EventsKekal
Free album downloads are available from this Avant-garde metal group from Jakarta, Indonesia!
Audio Compression
To me, compressing a musician’s audio track is roughly analogous to adding a little bit of white to every color in a painter’s palette, causing them to fade. The picture (or sounds) aren’t as bright or clear as before.
Congo’s Paraplegic Musicians
Economist: Paraplegics from the Congo are trying to use music to make a difference.
Ad Space Being Sold on Records
Rolling Stone: Record companies desperate to increase revenues have begun selling ad space in cd booklets.
October Releases
October is a huge month for Obnoxious artist album releases! Check out our Events calendar tab to see the dates for all five of them.
Spirit | Apse
If I had to explain Spirit in one sentence, I’d say it’s a dark, atmospheric, and experimental post-rock album. It has a tribal feel at times, and the vocals are used as an additional feature to the overall sound rather than the primary source of the melody, as many post-rock groups are prone to. Other adjectives I think perfectly describe this album are: haunting, creepy, spacey, and weird.
Rodrigo y Gabriela
This post is somewhat of a departure from most of our other reviews on this site. Pretty much all of the others are for a rock/metal band or hip hop act. Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo with a background in metal.
Hip-Hop’s First Female Celebrity
NY Daily News: “hip hop’s first female celebrity” cashes in on Warner Music’s forgotten promise.
Yahoo Wins Music-Streaming Case Appeal
CNET: Yahoo comes out on top in music-streaming legal tangle with Sony
Big Bucks In Music Publishing
NY Times: In this modern age of declining music industry, the big bucks nowadays lie in tying up publishing rights.
