Archive for April, 2009

Aesop Rock rocks the “bill” with Despot and Ratatat

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Ratatat and Despot are currently touring the US. During each day of the tour, the duo will write, record, and perform a new song that will eventually be released on a free album when the tour is finished. During their recent San Francisco show, they asked Aesop Rock to appear on their daily track. Aes [...]

4′33″ ringtones, remixes, mashups, and more!

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Semi-obscure music fans rejoice: iTunes is currently featuring John Cage’s “Four Minutes, Thirty Three Seconds” as their Discovery Download of the week! For those that don’t know, 4′33″ is a composition in which Cage instructs the musician not to play anything at all for four minutes and thirty three seconds. It’s the sort of piece [...]