By Ryan Van Etten on 12/31/2010
2010′s hugest live-music media—in 10 photos and 10 videos. Includes M.I.A., Muse, DJ Shadow, Orbital, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Dirty Pretty Things, Paramore, Sharon Van Etten, Atari Teenage Riot, Sleigh Bells, Sparks The Rescue, The All-American Rejects, Die Antwoord, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Alkaline Trio. 10 photos and 10 videos.
Posted in Music, Photo Journal | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, Academy Music Group, Alessio Michelini, Alkaline Trio, Arcade Fire, art punk, arts, Atari Teenage Riot, bands, best of, best of 2010, big media, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2010, Coachella, Coachella 2010, cool hair, Dallas, Dance, dance music, dance pop, dance punk, dancing, Deadmau5, Die Antwoord, DJ Shadow, Dublin, Emily Haines, enter the ninja, Exit Festival, Exit Festival 2010, Fake Blood, fashion, festival, Glastonbury, Glastonbury 2010, Godiva Festival, Godiva Festival 2010, Hamburg, Hayley Williams, HD videos, hip hop, Houston, indie, live music, London, Los Angeles, M.I.A., manchester, Miami, multimedia, Muse, music photography, noise pop, NYC, O2 Arena, Orbital, Paramore, performers, performing, photojournalism, photos, pop-punk, punk, rap, rock/pop, Serbia, Sharon Van Etten, singers, Sleigh Bells, Smashing Pumpkins, Sparks The Rescue, SXSW, SXSW 2010, Texas music scene, The All-American Rejects, The Black Keys, the real shit, The xx, Tiffany Page, top 10, Tyson Ritter, UK, UMF (Ultra Music Festival), UMF 2010, usa, Vans Warped Tour, Vans Warped Tour 2010, video, videojournalism, Wembley Stadium, year in review |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/03/2010
In the sea of music blogs, best means most relevant to the reader. How can bands or listeners find blogs in their genre? How can they find blogs in a specific city? Google is an obvious search tool for most topics, but to really get in the trenches and find smaller indie blogs, here are five super-effective search techniques. Includes live music photos.
Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged blog aggregators, bloggers, Cymbals Eats Guitars, Delicious, Elbo.ws, genres, Google, Hype Machine, indie, Japandroids, last.fm, live music, location, music blog search, music bloggers, MusicBiz, No Age, noise pop, photos, resources, rock/pop, search relevance, search trends, similar artists, social media, stumbleupon, tips, Titus Andronicus, Twitter |
By Ryan Van Etten on 05/28/2010
Think Death From Above 1979 meets The Knife. Call it noise pop…breakbeat rock…or dance punk. Sleigh Bells mixes heavy dance beats and lo-fi distorted guitars, produced/performed by Derek Miller, with the hi-energy vocals of female singer Alexis Krauss. This Brooklyn-based duo is blasting earbuds with their debut album, Treats.
Posted in Music, News, Reviews | Tagged album review, Alexis Krauss, alternative, dance punk, Derek Miller, dream crunk, electro rock, live music, loudness, Music, N.E.E.T., noise pop, review, rock/pop, Sleigh Bells, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 03/23/2010
SXSW is an annual music/film/media/design conference—a.k.a. week-long party—held in downtown Austin, Texas and hyped for featuring fresh music from many genres. Crowdsurf these 27 photos and tour this year’s live music events.
Posted in Events, Music, News, Photo Journal, Popular | Tagged Alexis Krauss, alternative, arts, Austin, bands, crowds, crowdsurfing, dance pop, Dum Dum Girls, electropop, fans, Freeway, Fungi Girls, indie, Japandroids, live music, Meiko, music photography, musicians, noise pop, party, Pearl Harbor, Peelander-Z, photos, playlist, punk, Red Bacteria Vacuum, rock/pop, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Superchunk, SXSW, SXSW 2010, Texas music scene, The Beets, The Flaming Lips, The Lovely Feathers, The Octopus Project, The Very Best, The xx, Thee Oh Sees |
