Brian Wilson has more than a few things in common with George Gershwin. Both led wildly successful musical partnerships with their brothers. Both combined pop-song punch with harmonic sophistication worthy of the European classical tradition. Both blazed early then flamed out: Gershwin died of a brain tumor at age 38; ...
Pop music has witnessed its share of unlikely comebacks this year but perhaps the least expected is that of the year 1970, just in time for its 40th anniversary ...
Black City is the fifth album in seven years from electronic pop maestro Matthew Dear (under his own name at least – he also aliases as Jabberjaw, Audion and False) ...
Saturday: Milwaukee’s own Jaill is celebrating the release of their Sub Pop debut, That’s How We Burn at Turner Hall Ballroom. Come out and support these guys and be proud of our music community! MP3: Jaill – “The Stroller” Baseball: A Master of Timing, Uecker Returns to the Booth (New York Times) Check out the [ ... ] ...
In 2008, Lego designer and kindergarten teacher Dave Kaleta posted an inspired creation to MocPages, a Lego design sharing site: the iconic characters of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, in teeny-tiny plastic lego form. An inexplicable two years later, his intricate set (including Margot Tenenbaum’s wooden finger and Richie Tenenbaum’s bird-handling right-hand glove) has been picked up and highlighted all over the internet, in places such as Hipster Runoff and Craziest Gadgets, drawing