Store Wars

by Evan Orensten

Remember the Store Wars, a short film by Free Range Graphics for the Organic Trade Association, spreads the word of the pro-organic movement in a humorous and timely manner. It's hard not to love TofuD2, Ham Solo and Chewbroccoli (my favorite).

The History of Sampling

by Josh Spear

The History of Sampling is a visual map compiling the history of music sampling from the jazz greats through the latest hip hop sampling, and everything in between. The interface is pretty impressive, it's all an interactive timeline and you can mouse-over albums to see the links between them. It hosts an incredibly impressive amount of data, and equally impressive user interface.

via Data Is Nature

Attack of the Show

by Josh Rubin

Set your Tivo because on Wednesday Attack of the Show! Carol will be talking about the Retro Redux and I'll be babbling about CH. And while we're in LA, rest assured we'll be on the lookout for some great things to post so if you have any tips, bring 'em on.

Cut Copy -- Let's Try it Again

by Ari Bendersky

Here’s a case of maybe needing to listen to a CD more than a few times before making a solid judgment call. Or maybe actually believing other music lovers and giving a CD another shot when you’ve written it off yourself.

Such is the case with Cut Copy’s Bright Like Neon Love. While listening to iTunes on shuffle the other day, I found myself really groovin’ to what was coming in through my earbuds – the song “Going Nowhere.” It made me want to listen to more.

On one hand, Cut Copy sounds slightly like a stripped down Fischerspooner or Groove Armada-lite. On the other hand, it’s just really good rock-influenced dance music.

So while Bright Like Neon Love came out in 2004, I’m taking a step back in time to redo a wrong.