Art of Almost
Category: Music
Hot Chip on Jimmy Fallon
Hot Chip
They were awesome at the House of Blues last night. Here’s a clip:
A Very Impressive Guitar Riff Compilation
8-Bit OK Computer
In the spirit of electronic music, Pitchfork has some links to Kid A and OK Computer tunes, played as though they’re 8-bit video game music. It sounds like it could be annoying, but some the OK Computer tracks are pretty great:
Google Celebrates Robert Moog
With a cool working electronic synth four track right on the homepage: It’s funny. I feel like tons of blogs are posting about this, acting as though they know all about Robert Moog. And I suppose maybe they do. The “Moog Synthesizer” sounds vaguely familiar, but I won’t pretend to have known anything about the man or his contributions to electronic music until this morning when I looked him up on wikipedia. But now I do. And I used google’s synth to make this monstrosity. Click the link to hear something horrendous. A somethingsbrewing.com original.
The Studio
I spent the weekend in a recording studio in Maine with Vanessa Kafka, Aaron Pearsall, and Matt Beals. We were working on Vanessa’s new EP. It was an awesome session, and so far it sounds great. Thanks again to everyone who helped support the project. And here are a few pictures from the studio: The Board: Stuff I Don’t Understand: The Studio: Listening Back: A Beautiful, Beautiful Amp:
Mikey P Sings Superstition
My good friend Mikey P sang a song with the band at my friend Rachel’s wedding last night, and he killed it: Congrats again to Rach and Jordan.
The Black Keys & John Fogerty
This is why I love MIT…
Unfortunately, I’ll be in NYC on Thursday. But if you’re in or around Cambridge, I can’t think of a logical reason to miss this. Here’s a video of the Piano Drop from 2009: And here’s the first ever, from 1972: