Before music there was silence
CD. 24 Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans Since few people pay attention to the charts any more, you may not know this guy had a number one song this year (or that he co-wrote Flo Rida’s “Right Round.”) Or you might. His first CD highlights, in a welcoming complexity, his mind. Bruno (first known [...]
We owe a lot to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music without her, music wouldn’t exist, the world would be dark and dreary, and the tuneless and tone deaf would reign. The 17th-Century Cecilia played every instrument and her voice challenged the souls of angels, her ear finely tuned enough to hear them sing [...]
“And then there were five”, said Rachel Cohen at the start of The Reasoning’s gig at The Fleece and Firkin in Bristol, England. The departure of guitarist, vocalist and founder member Dylan Thompson on the eve of the tour came as something as a shock. The band’s decision to rehearse and tour as a five-piece [...]
(Soundlust.com likes to provide the latest Software Licensing Agreements – the exact SLA – for the programs people use regularly, to keep a record and to hopefully provide use if matters and language changes) — — — This is what’s new: What’s new in iTunes 10.1 • Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos [...]
It’s unusual to see Apple fail at anything (For those with long memories, let’s add “lately.”). However, its Ping “social network” function integrated within its iTunes, is awkward, to put it mildly. They probably will get a bump in sales, but since they usually have the end user experience so much to the forefront, it’s [...]
In the mix of sight and sound it was the music that took center stage Friday at the third creative explosion of painting and tunes at Gangplank. From hip-hop to techno to surf, Desert Bloom 3 rocked the mothership. All the while, 10 artists focused on getting their visions on canvas, ready in time for [...]
“If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” You’ve heard that. It’s wise. Also, occasionally wrong. Desert Bloom, and all its sights and sounds, plans to show you just how wrong by setting things right. Friday, the event that seeks to meld music and art heats up for Round 2. It’s free. [...]
(PHOENIX) SoundLust e-mailed The Sound Strike the day our previous article on boycotting Arizona was originally published, June 24, asking for any other bands that had joined the boycott. The site had not been updated since May 25, the day the effort launched. We did not receive a reply, but last week the boycott group [...]
Guitarist Aaron “Ump Ump” McCollum and The Earps played a show May 30, 2009 at The Blooze Bar. ©Temple Stark/Soundlust.com ABC 15 reports that the Blooze Bar, burned to the ground last night after closing time in what appears to be an electrical accident. (It’s just down the street from where I’m sitting now.) Owners [...]