From Frank Sinatra to Solange, here’s what helped our graduating members through both the monumental and mudane of collegiate life.
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Living room catwalks never sounded so good.
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For a long time, there wasn’t a very direct bridge between the soundscapes of ambient music and the world of underground techno — until Daniel Avery built it.
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May Daft Punk always be playing in your house.
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With more than a decade and a half of build-up, Madlib and Four Tet’s first collaborative project was finally released on Jan. 29, as the pair pay homage to their influences and lay claim to the Sound Ancestors title for years to come.
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Released 10 years ago, “TRON: Legacy” is a sci-fi flick that didn’t quite measure up to its hype. But imperfectly de-aged Jeff Bridges and simplistic plot aside, “TRON: Legacy” has had a lasting impact through its classic score from electronic legend Daft Punk and the profound effect it had on the French house duo’s career.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums that left an impression on our ears.
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As if 2020 wasn’t crazy enough, the cult-classic video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” is returning to the limelight with a highly anticipated remastered version releasing this September — 21 years after the original. Now that the game is old enough to buy itself a drink, it’s time we raise our glass to the iconic soundtrack that accompanied it.
Yes, rock is dead. Or at least, it has struggled to survive. To see why such an influential musical movement went out of style so quickly, we go back to the last year it was truly alive: 2007.
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Offensively British, painfully introspective, but equally witty and fun, Baxter Dury’s The Night Chancers is the perfect record for a wine night in.
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Though their approaches to the genre are different in many ways, Daft Punk and LCD Soundsystem have always succeeded in their common goal: getting your ass up and onto the dance floor.
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Metal music and aesthetics have long been a one of many cultural cornerstones in entertainment, spreading beyond borders and languages. 50 years later, it’s time we look back and celebrate the album that started it all, Black Sabbath.
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