Music

I Have That On Vinyl is "a place for people to share their passion for vinyl records, music, and have discussions about both." Pretty self explanatory.

Caught my eye because of Poetry, Lyricism, and David Berman: a Mourner's Chronicle.

Rewind is an Android and iOS app that allows you to explore music by year. You pick a year and it takes you to the year's highlights where you can sample tracks. At the bottom of each track are buttons to jump to music services where the track is available (Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, or Youtube Music). I don't subscribe to any of those services, but when I clicked the Youtube Music icon, it just took me to the track on Youtube, which I could then play in full without payment.

For instance, I chose 1968, and was presented with these tracks, among many, many others:

It'll also show you the top 100 songs of the year and you can click on them to preview and then jump to it in the apps.

Pretty neat.

If you're a musician, you should probably watch this video from Benn Jordan. It's only 3 minutes long.

If you want to get into the weeds on this, here's Jordan talking with Top Music Attorney about what's legally going on here. It's an hour forty and I've time-jumped it to skip their opening intros.

I've never been a Radiohead fan, but I do quite like Marissa Nadler. Her cover of No Surprises is lovely (as are all of her covers) and this fan-made video by Kai-Duc Luong for the track perfectly captures the mood of the song:

If that mood agrees with you, you'll also dig Yelena Yemchuk's video for The Dove and the Wolf's Springtime.

And as to Radiohead covers, here's a stunning one of Creep by an Indian man and his mother:

If you enjoyed the Nadler and want more, my favorites are Ghosts & Lovers and Thinking of You.

ROVR describes itself as Radio Reinvented:

It's live right now, or you can comb through the Archive.

There's also an app for iPhone or Android.

What I've heard so far has been top-notch.

My record store no longer carries new vinyl (used only), but I thought my customers may want to know that Mississippi Records is releasing Yo La Tengo's soundtrack to Kelly Reichardt's 2006 film Old Joy on vinyl for the first time in February. You can pre-order here. You can sample the first track below.

I assume this was done with AI: Led Zeppelin II as if it was recorded in the 50s:

The channel that posted it also has some Rainbow and Kiss related stuff.

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has a company called Telepathic Instruments and they've just announced The Orchid, a chord generator, synth, and looper.

Signup at that link to get info on pricing and when it drops. More information at *Wallpaper and Patreon.

The website leaves much to be desired, but the JamCorder device seems pretty nifty. You plug it into your keyboard and never think about it again — it records and saves everything you play, automatically.

Sure, you could just record on your phone, but because the JamCorder is always working in the background, it'll capture any greatness you may have done unintentionally and will allow you to stay in flow without interruption. Pretty neat.

$99 on the JamCorder site.

Utilizing a multi-layered turntable and altered pieces of vinyl, Graham Dunning creates Mechanical Techno.

You can see the process here: