Passion Pit giving new LP away for free to fans who retweet his support for science
The new album is called 'Tremendous Sea of Love.'
science
study says attending live music performances reduces stress levels
...there is a small caveat, however.
NYU students are ‘hipsters’, says Spotify data on college listening habits (Cornell likes …
Spotify released the listening data for students at universities throughout America, and as the college section of USA Today points out, NYU ranked #1 in what Spotify considers "hipster" music:We don't need Spotify data to tell us NYU is cool...
are guitarists’ brains different from everybody else’s? (science apparently says so)
Bon Iver at Angel Orensanz in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
Ever wondered if guitar players' brains work differently than everybody else's'...
Ever wondered if guitar players' brains work differently than everybody else's'...
‘All American Music Map’ maps favorite music genres by state (NY is not very punk)
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE PUNK (actual interactive map HERE)
Check out the 'All American Music Map' HERE. How'd they do it?"We calculated musical taste scores using data from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U...
Check out the 'All American Music Map' HERE. How'd they do it?"We calculated musical taste scores using data from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U...
Trophy Scars releasing ‘Holy Vacants’ (stream a track), playing release shows in NYC & NJ
DOWNLOAD: Trophy Scars - Hagiophobia (MP3)
Morristown, NJ's Trophy Scars have been through many sounds in their 12-year career. They started as a straightforward post-hardcore band (comparative to their later works at least), and their 2006 sophomore LP, Alphabet...
Morristown, NJ's Trophy Scars have been through many sounds in their 12-year career. They started as a straightforward post-hardcore band (comparative to their later works at least), and their 2006 sophomore LP, Alphabet...
Bill Nye the Science Guy shopping a new TV show, doing three nights at Irving Plaza
With his quirky/funny '90s-era afternoon PBS show, Bill Nye "the Science Guy" taught a lot of us about the world around us and beyond. He's been back in the news lately, debating creationist Ken Ham back in February, hanging with Cosmos/Star Talk host Neil deGrasse Tyson and Pres…
British study finds that metalheads are pretty much how you think they are
MDF 2011 (more's career, for better or worse) to the controversial 2011 Melbourne University study that suggested that obsessive metal listening leads to suicide, academic studies of metal tend to generate more heat than light...
scientists in Minneapolis create a 100% soundless room
Like the old adage says, the silence is deafening:Scientists at Minneapolis' Orfield Labs created their own soundless room, an anechoic chamber...
“Making music can help overcome depression”
""This is a high-quality randomised trial of music therapy specifically for depression, and the results suggest that it can improve the mood and general functioning of people with depression...