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Musicians who get ahead tend to find that talent and a little bit of originality provide them with all the self-promotion they need, opening doors to
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Kevin Wilson's de
Derek Sivers recently released a series of videos, titled Uncommon Sense, in which he sensibly discusses music and entrepreneurship in a manner that
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There's a lot of hype surrounding Dudamel and his Venezuelan cohort. While other orchestras may play better technically, no other band can better deli
Set for an August 1st release via Warp Recs, here’s a track from Hudson Mohawke’s new EP, Satin Panthers. Now let me start off by saying
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Admittedly, when I first listened to Pictureplane’s sophomore album Thee Physical I didn’t know what exactly to think about it. I missed
Skyward Invalid Everything about Julianna Barwick’s music is just right. Mostly comprised of loops of her searing distant voice, its occasional
Cosmic Eclipse Records presents Mental Home, the second joint album by Hannebu (Tasos Mantzounis) & Mind Oscillation (Panos Karampalasis), a Gree
Among the handful of Piazzolla compositions which most would agree qualify for the descriptor, "beautiful," must be included Tanti Anni prima, which i
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First of all, look at that cover art and tell me how could this possibly suck? It doesn't.There is a case to be made for small-town America in the fac
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The number 4 means something to Beyoncé: it's the date of her birth, the date of her wedding; there are even four key changes in the final, teeteri
Are you an artist of some sort? Do you hate writing artistic statements? I know I do. They’re a necessary evil, unfortunately; if you want fundi
Are you an artist of some sort? Do you hate writing artistic statements? I know I do. They’re a necessary evil, unfortunately; if you want fundi
Are you an artist of some sort? Do you hate writing artistic statements? I know I do. They’re a necessary evil, unfortunately; if you want fundi
Reviewed by Eric Saeger Like an airier, less in-your-face James Blunt, singer Brock Scott leads this alt-folk quintet into a sound that evokes angels
Reviewed by Eric Saeger Like an airier, less in-your-face James Blunt, singer Brock Scott leads this alt-folk quintet into a sound that evokes angels
I had my headphones in as I got into bed, listening to the closing moments of Gotye's Coming Back. Song ends. Silence as I switch the l
General Knowledge: I printed out on yellow paper the most common questions asked by AMEB examiners on piano examination day. I cut them in the shape o
To reward longtime King Crimson fanatics who waited ten long years (1984-1994) for new studio material, the band issued this EP of six tracks that w
As dawn breaks over Cheltenham racecourse for the final day of Wychwood Festival, the sun is nowhere to be seen. Despite earlier forecasts stating the
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Along with the hoariest of rock critic cliches -- “legendary blues giant,” “wild man drummer” and “splitting over musical differences” --
Saludos!Un día, cuando andaba en mis momentos de pseudo guitarrista ya hace algunos añitos, un camarada con quien tocaba algunos covers clásicos de
This is a list of my top 5 favorite comic book writers (in no particular order, just as they came to mind) and a list of some of their highlights:Geof
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Today is the 10th anniversary of Free Comic Book Day!It's a great day where comic book stores everywhere will be having special events, artist singing
Posted by Andrew HertzbergSeriously, these supergroups are going to need supergroup-villains to combat soon enough. And if he’s got a part in all of
As was widely expected, Arsenal have confirmed that ticket prices next season will rise by 6.5%. The timing was unsurprising coming on the back of the
Image via WikipediaI wonder what this new month has in store for us here on Silent Cacophony.Let's hope that it is a good as last May.You can read all
Zambaleta is my favorite world music education center + in San Francisco. When they say 'world music' they mean it. Inclusive to all forms, folk
Image via WikipediaLast June I started a new feature on this blog entitled Chasing Content.It's a great feature that gives us a chance to dig through
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Long time MLD readers will remember my brother Ryan’s regular “TEN4SEVEN” series. Each and every week for a year he hunted high an
Amy Adams is welcome here at Silent Cacophony any time!... (
MP3 In preparation for its forthcoming album, Ex Military, Death Grips has released another track and music video–though this music video isn&#
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to see composer and computer-music pioneer Jean-Claude Risset present a concert of his work at CCRMA at Stanford
Delta Killing Season‘s a full-length disc from Absence.Insolution, full of churning static walls and looped sound samples including voices and
On their latest LP, Vivian Girls try to step even further past the noise and effects that made their previous efforts such noisy whirlwinds. It’
On my books to watch for in 2011 page, I flagged an interesting-looking study of David Markson, whose body of work only continues to grow in my eyes (
Welcome to this special edition of Know Your History.Tuesday March 8th marked the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day. It’s a global da
Back in the good old days of New Wave and Punk vinyl, one of the ways that those of us who were into the music discovered new bands was by picking up
This crate of cassette tapes had been tucked away in the bottom of a storage closet for quite some time. This weekend, I decided to unearth these old
