This video takes a behind the scenes at the unique sound sculptures of Chas Smith. Smith’s sculptures were used as sound sources for Hans Zimmer’s Man Of Steel soundtrack….

Summer Madness 3 lived up to it’s name last night at Stage 48. During Math Hoffa’s battle with Serius Jones, Hoffa sucker punched Jones in the midst of his rhyme. After the melee,  Jones told his side of the story. Hoffa later apologized for his behavior via Twitter:…

Moog Music today announced the that it was discontinuing the Little Phatty Stage II analog synth.Moog plans to build a limited quantity of units at their North Carolina factory “while parts and materials last,” which is expected to be two months at most….

Internet radio company Songza announced Tuesday it has raised $4.7 million in fresh funding that will help grow its advertising business. Investors include Amazon.com, William Morris Endeavor, Lerer Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, artist managers Troy Carter and Scooter Braun, and author and tech businessman Gary Vaynerchuk. “With this funding, we’re scaling our native…

A lot of the songs have come to me in my dreams,” Janelle Monáe says of the ambitious compositions captured on The Electric Lady, the provocative, genre-defying concept album that the iconoclastic Monáe has just released. Monáe, of course, has never been one for pigeonholing. While her kinetic stage presence, relentless discipline and sheer musical…

One of the things we loved about The Beatles is their vocals, especially their harmonies. Here is the isolated vocals of side 2 of the vinyl of Abbey Road. You can hear the boys at their vocal peaks, with beautiful in-tune vocals. After listening through, it’s easy to see why this is one of the…

Hip Hop fans have been known to wait years when it comes to the release of certain projects, and New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica is one artist who is in no rush to put out his much-anticipated studio album, currently titled Act II: Patents Of Nobility. Although Jay has remained relatively tight-lipped when it concerns…

Check out Lil Wayne’s interview on the premiere of season 2 of the , “The Katie Couric,” show….

  Today at Disrupt, Zivix launched the PUC – a new device that adds wireless connectivity to any MIDI device – even your vintage synths. The PUC is a wireless CoreMIDI interface that connects any MIDI hardware device to CoreMIDI-compatible apps. The development of the PUC is being funded as a ‘crowdfunded’ IndieGoGo project….

This weekend was the first chance critics have had to see musician and actor Andre Benjamin play Jimi Hendrix, in a role that fans have complained has kept him from recording new music with his longtime partner in OutKast, Big Boi. NPR’s film critic, Bob Mondello, screened All Is By My Side at the and…