Music

This Cello Plays Sweet Music With the Power of Magnetism

I haven’t played a stringed instrument for half a decade, but something as magical as this could bring me back. See, hacker (and admitted non-musician) [magnetovore] crafted a cello that plays music with invisible magnetism instead of a traditional bow. And he didn’t just load samples onto the thing either. His magneto-cello produces sound with…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Dispatch: Out Loud (Acoustic)

It’s late here on the East Coast. The day grows long into night, and I’m unwinding with a nostalgic, slow song that reminds me of college. For me, Dispatch was and always will be a band that existed only in the early 2000s. The General, Out Loud, Bang Bang and a select few other tracks…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Björk’s latest music video turns her into a lunar wig goddess

Björk science-tinged new album Biophilia has inspired some delightfully cosmic music videos. Her recent video for the track “Moon” is no different. Watch as Iceland’s de facto cultural ambassador prances about serenading (what looks like) a sponge. Also, is that a zither suit? I need to get myself one of those. Biophilia will be out…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Use Bike-Mounted iPhone Speaker to Fill the Bike Lane With Daft Punk

Riding you bike while listening to tunes is a great feeling. The sun on your face, music filling your ear holes. The Fruit Shop iPhone Horn Bike mount helps fill those holes without covering your ears and ignoring potentially dangerous sounds on the road. The silicone Horn Bike case has, you guessed it, a horn…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Daily Desired: These USB Controllers Help You Feel The Music

Making music just isn’t the same on computers. You can’t feel it. Digital tools can reproduce the loopy sounds of crazy old analog synths and drum machines, but they lack the raw analog physicality. These modular USB-controllers might help. The new Steinberg CMC series of USB controllers talk to your music production software. Everything about…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The B-52’s: Rock Lobster

Who said good music has to make sense? Good art doesn’t have to—did Picasso’s art make any sense, did Jackson Pollack’s? No, because their genius creations trasncended the thinking of the time. And that’s exactly what the B-52’s did with Rock Lobster. In 1979, the punk scene was beginning to split. It had outgrown its…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Everyone Can Now Sign Up for Spotify

According to Tech Crunch, Spotify registrations is now open to all, with the first six months of the service being free and unlimited. Presumably by free, they’re referring to the freemium service being offered without limitations. [TechCrunch]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Facebook Fails To Let Fans Share Music Across Platforms

Facebook wants to be the “connective tissue” desperately needed by music fans and the music industry alike, so that, at long last, people would be able to share music with each other without friction – and without breaking the law. However, despite all the other neat stuff Facebook unveiled today, it mostly failed in that…

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Everything You Need to Know About the New Facebook

If you thought yesterday’s Facebook changes were dramatic, you’d better sit down before you see what’s coming next. Today at F8, Mark Zuckerberg led off by showing off Timeline: it’s the future of Facebook, and it’s a tectonic shift. Timeline Zuck calls the new Timeline “all the stories, all your apps, a new way to…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin

Watch Facebook Show Off Its New Sharing Goodies Right Here

Mark Zukerburg is getting ready to take the stage at Facebook’s f8 Developers Conference in San Francisco. Live streaming of the event begins at 9:30am PST/12:30pm EST and you can watch it live here. Here’s what we know so far, Facebook has already pushed the news “ticker” and updated news feed with blue-triangle tagged “top…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin

How Do Everyday Objects Sound Amplified?

Sam Weller, from The Royal College of Art, got an idea: create a device that would allow every object around us to become an instrument, amplifying their natural resonance. He worked with Yamaha and got these beautiful results. [Thanks Alejandra!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Facebook Music Leak Hints at Sharing Music in Your Ticker

A Facebook employee accidentally spilled the beans on an upcoming “Listen With Your Friend” feature that could launch as part of Facebook’s new music service. According to the now deleted tweet, when a friend is listening to a music track, you’ll be able to join them and listen to the same song at the same…

Social Media Kelly

The most mind-melting G.I. Joe-related music video you will ever watch

Sergeant Slaughter of G.I. Joe fame was a lot of things: wrestler, mustache paragon, slayer of mutants. But did you know he once fought a monster truck? Sadly, we do not get to see him fight the truck in the above video, but he did write a song about his epic duel. A true troubadour.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Vimeo’s Got a New Music Store for Easy Soundtracks

