Benjamin Curtis, of the duo School of Seven Bells, died last week from cancer.
Thank you, Ben, for writing such an amazing song “Windstorm” — here’s a live acoustic version:
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Asa Taccone Remix of “Sideways” by Let’s Go Sailing:
If you’re in Austin, Texas for New Year’s Eve tomorrow (and have tickets for the sold out show), enjoy The Breeders/ Imperial Teen concert at The Mohawk.
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TuneGlue was a visual music map — you typed in any artist/band, and TuneGlue provided you with a cluster of related artists/bands. It was a quick, easy way to discover music you might not otherwise find.
Life Hacker also has a little write-up explaining how TuneGlue worked.
Music Map is a similar tool — enter the name of any artist/band, and Music Map gives you a free floating, hovering map of related artists.
Although I love music data and analytics, I don’t use sites like TuneGlue or Music Map as a music discovery tool.
They do, however, provide nice alternatives to organize/view/think about music and bands in a different way than you might otherwise.
Someone posted a nice instrumental piano cover on YouTube of “Best Song Ever” by One Direction:
Bora York‘s debut album Dreaming Free is chock full of dreamy, eerie, lush sounds. The nice thing about the album is that its 11 songs manage to sound cohesive yet simultaneously unique and standalone.
Listen to my favorite track “Ghost Lights” below, and then give a listen to the entire album over at BandCamp.
“Ghost Lights” —