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.
Moonrise Kingdom
We’re only a few days away from the release of Wes Anderson’s new film, Moonrise Kingdom. Portable record players, tree houses, and canoes. It looks awesome: The soundtrack also looks promising, with lots of old Hank Williams tunes. My favorite Wes Anderson soundtrack is still that from the Darjeeling Limited.
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:
Baby Elephant!
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.
Can Gold Be Used As Currency?
Via Felix Salmon:
The Black Keys & John Fogerty
A Frog Acting Human
Via Ezra Klein:
Another reason I love MIT…
Building Tetris: