21 Oct
Doo wop-xylophone-tribal surf rock from Japan, naturally

The Suzan are one of those bands that resist categorization like the Mujahideen resist foreign invaders. You start off with a quartet of punk-inspired Japanese girls, throw in some doo wop melodies, xylophone and tribal drums, and finish it off with surf guitar and a smattering of playful electronic lines — voila, The Suzan. The […]


What would our solar system sound like if each planet made a beat? Website designer WhiteVinyl has created Solarbeat, an innovative idea in animation form, to find out. When each planet makes a single rotation around the sun, a distinct musical tone is produced. Eventually it all adds up into musical harmony, just like the […]


23 Sep
"Straight from the Horse's Piel" mini-documentary

A short mini documentary of South Africa’s Die Antwoord in their native environment, hanging out with shirtless friends and talking mad shit like only Ninja can. Do they have a chance of some serious longevity or will they be yet another white hot internet-fueled flash in the pan? I personally love their Miami-Bass-meets-Soweto lunacy, and […]