Radiohead just released 1.8GB of MiniDisc demos on Bandcamp

Gen X and Y just got their Beatles Anthology, basically – and it’s fantastic. Radiohead remind us why we love them with nearly two gigs of demos ripped from (seriously) MiniDiscs.

Now ‘AI’ takes on writing death metal, country music hits, more

Machine learning is synthesizing death metal. It might make your death metal radio DJ nervous – but it could also mean music software works with timbre and time in new ways. That news – plus some comical abuse of neural networks for writing genre-specific lyrics in genres like country – next.

Peter Kirn - April 22, 2019

Enjoy the sweet sound of guitar just intonation on this album

Sorry. I’m terrible at writing headlines, actually. I’m also mostly terrible at writing reviews. So let me just say that if you haven’t heard Horse Lords, the Baltimore-based indie band, since their 2010 founding, you deserve to. And they make a great argument for why alternative tunings really do matter in music.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2016

Watch Battles Reflect on Loops, Ableton in a Live Band Setting

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2015

From the Heart of Belgrade’s Underground, Inside a New Festival Experience

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2015

Staying Mobile, Imperfect; Music and Talk from Robert Lippok, To Rococo Rot

- June 3, 2014

A Sci-Fi Band and Music Made from Ozone Data: Elektron Drum Machine, Sax Sonification

- November 4, 2013

Playable 8-bit Game as Promo, and Okkervil River’s Nostalgia-Drenched Wonderlands

- August 26, 2013

Create (Really) Analog Music: Music Video Made on Historic Edison Wax Cylinder

- November 2, 2012

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