Coming-of-age movies: Your song?
By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt knows the score: Some of the movies we hold nearest and dearest push our buttons with tunes
First Impressions: Deborah Conway
IT'S almost dinner time in the Conway household. Chicken's in the oven.
Jon Hopkins: Insides
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums. The electronic artist/producer who previously worked on Coldplay's Viva La Vida releases his first album on the Domino label.
An Indie Game Music Roundtable: Night, Flower, Eden and Proud
[In an every-star roundtable, the musicians behind PixelJunk Eden, blossom, Night Game, and Jonathan Mak's next project tell Gamasutra their thoughts, feelings and philosophies on creating memorable game soundtracks.] Recently four composers met to share their thoughts on the subject of videogame music. Vincent Diamante wrote the scores to ThatGameCompany titles Cloud and blossom. Teaching at the ...
Cultural Life: VV Brown, singer
I'm listening to a Swedish band called Little Dragon. Their album 'Machine Dreams' has quite an eclectic sound. It's one of the best records of the year. I'm also listening to a composer called Ryuichi Sakamoto, who worked on the soundtracks for 'Babel' and 'Endless Flight'. He's a genius.
Evan Dando's model work ethic
Some musicians conduct their interviews in pristine, un-slept-in hotel rooms, but only a TV-set-shaped hole in the window could make Evan Dando's West London suite look more lived-in. The Lucky Strike ciggies that someone has purposefully disembowelled; the beer-soaked bed sheets and randomly strewn personal effects; these and other details make you wonder what went down in his room the previous ...
Yamaha YHT-791BL
The Yamaha YHT-791BL home theater system sounds nearly as good as the Onkyo HT-S9100THX (while costing less), and comes with an iPod dock, making it an excellent every-in-one system for the audiophile on a budget.
'Idol': Your rerun revelations?
By Kate Ward After re-viewing Michael Jackson night, Kate Ward thinks better of Michael Sarver. Your reappraisals?
New Pioneer Elite A/V Receivers Produce High Resolution Multi-Channel Sound Quality That Brings Cinematic ...
LONG BEACH, Calif.----Raising the bar on high power A/V Receiver performance, Pioneer Electronics Inc. today unveils four A/V Receivers designed to bring enhanced clarity, detail and dynamic "quick response" from uncompressed Dolby® True-HD and DTS-HD™ Master Audio soundtracks used in Blu-ray Disc® entertainment.
'70s coming-of-age soundtracks: Faves?
By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt kicks off our EW University series! Today, dig into classics that use tunes of the decade
