Music

NuForce Dia Makes Sure Your Wirelessly Streamed Audio Doesn’t Suck

Wirelessly streaming music around your house is great, but for audiophiles, the middling audio components in wireless devices are a drag. But if those devices output a digital signal, you can bypass those components and let a device like NuForce’s Dia handle the audio processing. Why does such a product matter? I dare you to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 10

Forget John Williams — Here’s proof that Star Wars should have been scored by AC/DC

Our number one pick for the Star Wars Music Video Festival submission is this AC/DC mashup, hands down. In fact, we can only hope that the creator kalleanka71 will go back and re-score the entire saga with AC/DC (and maybe a few other classic rock gems.) We can just imagine “Back In Black” blasting for…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 9

Spotify for Windows Phone: This Is How Every Windows Phone App Should Look

It took a million zillion years, but Spotify is finally on Windows Phone. Our favorite streaming service is looking mighty pretty in its new Metro duds—almost enough to forgive it for being so late to the party. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-for-windows-phone-7-hits-today-and-is-gorgeous-5857051 What’s it do? Spotify lets you stream music from its massive library of available songs and albums,…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 8

The Best Budget Headphones

Just because you don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on audio equipment (and as many hours configuring it) doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy quality audio. In the case of headphones, a single c-note can reap rewards. For our budget headphone Battlemodo, we tested five pairs of headphones with an MSRP between $50 and $150.…

Reviews Adrian Covert Nov 7

If Only More Gadgets Looked Like iHome’s iP4 Boombox

Combining old school inspiration with a stark design full of sharp lines and a matte finish, iHome’s iP4 boombox simultaneously makes nods to the outlandish, button crazy gadgets of the past, and the flat, minimal designs of the now. I think I’m swooning. The tonal colorway and the seemingly matte finish give the iP4 the…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Nov 6

What if Iggy Pop was Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth?

Over at the ever-entertaining Comic Twart, illustrator Tom Fowler and colorist Kyle Latino have realized that Stooges-era Iggy Pop had some interesting parallels with Jack Kirby’s Last Boy on Earth. This would have been my third favorite Iggy Pop film role, right after Yelgrun and The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Related: Jack Kirby’s dolphin…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 6

With Soulo Your iPad 2 Can Fulfill Its Karaoke Destiny

With the addition of Soulo’s wireless microphone, the iPad 2 finally becomes a truly portable Karaoke solution, freeing the untalented singers of the world from bars and sleazy restaurants. It might even help with their performances too. Using an included receiver that attaches to the iPad 2’s dock connector, the Soulo mic wirelessly connects to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 5

Only a Mathematician Could Love the World’s Ugliest Music

Many mathematicians set their sights on conquering the stock market, with dreams of unbridled financial success. But Scott Richard, who holds degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering from MIT and Princeton University, has dedicated himself to solving problems that matter to the average person. Which confusingly includes using mathematics to make another attempt at…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 5

Mortal Kombat flash rave harasses passers-by with deadly dancing

This is so unapologetically stupid, but I can’t help but applaud these guys for carrying a boombox around New York blasting the Immortals’ always hilarious rave theme. (Random fact: The Mortal Kombat soundtrack has Orbital’s “Halcyon” on it. Man, that song really got around.) Anyway, this video goes on for approximately eight minutes and has…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 5

The DigiTech iPad Guitar Pedal Board Might Be the Perfect Sound-Mutilating Machine

We’ve seen stomp boxes that trigger iPad-based guitar effects before, but never anything quite like the heavy-handed DigiTech iPB-10 pedal board and iPB-Nexus iPad app. The package is made by a sonically challenged company that has turned lo-fi processing into a work of art. This should be a lot of fun. The iPB-10 is one…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 4

Surprise: Android Smartphones Can Stream to Apple’s AirPlay Speakers

The Eye-C Taglists app for Google Android can stream to Apple’s AirPlay devices. Apple’s Airplay, a proprietary method for zapping music all through your house without running wires everywhere, is expanding beyond the realm of iOS devices. Could it be on its way to becoming an industry standard – one that would allow Apple to…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk-Evolver.fm Nov 4

A Stop Motion Video Made With a Quarter Million Jelly Beans

Kina Grannis’ In Your Arms videoclip was animated using 288,000 jelly beans. The effect is great, but the behind-the-scenes how-to video really gives an idea of the gigantic dimension of this project. The jelly bean animation required 30 people, which worked for 1,357 hours over the course of 22 months. Too bad the music makes…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 3

Why Is Facebook Deleting Its Music Player App?

