For many years, I always had to spend hours scouring the internet just to find that some band or performer I really enjoy played pretty close to where I lived (which can be very rare), but I missed it because I had no idea the show was happening! That can be frustrating.
Well it seems some other guys also had the same frustrations and started Songkick, which helps you track bands you like, upcoming shows, shows you have been to, etc.
I am very new to the service, but so far I am very impressed. It is integrated with parts of Facebook, has great search features, and really seems to be set up by people who honestly love their music (plus making money off something you love never hurts).
But once again, I am pretty new to the service. If you have any advice to offer on it, or offer another suggestion of a similar site that I might like, please do so! I am always looking for great resources on music, and any and all help is appreciated.
Okay, so this has been out there awhile, and I saw it a couple weeks back . . . but I think about it often, and I just have to share the creepiness of it to maybe get it out of my head. Seriously, do yourself a favor if you love weird or creepy things and watch this all the way through.
Unearthing is an audio and visual project uniting legendary comic book writer Alan Moore, award-winning photographer Mitch Jenkins and a cast of high-caliber musicians. A bewitching story written and narrated by Moore set against an epic score from musicians including Adam Drukker & Andy Broder (aka. Crook&Flail) Mike Patton, Stuart Braithwaite, Zach Hill and Justin Broadrick.
Alan Moore is best known for his groundbreaking graphic novels The Watchmen, V For Vendetta, From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. These, along with work for 2000 AD and DC Comics, have established him as one of the most influential and important writers in the history of comics. His output has sold in the millions, lead to numerous awards and been adapted for feature films – Moore has even made a cameo appearance in The Simpsons.
The musical score for Unearthing is produced by Crook&Flail, a partnership between Andrew Broder and Adam Drucker. Broder is the multi-instrumentalist behind the band Fog whilst Drucker’s adventures under his Doseone solo guise – and within cLOUDDEAD, Themselves and Subtle – have seen him explore spoken word and the outer reaches of rap. Together the pair have enlisted an impressive array of talented collaborators, including; Stuart Braithwaite of Scottish post-rockers Mogwai, drummer Zach Hill from acclaimed experimental band Hella, the trailblazing and prolific Justin Broadrick of Napalm Death, Godflesh and Jesu and pioneering alt-rock hero and Faith No More frontman Mike Patton.
