Beck’s cover of David Bowie’s “Sound And Vision” with a 160 musicians is a complete reinvention of how music is recorded, shared and consumed and every second will blow another corner of your mind. Hey look, tables turned!  PhanArt featured me to discus what Pete called “the most shared piece of fan related art ever” I’ve always [...]

This is just so cool in so many ways. Let’s start at the beginning and work our way to the end… 1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time — spanning seven decades of rock history 2. This person can play every single one in a convincing [...]

Reviews, photos and videos keep pouring in from the from some of our favorite blogs and other sources.  We’ll try to round up the best of what has been published right here. Full Festival Recap Hidden Track – Glide Magazine – The AV Club Daily Wrap-Ups and Reviews Day One Relix – BV Chicago – [...]

We’ve creeped past the solstice marker and are entering the heart of festival season in the Midwest.  The oddest trend for 2012 seems to be festivals moving locations, which no less than five of the fests that we are tracking declaring a new home this year.  Here’s our roundup of the most intriguing camping and [...]

Updated 3/28/12 with free streaming and download of the entire show! The Keys’ mega-tour swung by Chicago’s mega-arena last night on their El Camino Tour. Quite the venue upgrade from their 2010 New Years’ Run at the Aragon, and on a Monday! But the Keys have not shied away from the big houses, embracing the [...]

Every Friday, we’re going to offer the best links, news and sites that we’ve discovered over the past week. We promise to keep it relevant (mainly). Will the Rothbury festival be back in 2011?  Rumors are swirling as a mass gathering permit is applied for It was only a matter of time:  Stuff Hippies Like [...]

Don’t know why the author of this flow chart (source:  Houston Press blogs, John Seaborn Gray) chose to frame it as which band to join, as opposed to “listen to” or “like”.  I guess its worth it for the sly Arcade Fire reference. Regardless, I may be using this chart to check out a couple [...]

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads. 2010 was an incredible year for the music video.  From the Spike Jonze deliciousness of LCD Soundsystem’s “Drunk Girls” and his secret film project with Arcade Fire to wonderful tongue-in-cheek rave-ups like The Black Keys’ “Tighten [...]

Let’s say you’ve got a ton of soul, a wealth of talent and a hell of a creative streak.  You get off on loud guitars and the deep rumble of the bass.  Your music is an extension of yourself, a vehicle of expression for joy, pain, melancholy, even anger.  Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Howlin’ [...]

It is a beautiful thing when technology allows a hobbyist to put a video like this together in just a couple of hours. The author (username marc4dfan on YouTube) doesn’t have a background in video production, he just got an idea in his head and thought “maybe I could do that.”