With the holidays right in front of our faces, the music world has begun getting into the holiday spirit. Artists entice fans with box sets, Christmas releases, and tour dates.
Artists often like to spice up their sounds by crossing boundaries. One of said boundaries is going into the world of collaborations – working with other artists in order to create something new and innovative.
As summer comes to a close and the summer music festivals start to wind down, concert attendees begin to look forward to artists fall and winter tour dates.
This Fall heralds the advent of many new releases, including the highly anticipated Quentin Tarantino-produced film The Man With The Iron Fists, the directorial debut from RZA (aka Samurai Apocalypse).
MXDWN loves random, and this week features some almost unbelievable musical endeavors, such as drug-inspired albums, music fests in Israel, Day of the Dead themed parties, and electronic superstars scoring Disney movies.
On July 7th, a hardcore show at New York’s Webster Hall was shut down due to an incident involving the band Cro-Mags and their co-founder and former bassist Harley Flanagan.
The Flaming Lips have replaced their track with Chris Martin on their collaborative LP with a song called "Tasered and Maced," performed with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory.
To give a friendly nod to musical influence worldwide, we want to step outside the States this week to acknowledge people and events from other countries that are making contributions to the music world.
As the summer festival circuit creeps closer, hopeful MXDWN-ers and festival followers alike are being musically satiated as an outpouring of artists and lineups for upcoming festivals hit the public.
We salute the tuneful inventors that keep breaking ground with new audio formats, biodegradable record balloons and brand spanking new music fests with amusements for all.
Forget the 21st century, because bands that hit it big-time in the 20th century are still active today, working on projects that MXDWN hopes to hear soon!
