When we hear “hip-hop” or “rap” (we hardly hear just one of those term separately, because of their common origins), we talk about a musical and cultural phenomenon that covers at least five decades, now… The origins of hip hop: inside Kool Herc’s parties
Although many ignore this, Pixies made the history of music, paving the way (along with R.E.M.) for the so-called alternative music of Nirvana, Radiohead and so on. Both Kurt Cobain and Thom Yorke have always… The best Pixies covers ever made
Music preserves in itself an immanent power to communicate and therefore to change things. To change ourselves and the world around us. This is still the best way to approach any piece of art, the only… Radiohead, Like Spinning Plates: behind the meaning of the lyrics
Frank Zappa is probably the most ingenious and complete musician of the twentieth century. Not only has he innovated profoundly the music of his time with his eclectic style, taking influences from blues, rock, jazz… Frank Zappa’s best songs: (re)discovering his guitar style
In some moments the music, as well as any form of art, can be almost a religious experience (using David Foster Wallace words): if we stop for a moment, we interrupt our daily inertia, we clear… The ending scene of The Departed: the dirt and the blues lament
It could look like a catchy title, created exclusively to attract the reader. But you know, Auralcrave doesn’t do that. Obviously it’s necessary to provide (create) the story that makes the world more intriguing (it’s… The music of Frank Zappa finally saved George Orwell