American Songwriter

3 Songs From Famous Rock Bands That Barely Sound Like Them

These three rock bands all have songs that don't feel like their typical sound. Despite being different, these songs became ...
NPR

8 Tracks: What was the Steve Albini sound? Almost everything

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. "In Metal," in particular, ...
American Songwriter

8 Rock Songs That Sound Exactly Like Other Ones (Sorry in Advance for Ruining These Tracks for You)

Originality is great and all, but in the grand scheme of things (that is, centuries of composing and recording music), there is very little music out there that isn’t at least a little derivative of ...
NPR

8 Tracks: Music for movies of the mind

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. Music can shift, uplift or even ...
Rolling Stone

How Producers and Composers Found a Balance Between Tradition and Afrofuturism on ‘Black Panther’

Marvel operates under top secret protocols to protect the sanctity of movie magic. So when Black Panther began taking shape under the direction of Ryan Coogler, it wasn’t just the writers and actors ...
ABC7 San Francisco

BART's 'Sound Tracks' outdoor music series returns with Bay Area artists: Here's what to expect

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- BART's "Sound Tracks" outdoor music series returns on Wednesday. The free concerts are part of BART's rider engagement strategy. Sound Tracks encourages riders to support local ...