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The Gear That Keeps London’s Pirate Radio Hidden

Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate radio stations broadcast in London every day, but this 20 minute documentary shows that only the tech-savviest stay a step ahead of the police. Homemade antennas, hidden in plain sight on the tops of apartment complexes and abandoned buildings, broadcast…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Mixr Shows the Delicious Promise of Multitouch Music iPad Apps

So, sure, the iPad may just be an overgrown iPhone. But this teaser shot of Mixr, a fully-featured, multitouch DJ app, should give you a sense of just how awesome apps designed for an oversized iPhone can be. The iPhone itself has a whole host of music-making apps, though they’re mostly just novelties. But when…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Pop Star To Fembot Conversion Is Complete

The first single from Christina Aguilera’s new album debuts next week. To celebrate, RCA has released cover art for her CD, called “Bionic.” Christina is looking awesomely similar to the original Bionic Woman fembots, pictured below. The main difference here is that the fembot mouths have been inexplicably relocated to Christina’s eyes. Preserved in the…

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New Massive Attack Video Shows Us A Giant Monster Apocalypse, Frozen In Time

Massive Attack has released a series of low-budget videos for its new album Heligoland, each created by a different director. This one, called “Splitting the Atom,” is an unforgettable, gorgeous scene from an apocalypse. Just watch it. Directed by Edouard Salier, the video is a masterpiece of 3D rendering, done almost entirely in black and…

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iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and MySpace Team Up to Guilt You Into Paying For Music

A group of online music industry giants, including Apple, Amazon and MySpace, have teamed up to form “Why Music Matters,” a group aimed at turning pirates into purchasers. While I’m certainly not going to argue with the value of paying for music, it’s tough to take an earnest plea for buying music seriously when it…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Korg Monotron Is So Tiny It Fits In Your Pocket

When you look at the photo of the Korg Monotron analog synthesizer you think it’s like any other regular synth. Then you watch the video and realize is so tiny it can actually fit in your jeans. The $67 Korg Monotron runs on two AAA batteries. [Slashgear]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Line 6 iPhone Peripheral is for MIDI Masters On-the-Go

Does the iPhone need a mobile MIDI app? Irrelevant question, self, because it has one now, regardless of need or want. Called the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, it’s a low power, portable option for MIDI mixers on the move. The free app portion is available now, but you’ll have to wait until the hardware goes…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Ben Folds Takes Chatroulette on Stage with “Ode to Merton”

I’ve probably seen Ben Folds live a dozen times. And except for the time where he actually got so pissed at people yelling “Freebird!” that he actually played the whole thing, I’ve never once been bored. Watch this performance’s precursor. https://gizmodo.com/the-chatroulette-pianist-will-make-you-laugh-today-5494014

Tech News Joel Johnson

Hot Chip’s “I Feel Better” Video Makes Us All Feel Better — With Alien Carnage

The latest video music video hotness from the genre loving group Hot Chip unleashes a group of laser-vomiting aliens on the muscled-up boy band. Stick with the video through the end — it pays off. The video was directed by Peter Serafinowicz, who’s best known as a Brit comic and is also playing Paul McCartney…

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Universal to Cut All CD Prices to Below $10

Is there any doubt that the value of purchased music is plummeting? Universal, one of the big four record labels, is planning to cut the prices of almost all of its CDs to between $6 and $10. https://gizmodo.com/record-labels-change-or-die-5481545 This new test, called the Velocity program, represents a pretty serious price cut, as the average price…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Diane Birch Lives In a Projector Screen—and Now In My Head Too

Diane Birch is very very very cute. She’s also a lovely singer. Her song Valentino is chirpy and sweet, and her music video—with its ghetto augmented reality—is quite ingenious. Watch it. You’ll like it. Then, watch the how-to: The video looks deceivingly simple, but it was hell to choreograph and produce to perfection. It kind…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. When I was 12 or 13 years old, we had a family computer that everyone shared. It had a 1GB hard drive.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Perfect Playlist For Your Pi Day Party

