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Creative Collaborations: Four brands doing it right

These days no-one blinks an eye if a Grizzly Bear song is featured in a car ad or if Daft Punk pop up alongside other pop culture heavyweights in a commercial for a popular sports brand, the ad itself, managing to cobble together all of these stars into a George Lucas-approved Star Wars concept. iTunes’ [...]

How the Irish did in the Wife Carrying World Championships & other links

The best headline of all-time. The rise of singles and fall of CDs in graph form. The Irish couple who came third in the Wife Carrying World Championships Why Irish musicians are turning to Bandcamp. Barack Obama battles the pink robots.

Videos of the week: Father and Son – the viral, Life in a Day, AT-AT Day Afternoon and more

Father and Son – the viral It sounded like a good idea at the time. An Elvis-impersonating father and his son decide to sing a cover of Eddie Money’s Take Me Home Tonight and perform in a bonding but awful music video. Still, at least they are having fun.

Band of Blogs: Bingo, Hipster Youth, Maximum Balloon & Magnetic Man

Bingo There’s not a whole lot of Irish producers making dubstep-tinged garage and UK funk but 21 year-old Frank Sweeney is one Dubliner impressing with his recent tracks, recalling the likes of Burial, Mount Kimbie; producers at the forefront of future music in the UK. Hipster Youth Another young man, this time 19 year-old Aidan [...]

Sites of the Week: Daily Puppy, Playlistify, Love GIFs

Daily Puppy The next time your friend is in a bad mood in gChat or fuming online send them this link. Instant cheering up guaranteed. http://www.dailypuppy.com Playlistify Share any playlist from iTunes or many other sources into online playlists for Youtube, Soundcloud, Spotify, Last.FM, Twitter and more. http://playlistify.org Love GIFs An overload of animated images [...]

A viral too far

The longest drawn out viral mystery ever produced for the internet, iamamiwhoami, which I wrote about here back in January continues to periodically churn out interesting Youtube music videos without reaching a conclusion. Originally, the enigmatic productions featuring a blonde woman and lots of vague symbolism was purported to be any one of a range [...]

Linkage: indie rock hissyfits, dance crazes & other links

A year in dance crazes. The best in indie rock hissyfits. From the sneaky ballboy to the accidental equaliser, 10 of the oddest goals scored ever. What it was like to be on set for The Muppet Movie. Careful what you tweet, a brand may be watching.  

Band of Blogs: Dirty Projectors & Bjork, Mike Scott, Major Lazer, Gaz Le Rock

Bjork and Dirty Projectors EP Mount Wittenberg Orca is a collaborative 7-track EP between the Icelandic artist and the Brooklyn band which came about after they played a benefit show together in New York. All proceeds go towards the National Geographic Society’s Oceans Project. http://www.mountwittenbergorca.com Mike Scott orchestral mixtape The Waterboys’ Mike Scott produced a [...]

Sites of the Week: Rock that Font, Musical Rooms & Belfast Music

Rock That Font A blog focusing on typography in rock ‘n’ roll, both old and new. Recommended for design geeks. rockthatfont.com   Musical Rooms Sinéad Gleeson’s blog features interviews with musicians about the space they choose to make music in. The site has posted over 100 interviews with artists like Amiina, Mogwai, Lisa Hannigan and [...]