Graphic designer Michael Deal has a great project going visualizing and exploring The Beatles music through infographics. Through his amazing visualizations (see below) you can track things like The Beatles’ work schedule between 1963-66, song keys, authorship and collaboration and The Beatles’ use of self referential lyrics.
Like we pointed out earlier, 2009 was great year for vinyl records. The Nielsen Soundscan numbers reveals a 33% growth in 2009 with about 2.5 million vinyl records sold in the US! On a even more positive note 2 out 3 vinyl records was purchased at a independent music store!
The top ten best selling artists [...]
Figuring out the exact number is tough since quite a bit of vinyl is sold through independent stores and directly from artists/labels, but judging from recent numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, which is measuring sales from the major retailers, vinyl is doing even better than last year with an increase from 1.9 million to 2.8 million [...]
The guys over at Guitar World have put together a list of the thirty best punk albums of all time. Lots to like on this list. We’re quite pleased to see The Sonics up there.
Here is top five. Head over to Guitar World to see the full list. Any thoughts?
THE SONICS—Here are the Ultimate Sonics
Spinner has cool a piece on writer-director Wes Anderson’s convincing ability to match songs with scenes to make them both more enjoyable and memorable. We’ve picked two we like below. If you enjoy it, head over to Spinner to see the rest.
The Stooges, Search and Destroy in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer breaths new life into dead cassette tapes as he explores the possibilities held by forms of media fast becoming outmoded, altering and remodelling disused objects designed to communicate or share information.
“Technology grows and mutates much like life or nature,” Dettmer has said about the connections between plastic and human bones [...]
Directed by Ben Whalley, the BBC documentary “Krautrock: The Rebirth Of Germany” takes a look at “how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.” Featuring interviews and music from legendary bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk, this doc is well worth about an [...]
The third installment of Soundscreen Design’s Vinyl is Forever series features the design of New York based designer, writer, and teacher Rob Giampietro. The edition features organic and recycled garments from Alternative Apparel including crew neck t’s, 3/4 sleeve henleys, crew neck sweatshirts and oversized grocery tote bags. As always, the print run is limited, [...]
It’s time to pick the best record cover sleeve of 2009. Art Vinyl with the help from Creative Review’s Mark Sinclair, Rough Trade’s Spencer Hicks and John Doran from The Quietus have shortlisted 50 sleeves and you can now have your say and cast your vote for the best cover art of 2009.
Last year’s winner [...]
A couple of months ago Neil Young released the first volume of the long-awaited Archives box set series and now Reprise is reissuing Young’s first four albums on 140gram vinyl.
