Search
A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online
5.2.2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set—namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this...
Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music Europa
5.2.2021
Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music EuropaRead more
Yoko Taro Thinks Nier Violates Square Enix's Own Guidelines For Fan Creations
4.2.2021
Square Enix has published Japanese-language guidelines for derivative fan creations. These guidelines cover Nier Replicant, Nier Gestalt, Nier: Automata, Nier Re[in]carnation, and Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... In sort, all the Nier games!Read more
Ditto Promotes Accessible Finance for Streaming Artists with the Launch of Defi Platform
2.2.2021
Global music distribution service Ditto has unveiled the latest addition to its service lineup for musicians with a blockchain-based financing platform named Opulous. Opulous Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform Serves as a Loan Pool Designed to Help Artists Ditto continues its efforts to improve...
Kiss rocker Gene Simmons is bullish on DOGE and XRP
1.2.2021
Kiss frontman and a known crypto fan Gene Simmons is bullish on several cryptos including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Dogecoin
Monstercat dance label sells $180K of musical NFTs in two minutes
29.1.2021
Major EDM record label Monstercat sees NFTs as a new way to provide alternative revenue streams
Track: Suki, Suki, Suki (London) | Artist: Sadistic Mika Band | Album: Live in London
28.1.2021
Track: Suki, Suki, Suki (London) | Artist: Sadistic Mika Band | Album: Live in London Read more
[aktualita] Sledovanost Retro Music TV je 0,27 %, meziročně významně narostla
27.1.2021
Retro Music Television zveřejnila v tiskové zprávě výsledky sledovanosti za rok 2020. Z těch mimo jiné vyplynulo, že je oblíbená především u diváků v Praze. Její průměrný podíl na sledovanosti v roce 2020 dosáhl na 0,27 % v cílové skupině 15–69 let (v roce 2019 to bylo 0,16 %). Od 1. ledna...
Lego Vidiyo Lets Kids Make Augmented Reality Music Videos With Minifigs
26.1.2021
Harnessing the power of augmented reality and featuring songs from Universal Music Group artists, Lego Vidiyo lets kids and adults with too much time on their hands put together colorful music videos filled with special effects and dancing toy llamas. Read more
The Japanese Government Could Change Cosplay Forever
25.1.2021
Currently, anyone in Japan is free to dress as their favorite characters. That will continue, most likely, but there might be big changes for those who make money from cosplaying—and possibly, even for those who don’t.Read more
Luxembourg Start-Up To Ramp Up Music Rights Platform Next Year
20.1.2021
Luxembourg-based start-up ANote Music has created a marketplace that allows its users to purchase and sell music rights, using blockchain technology, raising EUR 505,000 (USD 612,000) last year from its first investment round, and attracting EUR 385,000 (USD 467,000) from investors. The firm is...
Hip-Hop Star Soulja Boy Examines Crypto, Considers Creating His Own NFT Collectibles
20.1.2021
On January 19, the American hip-hop star and rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known as “Soulja Boy,” asked his 5.2 million Twitter followers to tell him the best way to purchase crypto. Following the initial tweet, Soulja Boy continued to discuss cryptocurrencies for the rest of...
Latest Music Act to Launch a Social Token: Portugal. The Man
14.1.2021
The Grammy Award–winning band is turning to Rally to join the ranks of musicians launching fan engagement tokens
Abandoned MF DOOM Game Sounded Cool
14.1.2021
News of MF DOOM’s death a couple of weeks ago led to an outpouring of tributes from artists around the world, from movie-makers to his peers and fans in the rap game, but one that caught my eye in particular was this project by Chafomon, an abandoned fan project for the Game Boy called MF Doom:...
Katy Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing
13.1.2021
Announced this morning by The Pokémon Company, popstar, American Idol judge, and new mom Katy Perry is headlining P25, a yearlong collaboration with Universal Music Group artists to produce ... music of some sort? It’s vague. Read more
$2.2M Beeple NFT art drop to be tokenized in virtual music festival
13.1.2021
The free festival will display the collection in several virtual metaverses and feature a live performance from DJ and producer 3LAU
Various Persona Soundtracks Now Available On Spotify, Apple Music
5.1.2021
The video game discographies of Spotify and Apple Music got significantly better outside of Japan today with the addition of soundtracks from the Persona series.Read more
What Even Is a Hit Anymore?
1.1.2021
“I want the world to know, that Billboard is a lie. You can buy No. 1s on Billboard,” is how rapper troll 6ix9ine kicked off an Instagram video he posted in May of this year. His purpose was to allege that he had been cheated out of reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the most trusted...
R.I.P. MF DOOM
1.1.2021
Daniel Dumile, the musician and producer best known as the masked MC MF DOOM, is dead. According to an Instagram post signed by his wife, Jasmine, Dumile died on October 31. The post reads:Read more
The Video Game Music That Helped Us Through 2020
26.12.2020
2020 was tough. There were nights we wondered where and how this year would end. Just when things seemed like they couldn’t get worse, they did time and again. On every level, it was difficult just to get through the day. One of the things that helped us through was music. Specifically, video game...