Bands and labels that stream music from their Facebook pages, the way they do with Myspace, are in for a big surprise: Facebook is phasing out its native Music Player app, which allowed them to post songs and discographies on the social network. Instead, Facebook recommends that they post videos instead, rely on third-party apps,…

Social Media Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm Nov 2

Watch Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Moby, and Stephin Merritt sing Rocky Horror

Wow, it’s all our favorite people singing our favorite song. While on Craig Ferguson’s show, this amazing quartet made up of our favorite author, a Dresden Doll, part of The Magnetic Fields, and Moby sang “Science Fiction Double Feature” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Try not to pass out.

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 2

Red Karaoke Shares Your Voice with the World, Whether It Wants to or Not

You know the one thing missing from your morning commute? Karaoke. Obviously. With the Red Karaoke App, you’ll be able to share your awesome renditions of Mariah Carey classics with everybody on the bus. Available for iOS and Android devices, Red Karaoke operates as a karaoke machine—auto-scrolling lyrics while playing the instrumental track—and features over…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 1

The Orb Booster Is a Modest Amp for Not-So-Modest Sound

Orb’s new Booster amp is not meant for full-sized home theaters, nor is it meant for surround sound systems. Instead, it’s meant to power a small or medium-sized stereo speakers which you might use with your computer, or even your TV. The $164 Booster can take audio from two RCA and two 3.5mm stereo sources…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 1

iTunes Nixes Amazon Cloud Music Player for “Legal Issues,” gMusic May Be Next

Earlier this month, we posted about how to play the music stored in your Music Beta by Google account on your iPhone using an app called gMusic. Today, we had planned to do the same for aMusic, a $2 app that lets you play music in your Amazon storage locker on iOS as well. Just…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm Nov 1

Pop Stars in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Rated on a Scale from David Bowie to Mick Jagger

This past weekend, Justin Timberlake totally failed to rock our dystopian future in In Time. But the man who brought sexy back is by no means the weakest singer-turned-actor ever to grace science fiction and fantasy — not by any means. The history of SF and fantasy is littered with tons of musician roles and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and MaryKate Jasper Oct 31

10 Years of iPod Commercials Reveal Apple’s Trajectory: From Techie to Sassy

You’re at a party. It’s lame. There’s a laptop in the corner running iTunes, and people are taking turns DJing to try to liven up the crowd. Unfortunately, the guy with the fingerless gloves is hogging the computer, and his circa-1994 drum and bass jams are failing. Somebody sneaks in when DnB-guy isn’t looking and…

Tech News Andy Cush - Evolver.fm Oct 28

SoundCloud for iPad: An Amazing Way to Stay Up on the Newest Music

Over the past couple of years, SoundCloud has become a favorite tool of musicians, record labels, and blogs to get the latest sounds out to the masses. Their newly-revamped iOS app, released today, puts all that music front and center. What’s it do? SoundCloud has been available on the iPhone for awhile now, but this…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 27

NuForce Dia Makes Sure Your Wirelessly Streamed Audio Doesn’t Suck

Forget John Williams — Here’s proof that Star Wars should have been scored by AC/DC

Spotify for Windows Phone: This Is How Every Windows Phone App Should Look

The Best Budget Headphones

If Only More Gadgets Looked Like iHome’s iP4 Boombox

What if Iggy Pop was Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth?

With Soulo Your iPad 2 Can Fulfill Its Karaoke Destiny

Only a Mathematician Could Love the World’s Ugliest Music

Mortal Kombat flash rave harasses passers-by with deadly dancing

The DigiTech iPad Guitar Pedal Board Might Be the Perfect Sound-Mutilating Machine

Surprise: Android Smartphones Can Stream to Apple’s AirPlay Speakers

A Stop Motion Video Made With a Quarter Million Jelly Beans

Why Is Facebook Deleting Its Music Player App?

Watch Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Moby, and Stephin Merritt sing Rocky Horror

Red Karaoke Shares Your Voice with the World, Whether It Wants to or Not

The Orb Booster Is a Modest Amp for Not-So-Modest Sound

iTunes Nixes Amazon Cloud Music Player for “Legal Issues,” gMusic May Be Next

Pop Stars in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Rated on a Scale from David Bowie to Mick Jagger

10 Years of iPod Commercials Reveal Apple’s Trajectory: From Techie to Sassy

SoundCloud for iPad: An Amazing Way to Stay Up on the Newest Music

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