Between Music, Band Plays It's Music Underwater

Between Music is an artist group from Denmark run by Laila Skovmand and Robert Karlsson.

The main project is AquaSonic. An underwater concert that takes the audience on a unique and fascinating voyage into uncharted territory.

Equipped with custom-made underwater instruments four musicians and singers submerge themselves completely in water in each their man-sized water tank.

From the watery depths they deliver visual performance, art installation and concert in one; from silent warm waves of euphony to ocean-like deep rumbling, and roaring soundscapes of another world.

Cooking with the Butthole Surfers: Gibby Haynes’ dessert and drink recipes

If you were going to ask musicians for recipes, the Butthole Surfers might seem like unlikely candidates. There isn’t a Martha Stewart type among them; indeed, their dancer, Kathleen, once mixed her own urine in with the macaroni and cheese. But reading through the band’s old interviews has more in common with taking a Home Ec class than you might expect.

How vinyl revival makes it harder on small local labels

Photo courtesy of Clint Billington, Victory Records

A decade of skyrocketing vinyl record sales has had unintended consequences for a key constituent: It is much harder for small local labels to get records made.

The data show more and more records selling, but those numbers represent only a small part of total music sales, around 5 percent in 2015. And that proportion is not enough to justify an expansion for the companies that press records using an expensive, old-fashioned industrial process. So the small number of record presses in the U.S. (there are fewer than 20) operate around the clock sometimes to keep up with demand. And local labels are feeling the pressure.

Los Angeles-based Rainbo Records runs its presses 24 hours a day, typically six days a week, according to Steve Sheldon, president of the company. Their newest press is 40 years old. If a part breaks and they don't have a replacement stored on their shelves, it has to be made, which is costly. Rainbo said it presses about 7 million records a year, compared with five years ago, when it was half of that.

Continental Launches Brand New Feature Single - Home On The Range

Continental Launches Brand New Feature Single - Home On The Range, order the album now

The White Wall Sessions Season 3 Peewee Moore "Breaker 1-9"

The White Wall Sessions is an exciting, innovative new television program which organically and artistically showcases local, regional and national music acts performing original acoustic, americana, bluegrass, folk and blues in a laid back, intimate setting. The White Wall Sessions is recorded in a small studio in Sioux Falls, SD.

This episode is taken from The White Wall Sessions' third season, and features Rusty Knuckles' artist Peewee Moore, performing "Breaker 1-9" !

Luke Cyrus Goetze, performing "Heros" on lap steel

This rendition of Bowie's "Heroes" is one of the best Bowie tributes you will find today, and will certainly tug at your heart strings! Absolutely beautiful take by Luke Cyrus Goetze!

Now There Are Real, Playable Vinyl Business Cards

We celebrated Record Store Day last month, with vinyl enthusiasts from all over the country checking out their local record establishments. There was live music and special edition releases on sale in stores all around; in honor of a day that celebrates all things vinyl.

The Ballad of the Dreadnought

Ballad of the Dreadnought is a new film—narrated by actor and Martin player Jeff Daniels—that traces the rise of the Martin Dreadnought.

It’s a legend that began on a humble wooden workbench in a dusty factory in 1916. The instrument made that day was a guitar with a startling design created by America’s leading guitar maker—C.F. Martin & Co. of Nazareth, Pennsylvania. In time, the model would become one of the world’s most iconic instruments, shaping the sound of American music.

Meet Ryan Almighty, The Man Behind The Blood Portraits On The Brand New 7" Record From Antiseen and He Who Cannot Be Named

Ryan Almighty Blood Portraits On The Brand New 7" Record From Antiseen and He Who Cannot Be Named

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1. Give us a quick view about why you enjoy doing the blood portraits?

Ive always been drawn to portraiture, and years ago when I was a performer (Viktor 44) It wasn't uncommon to incorporate blood into the act. It all just sort of evolved into what I am doing now. I am all about the aesthetics, symbolism, and dynamics of painting in human blood, Its without a doubt a passion and perhaps even a calling.

2. How does punk rock influence your art?

I was an outcast in a small town growing up, never fit in, nor did I want to, I found punk rock and art at an early age and used both as coping tools to get me through a fairly miserable hand I was dealt in the card-game of life. Kind of developed the philosophy: "If you cant join 'em, beat 'em" and developed a taste for provocation. Ive learned to stay true to myself and not worry about if my decisions in art are provocative or offensive to the status quo, and if that aint punk rock I dont know what is. Because of that it has become a goal to paint a lot of punk rock portraits utilizing the performers blood. Lets face it, life is temporary and in 20-50 years when my subjects and I are only a memory the fact that the paintings remain will be leaving relics of our little slice of time/(sub)culture.

Listen to Early White Zombie Song ‘Scarecrow #2′ (Exclusive)

The track is from an upcoming collection of rarely heard songs from the band's New York City days

White Zombie, circa 1986. Photo: Scott Smith

The band White Zombie made a name for itself in the early and mid-1990s with heavy, horror-themed songs such as “Beavis and Butthead” favorite “Thunder Kiss ’65” and the hit single “More Human Than Human.” But before the band’s MTV salad days, White Zombie was a noise-rock group from New York City’s underground scene that pressed only a few hundred copies of its first few records in the mid- to late 1980s, leaving several songs out of print.

But on June 3, 39 early White Zombie tracks will be available, remastered by guitarist J. Yuenger, in a boxed set called “It Came From N.Y.C.“ that will include five LPs or three CDs, and a 108-page, photo-packed hardcover book that chronicles the band’s rise. The remastered version of the previously unissued song “Scarecrow #2” premieres today on Speakeasy.