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Songs I Woke Up To: Daði Freyr (Daði & Gagnamagnið) - Think About Things. Top Story - July 2025.
Hello! And welcome to the very first edition of Songs I Woke Up To, where I tell you about the song that I woke up today. To clarify, I don't mean the song that was playing on a radio or phone when I woke up, I mean the song that was already blasting away on repeat in the back of my brain before I even opened my eyes.
By John Dodgeabout a year ago in Beat
AI-Generated Music Is Killing Creativity—and How to Tune It Out for Good. Top Story - July 2025.
Younger generations have brought back vinyl records because they sound more realistic than digital tunes. Yet, they're eagerly gorging themselves on AI-generated music. Ironic, right?
By Krysta Dawnabout a year ago in Beat
90s Hidden Gems: The Soft Bulletin-The Flaming Lips. Top Story - July 2025.
The Soft Bulletin- (1999) The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an interesting band with quite the expansive history of weird things, such as dancing aliens in Christmas costumes at their concerts, to a shower of balloons coming down on the audiences, to an album that was meant entirely for each track to be played synchronized with each other on many different stereos at once. (Zaireeka)
By Slgtlyscatt3redabout a year ago in Beat
The Stars Aren't Alright: The Peak of the Elusive Horror-Comedy Genre in Audio Form. Top Story - June 2025.
One day, I recall seeing in the Anthologies Seeking Submissions group on Facebook a quite striking open submission opportunity. The magazine was asking for horror-comedy.
By Stephen A. Roddewigabout a year ago in Beat
How to Start Listening to Jazz Without Feeling Lost. Top Story - June 2025.
You sit on the couch after a long day, press play on a friend’s suggested album, and wait for calm. A soft trumpet line begins, but then a piano darts in, drums slip under the horn, and the whole thing feels like a private talk in a language you do not speak. You shift in your seat. After a few minutes you are more confused than relaxed. You wonder if something is wrong with your ears.
By Carla Patonabout a year ago in Beat
Brian Wilson. Top Story - June 2025.
I grew up listening to rock 'n' roll, which was half doo-wop, and half Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis. As the 1960s began to emerge, the Four Seasons in 1962 and the Beach Boys in 1963 carried on with a modernized, popified doo-wop sound. The Beatles were closer than just around the next corner. And that was the milieu in which I formed my first group, The Transits, slightly more old-fashioned than the Four Seasons and the Beach Boys, but covering their best songs.
By Paul Levinsonabout a year ago in Beat
Until I Had None Left To Give. Top Story - April 2025.
So, I already had an entry for this challenge, and would have loved to have done something using my voice, etc., but I do not really have the resources or the budget for that. My first entry was solely the lyrics and structure, with lots of information about how I would have composed it if I had the time, resources, and skills.
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Beat
