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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Sunday, January 4, 2026

My favorite songs 2025



Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom







Raye - Where is My Husband







james K - Doom Bikini







Doja Cat - Aaahh! Men!







Gunship - Tech Noir







Gunship - Tech Noir 2





This was a quite a blast from the past:

The video for “Justified and Ancient” is my favorite fantasy film.

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— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) December 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM






Finally:

Sunday, December 21, 2025

This article about the creation of Sayonara Wild Hearts taught me a new music genre

Design Room:

Jonathan Eng (acoustic composer, Sayonara Wild Hearts): We had this idea of making [a song inspired by] the artists that Simon mentioned, like Chvrches and Robyn and all those artists, and I also listened a lot to this song “For You, Love,” by Frida Sundemo. I think that was maybe the main inspiration. It’s a really sad electropop song. So I think we wanted to capture a really sad, sad feeling, but combined with a really upbeat and driving feeling.

Simon Flesser (art, sound, and design lead, Sayonara Wild Hearts): I think we used the term “grรฅtdisco.” It’s like “crying disco.”

(But Parallel Universes is the best song, and  Wild Hearts Never Die is the second)

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

"Children’s music sensation Gracie’s Corner has evolved ... into a Gen Alpha juggernaut, with nearly 6 million subscribers and two NAACP Image Awards"

From the consistently excellent After School newsletter:

The songs remix nursery classics with traditional Black music genres, like reggae and Afrobeat, and manage to be refreshingly free of “cringe,” unlike most kids’ music. The channel’s star, 13-year-old Graceyn Hollingsworth, now headlines sold-out live shows where preschoolers lose their minds; when rapper Paul Wall made a cameo at a recent Houston show to perform “Wheels on the Bus,” a “pint-size pandemonium” ensued.


Thursday, September 18, 2025

NIN posted the Tron Ares soundtrack

Perhaps the songs really come alive when combined with the visuals. This was my favorite:

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Trent Reznor performing in the 80's synthpop group Slam Bamboo



Wiki entry with publicity photo. And here, starting at 1:30 he's intercveiwed about his band Exotic Birds:



Via.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Free download of unreleased tracks for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided




Link

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Gallery of concert tickets

Small collection, but well-photographed with some great designs. And speaking of graphic design, 100 logos for use in the Cyberpunk RPG.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Alas, the best F1 livery of the week is one that won't be used in races











The funniest moment of the reveal gala:







The best live performance (Aston went with a Bond-themed reveal):







And some odds and ends



Friday, January 17, 2025

A shattered piece of glass and a NIN sticker make a great memento

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

How Soon Is Now (instrumental)



(There's a rougher soundtest version I love, but I can't find it online.) Here's Johnny Marr describing writing the song, and performing live:



Also, Shoplifters (Instrumental)

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Chappell Roan and her dancers performed at the VMAs in armor in front of a burning castle




Various armored looks:







I think this is the song in that ninja sword tweet by the UK Home Office







Reaper by Bryant Lowry, who I believe also composed the soundtrack for John Romero's Sigil II

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Musician charged "with using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs that he streamed billions of times to collect over $10 million in royalty payments"

WRAL:

The indictment said that when a music distribution company in 2018 suggested that he might be engaged in fraud, he protested, writing: “This is absolutely wrong and crazy! ... There is absolutely no fraud going on whatsoever!”

Variety:

According to the indictment, [the musician] denied engaging in streaming fraud when confronted by the Mechanical Licensing Collective, which distributes streaming royalties. The MLC raised doubt in 2023 about how he could generate so much music so quickly without using AI.