You’ve got your gorgeous, HD DSLR-shot movie all ready to upload. But you need music. And you really, really don’t want to get sued. Vimeo’s hoping you’ll park your film with them, by way of an easy soundtracking service. The Vimeo “Music Store,” open today, offers over 45,000 songs—free via Creative Commons, $2 tracks for…

Movies Sam Biddle

Pandora’s New Look Is Live for the Masses

Pandora’s HTML5-focused revamp is now live for all users. And it looks great, having streamlined just about all the features that you’ve come to love while adding some new social features. https://gizmodo.com/pandoras-new-design-is-all-about-the-social-5820636 Right from the jump, you’ll notice things are much faster. Not just loading, but creating and controlling stations for your listening pleasure is…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Facebook Music Might Not Be Quite What We Expected

All Things D claims Facebook’s rumored Music hub won’t allow users to take tracks from services such as Spotify and directly play/control them as originally planned. Instead, you’ll be directed to an external site or player. https://gizmodo.com/music-needs-connective-tissue-and-facebook-wants-to-b-5836721 This is certainly a bummer for some, as music sites such as Soundcloud and Bandcamp allow some of…

Social Media Adrian Covert

Turn Your Next Trip to the Dry Cleaner’s Into a Solo Concert

You really can’t get tired of people going to unexpected places and making unexpected music. Here we have experimental musician Diego Stocco making a crazy percussive opus right in front of us with a dry cleaner’s tools of the trade. I’ve always found my dry cleaner to be a little intimidating. Now I kind of…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Stevie Wonder High Fives Steve Jobs Creating Awesome Wonder-Magic Warp

Stevie Wonder, the music genius and Motown icon who created jewels like Talking Book and Sounds In the Key of Life, had some words of appreciation for Steve Jobs during the last Wonder-full LA party: I want you all to give a hand to someone that you know whose health is very bad at this…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This DIY Daft Punk Helmet Will Win Best Costume at any Halloween Party. Guaranteed.

Not satisfied with his previous work replicating the Daft Punk helmet worn Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Harrison Krix went and made a replica of Thomas Bangalter’s helmet from scratch, ending up with a finished product as amazing as the orignal. https://gizmodo.com/dazzling-daft-punk-helmet-made-from-scratch-5593555 The core elements of the Bangalter helmet include a custom-molded helmet, a visor matrix with…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Black Keys: Heavy Soul

Sunday is my day here at Gizmodo. Has been for some time. The day and this shift have nestled nice and snug into my life groove. Unfortunately, it’s also the day I’m most apt to be a bit, ah, groggy. Why isn’t really important. I’m a man with vices and I long ago succumbed to…

Tech News Jack Loftus

This Cello Plays Sweet Music With the Power of Magnetism

Dispatch: Out Loud (Acoustic)

Björk’s latest music video turns her into a lunar wig goddess

Use Bike-Mounted iPhone Speaker to Fill the Bike Lane With Daft Punk

Daily Desired: These USB Controllers Help You Feel The Music

The B-52’s: Rock Lobster

Everyone Can Now Sign Up for Spotify

Facebook Fails To Let Fans Share Music Across Platforms

Everything You Need to Know About the New Facebook

Watch Facebook Show Off Its New Sharing Goodies Right Here

How Do Everyday Objects Sound Amplified?

Facebook Music Leak Hints at Sharing Music in Your Ticker

The most mind-melting G.I. Joe-related music video you will ever watch

Vimeo’s Got a New Music Store for Easy Soundtracks

Pandora’s New Look Is Live for the Masses

Facebook Music Might Not Be Quite What We Expected

Turn Your Next Trip to the Dry Cleaner’s Into a Solo Concert

Stevie Wonder High Fives Steve Jobs Creating Awesome Wonder-Magic Warp

This DIY Daft Punk Helmet Will Win Best Costume at any Halloween Party. Guaranteed.

The Black Keys: Heavy Soul

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