#music-culture

#music-culture

Initially a partnership between publisher/hardware manufacturer RedOctane and developer Harmonix, the brand built upon the latter's prior music-based projects - such as Frequency, Karaoke Revolution, and Amplitude - and other genre titans like Dance Dance Revolution, GuitarFreaks, Gitaroo Man, and PaRappa the Rapper. Essentially, players had to match button combinations and rhythmic cues to the arrangements of dozens of popular songs (all of which were presented via colorfully cartoonish depictions of virtual bands playing the tunes).

Kanye West has never been one to do things quietly, and his latest project proves once again that his story draws both controversy and fascination. The highly anticipated trailer for his forthcoming documentary, In Whose Name?, offers a rare and unfiltered look at six transformative years of his life. Released on August 27, the two-minute clip is packed with cameos from some of the biggest names in music, fashion, and tech-including Drake, Pharrell Williams, Playboi Carti, Swizz Beatz, Kim Kardashian, and Elon Musk.

When he discovered black metal, I followed him there too. Soon, my bedroom began to resemble a mausoleum: there were band posters featuring men made up to look like corpses glowering into Nordic fog, and CDs with tracklists that looked more like incantations than music. I began dressing the part black on black on black. I scoured forums for rare pressings and live bootlegs.

BLACKPINK's first sportswear collaboration features an exclusive MLB (and NBA) collection by Mitchell & Ness, merging their signature style with classic team logos.

Unless you're a nerd about it, people don't seem to engage with music with much depth anymore.

The GB-001 is a modern music machine that rewires the boombox legacy for today's listeners, blending analog nostalgia with contemporary technology.

A lot of people stay in their era... You have to be eternal. I don't mean you're gonna live forever. I mean, when the music moves, you move with it.

"It is quite artistic, and we haven't gone down this route for a minute," Hazan said. "[The ads] wouldn't look out of place in an art exhibition, venue, or the walls of a fan's bedroom."