OK Go helps NPR move its Tiny Desk
Having OK Go help you move may not be the most practical, but as NPR’s new Tiny Desk Concert shows, it’s a lot more fun.
Mythological metal: Scale the Summit’s “The Olive Tree”
Prog-metal outfit Scale the Summit is back with a new album next week, but first we’re premiering the epic, upbeat new track “The Olive Tree”.
Marshall Monitor: Stacked sound in a pair of headphones
Sometimes the rules of etiquette have a thing or two to say about blasting a volume-pinned Marshall stack in public. Sometimes the rules of etiquette are exhausting.
Trentemøller’s new video shows malaise at its best/worst
Trentemøller stares into the faces of the dissatisfied with video for “Never Stop Running.”
Introducing the Wheelharp: Part barrel, keyboard, and hurdy gurdy
Hoping to bridge the gap between live and synthesized, Kickstarter’s latest oddity (the Wheelharp) is a barrel-shaped keyboard instrument with the ability to produce actual bowed-string sounds.
Dim-sum sneakers? See Puma’s food-themed products
The latest collaboration between Puma and Hypebeast pays homage to that most wonderful of mid-morning meals: dim sum.
Plug & program & play: The OWL Programmable Effects Pedal
Now up on Kickstarter, the OWL (open ware laboratory) seems able to bring effects designing down to a universal level, offering a fully open-source and open-hardware pedal that requires no proprietary tools or hardware-specific knowledge.
Best Albums: A Queenly return, infectious Americana, and hard tropicalia
Queens of the Stone Age: …Like Clockwork
Lifted Bells: s/t EP
Pokey LaFarge: s/t
Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho e Sujo
Mike Patton’s San Fran favorites
Vocalist and composer Mike Patton’s credits are a mile long, and all extremely different from one another. His tastes in food, culture, and obscure hangouts are just as diverse.
Brian Eno on light, music, and surrendering
Brian Eno sat down with the Red Bull Music Academy to discuss the process behind his visual/aural series of light paintings.
Riding Route 66 on a Triumph America
After three days of desert debauchery (thank you, Coachella), ALARM editor and publisher Chris Force decided to ride back from California to Chicago via Route 66. Here’s what he figured out.