By tiffany | Published:
February 25, 2009
We stumbled onto one of the coolest live performance concepts we’ve seen in a long time; shove a musician into a cab, make them play one song all the way through, and video tape it from the front seat. There is just something charmingly intimate about these videos. The claustrophobic acoustics and stupid simplicity [...]
By tiffany | Published:
February 16, 2009
Familiar imagery of cold weather and private conversations, but this time – Bon Iver (the project of singer-songwriter Justin Vernon) journeys further out of the bitter isolation of For Emma, Forever Ago and moves into different, more defined soundscapes.
The title track from the EP, makes donating blood seem like the perfect setting for romantic intermissions, [...]
By tiffany | Published:
February 10, 2009
Sunday was the big show for the music business. The televised clustering of popular artists, random CBS-sponsored presenters (ahem, Gary Sinese, WTF?), and awkward bravado of the industry is often just a basic intrusion to personal preference – littered with opulent lip-syncing. The actually awarding aside, this year the Grammys had a couple notable performances. [...]
Posted in Artists We Digg | Also tagged awards shows, grammy's, kanye west, lil wayne, MIA, music, music videos, radiohead, TI, tuneup, tuneup media, usc marching band |
By tiffany | Published:
January 20, 2009
Via Frank Meeuwsen’s Flickr
In the spirit of the 44th incumbent, TuneUp has decided to give a look-see at President Obama’s choice of iPod songs.
10. “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am: Isn’t it kind of odd that one would enjoy listening to their own speech remixed with acoustic guitar? Granted, this list was published during [...]
By attiya | Published:
January 8, 2009
We get around.
Viva Las Vegas. TuneUp is at CES! It’s been a crazy-busy month for us. Our grand plan of saving the world, one music collection at a time has taken us to the International Consumer Electronics Show. We’re set up at the Gracenote booth in the South Hall 3: #30333, and the response [...]
