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Jonathan Coulton Announces June Tour Dates

Jonathan Coulton has announced a tour in support of last year’s Artificial Heart for this upcoming June. The 14-date tour will start in Boston on June 1 and end in Vancouver on June 23. Dates in Pittsburgh and Chicago still do not have a venue, but Coulton plans on performing one way or another.  read more

Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart

It seems safe to say that Jonathan Coulton is currently a nerd icon. Coulton has sung about zombies, worked on songs for the _Portal_ series, toured with They Might Be Giants and performed on stage for _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ live events. Coulton’s newest album _Artificial Heart_ combines this nerdy sensibility with a melancholy nature that is mostly hit or miss.  read more

Jonathan Coulton

In 2005, Jonathan Coulton undertook the challenge of his lifetime, a grueling 52-week affair entitled Thing A Week, aiming to produce a fresh song each week for an entire year.  read more

10 Terrific Covers of Rap Songs (And 10 We Want to See Happen)

There are million YouTube videos of people covering rap, hip-hop and R&B songs, and it can be overwhelming to sift through them all—so we've done it for you. Here are 10 songs that you should hear.   read more

50 Musicians Worth Following on Twitter

We’ve published lists of who to follow on Twitter, but like medium itself, these lists constantly need an update (especially now that @KanyeWest has slowed down). Here are 50 of our favorite bands and solo artists on Twitter. Let us know who else is worth a follow in the comments section below....  read more

Seven Musical Wonders of the Minecraft World

A recent update to Notch's fan favorite Minecraft introduced music note blocks to the game, allowing for players to construct giant machines that play intricate melodies. Several note-block virtuosos have taken to Youtube...  read more

Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" Recreated in Minecraft

A recent update to the breakout indie hit Minecraft has added musical-note blocks to the game, allowing players to craft intricate melodies in addition to structural wonders....  read more

The 20 Best Songs in Videogames

The first commercial videogame involved navigating a rocket ship; it was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971. Music has been around for um… a lot longer than that. But the two have been intertwined from the nearly the beginning of gaming, as far back as Atari 2600, which allowed gamers to play alongside background “music,” which was really a series of simple loops. ...  read more

Catching Up With... Jonathan Coulton

Although the music blogosphere isn't fawning over him, Jonathan Coulton is one of the most successful...  read more