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The Grateful Dead was a psychedelic rock band that all but defined the Haight-Ashbury scene in 1960’s San Francisco. The band ricocheted into the “turn on, tune in drop out” limelight through an association with Ken Kesey and his infamous acid test and the singular charisma of band leader Jerr ... Full Article »
I’m as big a karaoke advocate as you can find, but even I recognize the limitations in the ancient art of destroying your favorite songs in a room full of strangers. Namely, that it takes a pretty good voice to sing some of today’s Top 40 hits convincingly. It’s hardly a fair fight, many pop m ... Full Article »
After using it for days, I’m still not sure if Pollisynth would appeal more to musicians or photographers looking to get something more from their work. That’s not a bad thing, it just means that this photo-music app is fascinatingly hard to pin down. The gist of Pollisynth is that it uses phot ... Full Article »
Between ultra-specific satellite radio, apps like Pandora with user-generated stations, and the all-you-can-eat buffet of music apps like Spotify, it’s incredibly easy in 2012 to listen to the music you want to listen to. Things get more complicated, however, when you’re not sure what it is you ... Full Article »
Spotify just released a major update for its iPhone and iPad applications that features a fully-operational radio station. Upon first impression, this update rocks! While I’ve tested and flirted with countless music discovery apps and services, for at least the last four years Pandora is the one ... Full Article »
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend pulled up a video on his iPad, Classic Album: Nevermind, a behind-the-scenes mini-doc about Nirvana’s seminal album and the legacy lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain has left behind. It was fascinating to learn the concept behind the video for “Smells Like Teen S ... Full Article »
MusicBunk! is trying to set itself up as some sort of portal where friends can share clips of songs with each other. The problem with apps that rely specifically on sharing is that digital music sites like Spotify offer up a practically endless library of full-length songs on the cheap, so MusicBunk ... Full Article »
There are many great online radio and music discovery services, and more and more of the providers have iOS apps. As we reported yesterday, Spotify, one of our favorites just released an iPad native version making the app universal. That got us thinking that this was a great time for a fresh round-u ... Full Article »
The first notable thing that some people will take issue with is that Facebook is required to access the app and create an account. Regardless of your feelings on that, the process itself is a real pain. It can freeze while an account is being created, and the Facebook page I was taken to was not ev ... Full Article »
Music fans rejoice! Spotify, for our money the best music discovery service online and mobile devices (also for Android), has been updated to work on the iPad, too. As is the case with Spotify’s other mobile apps, you need to be a subscriber to get any use out of the app (aside from a trial). Spo ... Full Article »
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