Beat This!: A Hip-Hop History is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc – the film includes footage from Herc’s original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers, and is narrated by Imhotep Gary Byrd. Originally part of the Arena television series, it was among the first crop of documentaries about hip-hop.
Noel Gallagher Is Dominating UK Vinyl Sales In 2015 So Far
While the biggest seller in vinyl in the US is Taylor Swift’s 1989, Noel Gallagher is dominating 2015 overseas. One of my fave albums, Chasing Yesterday is topping both the vinyl sales chart and vinyl singles of 2015 so far. The highest-placed album by a woman, or an act including women, is Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, at No 18.
The top 10 vinyl albums of 2015 so far
1 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday
2 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
3 The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
4 Blur – The Magic Whip
5 Royal Blood – Royal Blood
6 Arctic Monkeys – AM
7 Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
8 Led Zeppelin – IV
9 Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
10 Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
The top 10 vinyl singles of 2015 so far
1 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Riverman
2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Ballad of the Mighty I
3 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – the Dying of the Light
4 Blur – Y’All Doomed
5 David Bowie – Changes
6 David Bowie – Young Americans
7 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – In the Heat of the Moment
8 Paul Weller – Saturn’s Pattern
9 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
10 David Bowie/Tom Verlaine – Side by Side/Kingdom Come
Listen To New Influencer Stations Alongside More Label Stations on Rdio
Rdio’s curated stations feature handpicked highlights from some of the world’s most exciting music labels and cultural influencers. Whether they’re curating a label’s catalog, genre specialty or just the music staffers are most excited about right now, turn on new stations, all individually chosen by some of our favourite members of the Rdio community.
Today, Rdio welcomed some amazing newcomers to the Influencer section topic, from country star Hunter Hayes, to local experts Yelp Toronto. They are joined by music selectors such asExclaim!, Indie Music Filter, Hype Machine, Consequence of Sound, andCountry Weekly.
All of the above stations are available for your immediate enjoyment, alongside a group of new label stations including:
Arts & Crafts: Check out more than a decade of independent music from Toronto’s powerhouse label and artist services company behind artists like Chilly Gonzales, Deer Tick, Calvin Love and Royksopp and Robyn.
Barsuk: Seattle’s indie rock and pop champions pay tribute to the unique creativity and strong songwriting of artists in their catalog like Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley, and John Vanderslice.
Blue Note: Jazz music’s seminal label traces the entire history of the genre from Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie and Swing through Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, and Fusion and into numerous modern day incarnations.
DFA: Relive the idiosyncratic awesomeness of New York City’s statement-bearing dance label with flagship artists like LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Hot Chip and Hercules & Love Affair.
Glassnote: The acclaimed indie label with offices in New York, Toronto, Austin, London and Los Angeles take you through an eclectic trip featuring label stars like Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Childish Gambino and Oberhofer.
These fresh Label Stations join existing ones from labels like Astralwerks, Merge Records, Def Jam, MUTE, Sub Pop, Domino Recording Co and Ninja Tune under the Label Spotlight section in Stations. They’ll continue to update these sections with new and topical labels and tastemakers in the coming months, so stay tuned.
Beats 1, Apple’s Radio Station, Is A Hit — The Start Of A Digital Revolution?
Beats 1, the free radio station built into the Apple Music app, has turned out to be a surprise hit.
The tech community has been heaping praise on Beats 1. Computerworldlauded the “surprising genius” of “an always-there global shared content experience.” The Next Web called it “exactly what radio should be.” AdAgeproposed using the word “visionary” for Beats 1. It’s surprising that so much applause is showering a live, personality-driven online radio station that takes a page (maybe two) from SiriusXM’s playbook and expands it globally.
Via Billboard
Watch Amy Winehouse’s record ‘Back To Black’ in the studio with Mark Ronson.
Amy Winehouse is the subject of Asif Kapadia’s new documentary Amy, opening nationwide on Friday, and a never-before-seen clip from the film is giving music fans an inside look at a 2006 recording session with Winehouse and producer Mark Ronson.
Watch the moment Winehouse recorded “Back to Black” in the video below. Heartbreaking.
Full Video: Noel Gallagher ‘s High Flying Birds – Live in London 2015
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed one of the solid shows earlier this year at Toronto’s Sony Centre and here’s a stunning exclusive gig in South East London exclusively for Absolute Radio, in May. The full set includes the tracks ‘Do the Damage’, ‘Everybody’s on the Run’, ‘In the Heat of the Moment’, ‘Lock All the Doors’, ‘Riverman’, ‘You Know We Can’t Go Back’, ‘Ballad of the Mighty I’, ‘The Dying of the Light’, ‘Dream On’, ‘The Mexican, ‘If I Had a Gun…’, ‘AKA… What a Life!’, plus Oasis Classic ‘The Masterplan’.
What Your Tears Look Like Under A Microscope
We all need to cry sometimes, scientifically tears are divided into three different types based on their origin. Basal tears, reflex tears or emotional tears. We are all familiar with these ways of crying, but how do they look microscopically? Is there any difference? Science says that every tear has a different viscosity and composition. All tears contain a variety of biological substances including oils, antibodies and enzymes suspended in salt water.
The project “Imaginarium Of Tears” is a series of micrographs, that shows the hidden beauty behind a tear. Tears are often seen as a weakness and therefore not always accepted in our daily life. However, a tear can also be a beautiful thing. By capturing these tears I want to show you, that your “weakness” can also result in something very beautiful.
Via Bo
Via Boing Boing, Maurice Mikkers and Medium
This T-shirt from the Kids in the Hall’s recent tour is awesome
T-shirt from the Kids in the Hall’s recent tour that shows 5 KITH characters as Minecraft avatars.
The Death Metal Version Of “You’re the One That I Want” You Never Knew You Needed To Hear
“You’re the One That I Want”, written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease, is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 6 million copies among the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France alone. It’s sung by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, it is still the fifth best-selling single of all time in the U.K., where it has sold 2 million copies.
This is not that version. BRING ON THE DEATH METAL!
Music Canada Announces Canadian Songwriter Challenge 2015
MusicOntario is revving up to launch the Canadian Songwriter Challenge, in partnership with the Bell Media National Songwriting Initiative. This event will be hosted by Canada’s Music Incubator at Coalition Music Studios, and will take place between August 4-7, 2015. The Challenge will facilitate collaboration sessions between 5 emerging songwriters and 5 established songwriting professionals in order to co-write and demo a song in one day. Each demo will be assessed by our panel of industry experts, and each participant will receive one-on-one business and creative mentorship in relation to their own current projects.
Accepted participants will be assigned a mentor based on their application, and a day between August 4-7 will be assigned to you. All co-writing, recording, and mentoring sessions will take place at Coalition Music Studios in Toronto, 1731 Lawrence Ave East.
The Canadian Songwriter Challenge is MusicOntario’s first songwriting development initiative in a multi-year partnership with the Canadian Council of Music Industry Associations (CCMIA) and Bell Media. The CCMIA will be holding similar events in partnership with other Music Industry Associations across Canada this year.
Applications open July 7, 2015 and the deadline for submissions is at 5PM EST on July 20, 2015. Applications can be found by clicking the link here: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/canadian-songwriter-challenge-2015/
