Björk, Jeff Mangum, Guided by Voices to Headline Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound, Barcelona's premier music festival, is due to take place next year from May 30 to June 3. Earlier today, the festival organizers announced a small portion of the planned 2012 lineup. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsWatch the Flaming Lips' Tribute to Steve Jobs
Last night MTV held their second O Music Awards, featuring performances and award categories dedicated to music and culture in the digital sphere. Notable highlights include Björk taking home a Digital Genius Award, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" being awarded Best Vintage Viral Video, the Flaming Lips paying tribute to Steve Jobs with a cover performance of The Beatles' "Revolution" composed entirely on iPads, and the accompanying O Music Awards dance party achieving its goal of breaking the Guinness World Record for the Longest Team Dance Marathon. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBjörk: Biophilia
It's hard to even explain the 'what' of Bjork's eighth album, Biophilia, much less the ‘how’. An entire article could be devoted to exploring and explaining the process by which the album was created, the collaborations with National Geographic and Apple and David Attenborough, the creation and inclusion of "gravity harps", the release of the album as not a piece of music but as a part of an experiential interactive semi-educational “project” to be released as a collection of iPad and iPhone apps, and on and on and on. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe 30 Greatest Music Videos of the 1990s
Music videos were so great in the ’90s, MTV actually showed them, launching the careers of directors like Spike Jonze, Brett Ratner and David Fincher. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBjörk Provides Explanation for Album Delay
Björk announced earlier this month that the release of her forthcoming eighth studio album, Biophilia, would be pushed back from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11, yet no reason was given. Yesterday, however, Björk herself released an explanation. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBjork Pushes Back Biophilia to October
Bjork's highly anticipated studio album, Biophilia, has been delayed two weeks. The album was going to be hitting store shelves the last week of September, but instead will see an October 11th U.S. release date via One Little Indian/Nonesuch Records. read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to a New Bjork Song
Bjork has officially released the third single off of her upcoming album, Biophilia.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Bjork Perform Biophilia
First it was a simple album, then it morphed into an iPad App and last week, Bjork announced her latest LP, Biophilia, would be accompanied by a three-year educational tour (complete with musical Tesla coils). But even with all of the mounting hype, the question still remained what exactly was Biophilia and, more importantly, just how weird was the record’s live show?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBjork Plans Three-Year Educational Tour for Biophelia
With a slew of recent developments swirling around her upcoming multimedia album/iPad app/who-knows-what-else project Biophelia, Bjork has added to the LP’s long list of quirks by announcing a three-year educational tour that will accompany its release.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBjörk Performs New Album Live
Björk performed songs from her upcoming LP, Biophilia, at her first show of seven that she’s doing for the Manchester International Festival. Complete with a giant new ’do and a rowdy choir to back her up, the Icelandic songstress played the new album in its entirety according to Culture Pop.... read more
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