dradio.de: "Die in Deutschland wohl bekannteste Studierenden-Community StudiVZ hat es von gerade mal 50.000 im Juni 2006 auf mittlerweile an die 5 Millionen Mitglieder geschafft. Das war für die Kommunikationswissenschaftler an der Universität Münster ein Grund, diesem Community-Boom auf den Grund zu gehen. Sie wollten beispielweise wissen, warum sich Studierende überhaupt in der Internet-Plattform registrieren lassen." Weiter
It's called "The Devil, You + Me" The album will feature the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, a Berlin-based chamber orchestra that claims "to let classical and jazz musicians work together in an inventive context outside of the common 'jazz meets classical' clichés."
npr.org: "Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Radiohead's latest work, In Rainbows and listen to some of the artists Yorke admires, including German electronica group Modeselektor, rap duo Madvillain, techno group Autechre and more." Listen here
southernlord.com: "Eclectic Japanese power trio Boris return with another limited offering! This time round its a live, psychedelic, mind expanding collaboration with the legendary Japanese master of abrasion: MERZBOW!
What makes the Boris / Merzbow collaboration particularly interesting is that both Boris and Merzbow seem to leave behind the expected to fully embrace the unknown. The usually harsh, corrosive grate of Merzbow is not as apparent with Boris involved. Also the inspired charge of the Boris rock machine seems to reach new heights with Merzbows' intuitive textures added." Read on
wnyc.org: "In this episode of Rockwell Matters, John Rockwell remembers the character and music of the recently deceased iconic German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen." Listen/Download here
soundopinions.org: "It's been 15 years since Tori Amos broke onto the music scene with "Little Earthquakes." Since then she's gone on to sell 12 million records and enjoy a huge following. Join Tori, Jim and Greg as they discuss her battles with the record industry and unique approach to songwriting. Then stay tuned for Jim and Greg's review of "8 Diagrams," the new record by the Wu-Tang Clan." Download here
BBC.co.uk: "Paul Bennun goes on a seven day digital diet. News, food, entertainment and social life are all accessed solely through the portal of his computer screen. From his desktop he uses Skype to conduct interviews to assess the social implications and cultural ramifications of a life lived online.
We hear the arguments for and against the effects of virtual interaction, from the psychological repercussions of being able to contrive multiple web personas, to the social impact of flexible working conditions facilitated by wireless gadgetry, to the different ways of thinking required for Instant Messaging.
Featuring interviews with Howard Reingold (inventor of the term 'virtual community'), sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, 'cybershrink' Sherry Turkle and science-fiction writer William Gibson." Listen here
wps1.org: "A selection of recent works from the award-winning Turkish composer, Erdem Helvacioglu. Helvacioglu is a multi instrumentalist, playing guitar, keyboard, bass, balama and other Turkish instruments. His music is a combination of ambient electroacoustic textures, the processed sounds of Turkish instruments, and adventurous harmonies and programming of synthesizers. His music was twice among the finalists of the Luigi Russolo Electroacoustic Competition. In 2001 he received the Best Performance Award in the 6th Roxy Music Competition, with his electronic band HAZ." Listen here
wnyc.org: "Ever since they completed their EMI record deal with 2003's "Hail to the Thief," Radiohead has been the world's biggest unsigned band. Now, singer Thom Yorke and his bandmates are releasing a new album, "In Rainbows," on the Internet and letting fans decide how much to pay for it. We ask Gerd Leonhard, author of The Future of Music, and New York Times music critic Nate Chinen and Bob Lefsetz, former record executive, if the "tip jar" model can work for other artists." Found via the WNYC Soundcheck Podcast
dradio.de: "Gemeinsam mit Gisela Steinhauer wirft der Musikproduzent Andreas "Bär" Läsker einen Blick hinter die Kulisse der Musikbranche. Der 44-Jährige, der wegen seiner beeindruckenden Körpergröße den Beinamen "Bär" trägt, weiß, wovon er redet. Er ist der Entdecker und Manager der Stuttgarter HipHop-Formation "Die Fantastischen Vier". Der Mitbegründer des Labels "Four Music" hat aber auch andere Bands gemanagt wie "Fury in the Slaughterhouse" oder "Die Prinzen". Er gilt als eine der erfolgreichsten "Spürnasen" der deutschen Musikszene. Diese Szene hat er allerdings heftig geschockt: Denn seit kurzem ist der gebürtige Ludwigsburger Juror bei Deutschlands erfolgreichster, aber auch umstrittenster Castingshow, "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" ("DSDS")." Weiter
npr.org: "Nowadays, all sorts of celebrities and public figures are taking on causes all over the world ... But when Paris Hilton goes to Rwanda or Jenna Bush writes a book on HIV, does it really do anything to change public awareness of these issues? Listen
"The Lisps are an assemblage of 21st century post-rock n' vaudeville auteurs. They write songs about science and love and sometimes perform in costumes, with tap shoes and without microphones. The Lisps are the public/performative version of all the relationships you're struggling with."
"We are a chambery folky punky band based in Chicago. We've played with The Violent Femmes and The Arcade Fire. We've been glowingly praised in Billboard and Time Out NY. Elia's songs from our first album have been featured on The OC, in a Michael Rappaport film, and in a play at Second City." MySpace
wired.com: "Wikipedia Scanner offers users a searchable database that ties millions of anonymous Wikipedia edits to organizations where those edits apparently originated, by cross-referencing the edits with data on who owns the associated block of internet IP addresses." Read on
wnyc.org: "For over 20 years, singer-songwriter Tori Amos has touched on hot-button issues like sexuality, patriarchy and religion. She joins us to talk about impersonating four different archetypes from the Greek pantheon and slamming George Bush on her new album, "American Doll Posse." And she performs live in studio." Listen here
npr.org: "The new album Dub Qawwali takes the vocal stylings of the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died 10 years ago, and puts them over a reggae beat. Nusrat, a Pakistani singer, has sold more records worldwide than Elvis. Listen here
brainwashed.com: "Much of Rainbow is the next logical step after Boris' fantastic Pink album, there is the same mixture of heaviness and melody but with a greater emphasis on the latter. With Ghost's Michio Kurihara on board there is a greater exploration of what a guitar and an amp is musically capable of as opposed to physically capable of." Read the whole review
Candidate for my personal CD of 2008!
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brainwashed.com: "Much of Rainbow is the next logical step after Boris' fantastic Pink album, there is the same mixture of heaviness and melody but with a greater emphasis on the latter. With Ghost's Michio Kurihara on board there is a greater exploration of what a guitar and an amp is musically capable of as opposed to physically capable of." 