March 2010
She & Him - Volume 2
drownedinsoundcloud:
Zooey Deschanel + M.Ward = She & Him
Read: Volume 2 8/10 Review by David Renshaw
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Daryl Hall & John Oates (53)
Nancy Symphony Orchestra (36)
Claude Debussy (27)
Four Tet (23)
Shout Out Louds (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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At the moment, true. They are the YouTube of audio and are making it easy. I...
– Dave Kusek answering this question on MusicThinkTank: SoundCloud is the best possible way to move music around the Internet?
It’s important to be passionate about something. Something that you’re obsessed about. That you simply have to share with everyone. You can’t stop talking about it. Seth Godin refers to it with the Japanese phrase ‘Otaku’.
There’s a cab driver in Austin who’s Otaku is BBQ sauce. In fact he’s so passionate about his subject that he forgot where he...
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popicalisland asked: Hey
This seems like a really stupid question but how do i embed the soundcloud player on tumblr? I tried it the obvious way to no avail and after googling it all i found was this guide which again lists the no brainer way: http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/1355327/embed-soundcloud-tumblr
But every time i hit post all i get is the code on the screen. Again, i'm sorry...
This seems like a really stupid question but how do i embed the soundcloud player on tumblr? I tried it the obvious way to no avail and after googling it all i found was this guide which again lists the no brainer way: http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/1355327/embed-soundcloud-tumblr
But every time i hit post all i get is the code on the screen. Again, i'm sorry...
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Five Q's, five A's and one advice from Morgan Page
Hey Morgan, thanks for taking the time to answer these couple of questions. Tell us a bit about you: who are you, where are you from, where are you headed?
My name is Morgan Page. I’m a DJ, producer, and remixes originally from Vermont, but based in Los Angeles. I am headed wherever the music and airplanes take me.
I noticed the link to your Twitter account in the main tabs of your...
Metric - Sick Muse (Adam Freeland remix)
drownedinsoundcloud:
DiS loves Metric. So much so we released Live it Out and Emily’s Knives… solo album on our label. DiS Recordings is on hiatus else we would have released Fantasies (8/10 review) too! Metric have a new edition of the record streaming on Spotify, to promote their forthcoming show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire and it includes some new tracks, including the above remix.
Read:...
Lali Puna: what would you like to know?
We’re going to interview Lali Puna for our blog. Have any questions for them? We’ll pick the 5 most interesting ones and have them answer.
Fire away :)
Yes, the cool thing with flickr is you can build these other websites and...
– Interview with SoundCloud founder and CEO Alexander Ljung - Connecting Me To You
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One of the things that stood in the way for a long time is the way people think...
– Interview with SoundCloud founder and CEO Alexander Ljung - Connecting Me To You
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Meet Titus And The Raindrops, a producing artist...
A couple weeks back, LA-based producer Titus and the Raindrops joined our monthly user chat (join us on April 1st, no joke!) and we started emailing shortly after. I really liked the diversity of Titus’ productions and felt like he had a lot of interesting things to say so I asked him if he’d be up to answer a couple if my questions.
Read the entire post, Titus indeed has a couple...
Peggy Sue - Body Of Work
Peggy Sue has put together a collection of old singles, live tracks and other treasured gems…
All of the tracks are available for Download too courtesy of Wichita!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
The Clash (59)
Artur Rubinstein (52)
Jascha Heifetz (37)
Arpad Sandor (28)
Garrick Ohlsson (26)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Monument PR Music: Moby, Ryan Adams, JET and more... →
SoundCloud-powered global music showcase helping to raise money for Concern Worldwide
For the second year running, SoundCloud has teamed up with Twestival to launch Twestival.fm (www.twestival-fm.com), bringing artists from around the world together via SoundCloud and Twitter to raise…
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Tiffany Page 'Walk Away Slow' Free Download
Grab a free download of Tiffany Page’s ‘Walk Away Slow’ through SoundCloud.
Have a listen to the track and press the ‘Download’ button to get your copy.
Check out Tiffany Page on Facebook and pre-order the Limited Edition EP ‘Walk Away Slow’ here.
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Jónsi - Go Do EP
Stream Jónsi’s new EP Go Do on SoundCloud courtesy by The In Sound.
Can’t wait for this cat to play our shores in June. Get your tickets early!
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HypeCloud Player
The HypeCloud Player is in full action as bands from SXSW are uploading tracks.Come have a listen to what bands are already getting involved. Like anything? Click on ‘Share’ in the player and get blogging!
Check out one of my discoveries from the HypeCloud Player, Afghan Raiders:
Afghan Raiders - Future Thinkers by Afghan Raiders
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
Venetian Snares (62)
Beatsteaks (54)
The Subterraneans (43)
Queen (33)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (31)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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You guys have awesome taste
The Tallest Man On Earth, Autechre, Mumford & Sons, Broken Bells, Ellie Goulding, Blur, Jónsi, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Citizen Cope, Four Tet, Distrikt.
Bonus: The Lord of The Rings
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The Tallest Man On Earth - A Field Of Birds (Yellow Bird Project Theme)
The Swede Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man On Earth is an exceptional singer/songwriter. You have to hear for yourself by clicking ‘Watch’ (yeah we know, Tumblr should allow a proper preview of the nice artwork player).
This is the theme song for The Yellow Bird Project, a t-shirt & indie music charity...
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What are you listening to right now?
Mini Twitter Contest: The Winners
We did a little mini contest on Twitter today asking our followers to @-reply us their bio in no more than 140 characters. Here are the three we found the most creative:
@wnes:
@halogoggles:
@djrichardbanks:
Congrats to our three winners! Please send us your postal address via direct message on Twitter and we’ll send a package your way. Also include your answers to these three...
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SoundCloud Exclusive!
Ryan Adams - Electrosnake
A new track from Ryan Adams’ upcoming record - free download!
Record labels: change or die →
Long but good article on Gizmodo about the current state of record label land. Nothing striking new if you’re in the industry (sic) but if you want to get an overview about what’s up, we recommend you take ten minutes to read it.
Can we ask you a favor?
It would be terrificly cool if you could recommend DrownedinSoundCloud to the Music category of the Tumblr Directory.
Sean and the folks at Drowned in Sound are dedicated and passionate music writers and set up this cool Tumblr curating bands and artists using SoundCloud.
Thanks you, cats.
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Reflection Eternal - In This World
New single by Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Trek) courtesy by Warner Urban.
PASSION FIT.
Nylon have posted about the Passion Pit remix of Marina and the Diamonds’ I Am Not A Robot’. Good album, great remix!
Worth checking out Marina at SXSW if you’re going, have a listen:
“I am Not a Robot” Flex’d Rework (Passion Pit Remix) by Marina and The Diamonds
While the upcoming features for the revamped MySpace aim to do just this, there...
– Kristen Nicole - Bub.blicio.us
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →
Adam Green (117)
Aaron Copland (90)
Babyshambles (80)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (50)
Peter Doherty (18)
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