It’s been a very good decade for music. Various genres blossomed into fully fledged music industry standards. The industry crippled itself in the face of digital distribution while Apple Computers, Inc. made us think different, becoming the leader in music sales globally (almost). I’ve loved a lot of music in this decade, most of which [...]
I have written about Spotify, and discussed it a lot in 2009. Basically, the service allows users to stream almost any song, album or artist catalog online, for free. The caviat is that you get an advert every 30minutes, and to remove these ads you can pay a €10/month subscription. Sounds great, and in reality [...]
I’ve done posts before, particularly on my old blog, about introducing new and interesting bands to people that yee may not have heard before. Well, now I’m doing the same – except instead of introducing you to bands, it’s the music video that takes center stage. This post stems from a remarkable fan-made video for [...]
Before writing this blog post I had to consider something. Something no political, technology or music blogger probably ever had to consider before – is white snake spelled as two words, or one whole word? This post is about their instant classic, “Slide it in”. I could comment on how every last one of White [...]
Today marks the 14th of October, 2009. Two days before the release (in some territories) of the next Rammstein album titled “Liebe ist für alle da”, which translates from their native German to “Love is there for all”. Over the next two weeks, the album will be progressively released worldwide in a typical draconian music-industry [...]
