-Team show
Who the heck would think that anyone would ever think of stiffing Trace Adkins out of anything, but apparently last year the Grammys stiffed poor Trace and he's not one bit happy about it. From CJDC... You'd think Trace would be over the moon about getting to be part of...
This is what I get for not being up on my Dixie Chicks trivia
Okay, here's a little Natalie Maines info. She's married to one of the actors from the TV show Heroes. His name is Adrian Pasdar. Adrian and Natalie live happily in LA. They've been married since June of 2000 and have two little boys. Why am I telling you this? Well...
Hakim Callier
Now You Can Get Great Mixes, Who Doesn’t Want That?
I am changing the platform of this site. It may happen over a period of time but in the coming months I will be opening up my mixing services to you, deserving public. And now you can get great mixes too! One of the changes that will take place...
My name is Hakim Callier and I am a music producer and currently working on the art-rock band RPG’s debut album. I am specializing in the songwriting and music production of their 7 volume music project entitled, Rainbows. R P G, makes colorful songs that reflect all the texture, tone...
My most recent mixing project, a mid-tempo funk rock tune, that has a lot of movement within the stereo sound stage has got me thinking about effects. I have found myself thinking about the basics of mixing and why we use effects in the first place. This led me to...
Kalandar Music | R P G Biography
As promised I am giving my blog readers advance news on the progress of the R P G project. The latest update is the official biography for the group. You may also find a link to a rough mix of a feature song from the Red Collection below. R P G...
Is the art of recording dead? Where are all the colors and textures in today’s music? Making music with bold textures made the listener feel something. Remember, “At Last” by Etta James? The texture in that recording was great! Customizing texture and character of sound was a key feature of recordings...
Everybody Ought to Know About Hakim Callier
Full length audio clip of Scream!, a music production by Hakim Callier (Music X-Ray) follow me (@hakimcallier) ...
FT.com - Arts & weekend, Film
Hal Willner's I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues?, Lincoln Center, New York
Rufus Wainwright, Sting, Lou Reed, Van Dyke Parks ... Hal Willner calls in a few favours to stage a night of special guests singing American songs. Emily Stokes goes along for the ride...
Midlake, Wilton's Music Hall, London
The Texan prog-rockers give an introspective performance in their engagement with the past – but one that draws you magnetically into their imaginative world, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney...
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House, London
A slim and gracious soprano set sparks off every phrase of this now oft-performed collaboration between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is a production with the necessary bite, says Richard Fairman...
Jurowski/OAE, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle, Royal Festival Hall
It was a shock to find the New Model Army of period style (the OAE) being upstaged by the old guard (Barenboim), says Andrew Clark...
Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet, Ronnie Scott's, London
In her first performance at Ronnie's for 15 years, the female drummer generates a steamrolling swing from a few flicks of her dark-toned ride cymbal and a couple of bass drum rumbles, writes Mike Hobart...
An all-star duo offers a celebration of the 200th birthdays of Schumann and Chopin, while a virtuoso group presents a precis of three decades of the European avant-garde, writes Allan Ulrich...