Today (3/14) is Pi Day, a hallowed celebration in which radius and circumference lovers everywhere convene to eat circular pastries and challenge each other to decimal-reciting contests. Score your festivities with the awesomely underrated soundtrack to Darren Aronofsky’s Pi. The 1998 soundtrack not only launched Clint Mansell’s film composing career; it also acts as a…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Rhapsody iPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, for Listening Offline

Rhapsody just released a little teaser video for the next version of its iPhone app (to be followed closely by its new Android app) that marks a major change for the service: You can now download songs instead of streaming. https://gizmodo.com/rhapsody-approved-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch-now-stream-5356199 It’s great news for users of Rhapsody’s $15-per-month all-you-can-eat service, who can now simply…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Lady Gaga’s Latest Masterpiece Of Scifi Music Weirdness

The music video for Lady Gaga’s new single Telephone is full of sexy jailhouse nihilism – and a whole lot of scifi references. Over at Geek Sugar, we get a quick gloss on the Lady’s special sandwich recipe: Her poisonous Cook n’ Kill recipe gives nods to Dune (Meta-Cyanide), Star Wars (Fex-M3), and Command and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Audio-Technica BoogieBox Speaker Handles the Heaviest of Metals

There’s no shortage of cutesy portable speakers for listening to music when you’re out and about. But if you want something that doesn’t feel like it’s going to snap in two, the Audio-Technica BoogieBox will do you a solid. The BoogieBox houses two 70mm speakers in its toolbox body and includes protective bumpers in case…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Coheed And Cambria Singer Writes Novel Version Of New Album, With Peter David

Prog rock and science fiction have always gone hand in hand, but Coheed and Cambria has taken it further, creating elaborate narratives with each album. And now singer/guitarist Claudio Sanchez has teamed up with Peter David to write a novel. Sanchez (an avowed fan of Ray Bradbury) tells MTV that the novel, Year of the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Slacker Radio Planning On-Demand Music Service

Wired is reporting that Slacker Radio has secretly been prepping an on-demand music subscription service that will give users unprecedented control over streaming radio. https://gizmodo.com/slacker-radio-now-available-for-the-iphone-5130378 Other subscription services like Napster and Rhapsody already let you stream 25 free on-demand songs a month, but it seems as though the Slacker service wouldn’t apply a cap. You’ll…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Hifiman HM-801 Music Player Will Satisfy The Pickiest Audiophiles

The Hifiman HM-801 looks like an old portable cassette player, but apparently it might just beat out most music players in sound quality. At least that’s what CNET though when they had a listen. They even found it worth $790. https://gizmodo.com/a-pmp-this-ugly-and-expensive-had-better-sound-amazing-5253234 The Hifiman was designed with audiophiles in mind, so it comes with features such…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Record Labels: Change or Die

It’s a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. “Change or Die” may sound like hyperbole, or an idle threat, but for the music business, the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Gear That Keeps London’s Pirate Radio Hidden

Mixr Shows the Delicious Promise of Multitouch Music iPad Apps

Pop Star To Fembot Conversion Is Complete

New Massive Attack Video Shows Us A Giant Monster Apocalypse, Frozen In Time

iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and MySpace Team Up to Guilt You Into Paying For Music

Korg Monotron Is So Tiny It Fits In Your Pocket

Line 6 iPhone Peripheral is for MIDI Masters On-the-Go

Ben Folds Takes Chatroulette on Stage with “Ode to Merton”

Hot Chip’s “I Feel Better” Video Makes Us All Feel Better — With Alien Carnage

Universal to Cut All CD Prices to Below $10

Diane Birch Lives In a Projector Screen—and Now In My Head Too

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

The Perfect Playlist For Your Pi Day Party

Rhapsody iPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, for Listening Offline

Lady Gaga’s Latest Masterpiece Of Scifi Music Weirdness

Audio-Technica BoogieBox Speaker Handles the Heaviest of Metals

Coheed And Cambria Singer Writes Novel Version Of New Album, With Peter David

Slacker Radio Planning On-Demand Music Service

The Hifiman HM-801 Music Player Will Satisfy The Pickiest Audiophiles

Record Labels: Change or Die

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The Octopus Penis Arm Doesn’t Just Deliver Sperm—It Sniffs Out the Sweet Spot

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