Category Archives: Music

Tunes, composing, bands, etc.

Blind Pilot

One of my favorite reasons or listening to Pandora is the discovery of new music. Tonight on my way home from class I discovered Blind Pilot, a band with some tasty acoustic-driven pop rock. Check out their video for “Go … Continue reading

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Ben Folds + Nick Hornby + Pomplamoose = Ear Joy

I feel like this has been posted all over the Internet today, but this video (as of this writing) still has fewer than 4000 views. Let your ears be glad as you see all the people mentioned in the title … Continue reading

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smash hit

Awesome piano playing. Heart-stopping piano destruction. (via yewknee)

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New full album from Sufjan Stevens

With the All Delighted People EP only just released last Friday (Go listen! It’s incredible!), this news is startlingly exciting: Sufjan Stevens has a new full-length album releasing on October 12th of this year. If you preorder The Age of … Continue reading

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showtime

So it seems that a certain Mr. Stevens has added at some more shows to his touring schedule, one of which includes a particular River City… I’ll be trying to score tickets Friday morning.

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New EP from Sufjan Stevens

Mercy! Sufjan Stevens has released a new EP called All Delighted People, and you can listen to the whole thing for free on Bandcamp (or at the bottom of this post)! From there you can buy the entire EP for … Continue reading

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beautiful distortion

On the few occasions that folks have asked me for photography help, I’ve had to explain what “ISO” means and how it works. It’s kind of a tricky subject, especially since its meaning in digital photography is a little different … Continue reading

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sound prism

If I had an iPad, I’d get Sound Prism as soon as it clears the App Store: (via Jason Fried)

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The Swell Season plays “Two-Headed Boy”

Be patient with the commercial at the beginning of this video; the song is absolutely worth it. As one of the later entries for The A.V. Club’s Undercover series, The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk’s “Two-Headed Boy.” Absolutely delightful.

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Stream Vampire Weekend’s new album online

Less than a week until Contra releases, but until then you can hear the new hotness direct from the source:

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