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Via Mashable.

“A violin may be beautiful, but it always will sound like a violin.”

I hear that, and I immediately wonder: Well, what’s the problem? Isn’t it a comfort to know that a beautiful violin will always sound like a violin?

Sometimes, the future of musical instruments, and the future of music&#151and, for that matter, the future, in general&#151sort of makes me sad, leaves me feeling a bit cold and confused. I don’t easily understand why we continue to replace our beautiful, fleshy things with flatter, shinier, digital devices. I see how these…

Via Goldmine Magazine.

Emma: I love records, too. Call me!

Francois does an excellent job of conveying the warm, fun vibe and sharing the overall experience of Salon Son et Image. If you weren't able to attend the show, Francois' video footage, paired with our blog coverage, should give you a great…

It kills, but it also builds, it soars, it uplifts. Jitterbug is deadly like the night and triumphant like the day, equal parts fire and soul, matching Motorhead and the Melvins with Hendrix, Ayler, and Coltrane.

Jitterbug burns. Due to be released on June 8, from Rune Grammofon, distributed by Forced Exposure. Listen.

The music, like summer, pulses with heat and haze; sounds bubble and fume from hot city streets, screech and cry like cicadas in trees, pierce like sunlight off of high rolling waves. Sommer startles like the invisible night and then soothes like the endless sky. The soundstage expands and contracts and expands until it can hardly hold, so full with warmth and promise you’ll want to dive in.

The six cryptically titled songs of Hell’s Porcelain Opera pour over with lush analog electronics, alternately bouncing and lulling, but always haunting. There are…

Via Prefix.

It may be nothing new, but this is an homage to past musical forms done with great style and skill. Awesome to see and hear. Janelle Monae's full-length debut, The Archandroid, joining large-scale classical, big-band jazz, R&B, hip-hop, rock, techno, and soul, is available now.

This charming, classy commercial is from charming, classy 1977, the year I was born; and, somewhere in my psyche, the catch phrase, "Weekends were made for Michelob," will forever burn bright.

It's just about "beer o' clock," as JA would say. Remember to drink responsibly. Cheers.

The latest Apple gadget made its way around our office, amid oohs and ahhs and whatevers, triggering comments ranging from, “It’s making me carsick” to “It’s really awesome.”

Zinio, the company that brings you the outstanding digital edition of Stereophile, is also responsible for bringing to life our iPad edition; and, while I’ll probably always prefer good, old-fashioned paper, the iPad offers some obvious advantages, such as its high-resolution,…