The Race Across America is one of this country’s most notoriously grueling bicycle races. Starting on the West Coast and ending on the East, it takes riders 3,000 miles over the course of eight to twelve days. What’s more interesting is there are no major cash prizes — it’s all…
You probably don’t generally equate going CD shopping with 7-Eleven, but with record stores disappearing everyday, a direct-seller called Mall Jamz is trying to change the way we think of buying music by selling it at the same place where we buy Slurpees. Some 7-Eleven stores across the metro area…
There’s nothing we like more than seeing previously unavailable albums magically reappear on the Internet. It’s like finding a box of forgotten old childhood pictures. Fell’s records have been a bit difficult to find due to the fact that the band’s label, Camera Obscura Records, based in Australia, has tapered…
There have been countless games starring cats in the history of Flash games and plenty others shining the spotlight on birds and frogs, but rarely do we get a good old-fashioned dog game. Enter Arthur Lee’s Escape From Puppy Death Factory, a Metroid-esque puzzle platformer that puts the puppies in…
It’s a bit of a slow week again, but the media coming out today is so top-notch that it’s hard to complain. Provided you’re interested in things like playing god, a relationship puzzle game about love or watching a movie that’s sort of about time travel, you’ll have a lot…
Hot Congress just dropped a summer sampler with brand new tracks from Vitamins, the Don’ts and Be Carefuls, Hindershot and more, alongside previously released tracks from some of the label’s other acts. While a lot of the sampler certainly hits the niche Hot Congress has carved out for itself, there…
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is often regarded as one of the most scientifically sound science-fiction movies out there. Working closely with author Arthur C. Clarke, Kubrick met with plenty of scientific experts to ensure the film would be as authentic as possible, regardless of the inevitable filming complications…
The music app business has been booming enough recently that we decided it was time we start sifting through it all on a regular basis. It’s a strange digital world when everyone out there can create a mobile application for whatever purpose they desire, but that also means there are…
Fingers of the Sun kick summer into full gear with its video for “The Leaves Were So Green,” directed by Zorab Ovsepyan and released this week, a song that sounds like a sunrise looks. Taken from its self-titled album released earlier this year, the song is a summer jam with…
There are a ton of music happenings going down this weekend, but for anyone not interested in loud noises streaming out of amplifiers for 48 hours straight, we have a slew of quiet-time activities to keep your ears from ringing. These include a bunch of movies, a book signing, some…
It’s still in beta, but interactive music startup Tuntable.fm has just sealed deals with BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) and ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) to ensure they’ll not just have an extensive catalog of music, but that performers and labels will receive their due from tracks played…
Due to some obligations I had recently, I somehow ended up spending a ridiculous amount of time in Boulder. For two full weeks, I lived, breathed and shopped in the city of hippie and yuppie coexistence, and in getting to know the customs, I walked away slightly confused and utterly…
Chances are that unless you’re a big record collector, you haven’t heard the name Alex Steinweiss until now. Steinweiss died on July 18 in Sarasota, Florida at age 94. A designer for Columbia records, Steinweiss invented the creative album cover in the 1940s. Before then, albums were usually drab cardboard…
Do you like torturing children by putting them to work for long hours in horrible conditions? Of course you don’t (right?), but chances are if you dig into Littleloud’s newest game, Sweatshop, your gaming impulse will kick in and you’ll want to win, win and win again, all while your…
In the music industry, leaks seem as inevitable as they are unavoidable these days. Leaks have often forced labels to rush the release of their records months before intended. Such was the case recently with Ninja Tune, the London-based electronic imprint founded by Coldcut and DJ Matt Black, who issued…
With the dearth of new releases this week, it seems like the media industries think we should all get out of the house a little in the summer, or they don’t like releasing anything new. What they don’t know is that it’s too damn hot outside, and nobody with any…
Having a web presence as a band these days isn’t as as simple as just tossing up a Myspace page and calling it good. Nowadays, you need to upload music onto Bandcamp, Reverb Nation and Soundcloud. Oh, and then there’s Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget the Tumblr and YouTube…
The Sci-Fi Film Series kicked off last week and will be running science fiction films, classic and new, every Wednesday for the next four weeks. The series’ goal is to offer viewers a chance to talk with and hear a short lecture by an actual scientist about the scientific origins…
It might not have been on purpose, but Spotify’s constant delays in coming stateside have somehow managed to create an organic buzz for the streaming music service unlike anything that could have been done intentionally…
SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND at HI-DIVE | 7/14/11There is a feeling you get at an album release show that is unrivaled at other shows. The energy behind it is such that you can’t help but feel proud for the people on stage. Last night at the hi-dive, the energy…
After a week of monsoon-like weather, it’s finally time to get out and enjoy the daytime shining sun. It seems like it’s been years since we’ve had an evening without rain, but there are so many fine events going on this weekend you’ll be more than willing to pull out…
Interactive texts have been around since the ’70s (or earlier, depending on how you’re defining them), but the recent push of handheld electronic reading devices has exploded the potential for creating and reimagining works. Still, it hasn’t been until recently we’ve started seeing anyone make real use of the magical…
