Miles Raymer, Entertainment Weekly [http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/04/stream-emo-revivalists-runaway-brothers-reprise?hootPostID=284bc1b24f7625873c0052ad386cf27e] : > Cleveland’s Runaway Brother fits in comfortably with the ongoing emo revival—and unlike a lot of their brethren, they don’t seem to mind...
Tapbots via Twitter [https://twitter.com/tweetbot/status/563070797456367617]: > Tweetbot for Yosemite has been more work than anticipated, but it is coming…and yes, it will be a free update! My most used Mac application is getting a facelift. It...
Mike Sampson, Screen Crush [http://screencrush.com/felicity-jones-star-wars/]: > There have been rumors bouncing around this week that ‘Orphan Black’ star Tatiana Maslany had won the lead role in Gareth Edwards’ upcoming ‘Star Wars’ spinoff. As can often be the case...
Since I left my position at Substream Magazine in October, a lot has changed. Both the publication’s Marketing Director (Nici Arsenault) and Managing Editor (Drew Wille) have also effectively left the company. In my 6 months there, those two,...
When I last talked to Cartel, they were releasing a statement [http://www.underthegunreview.net/2014/05/18/utg-exclusive-cartel-releases-statement-on-enjoy-the-ride-chroma-pressing/] about the Enjoy The Ride Records release of Chroma, their acclaimed debut full-length. Now they are finally releasing a pressing of...
You can get John Saddington’s blogging application Desk for half the price for a limited time. Selected as a part of the Mac App Store’s Get Productive collection, Desk is only 14.99 right now. Desk works with...
Micah Singleton, The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7949485/aol-shutting-down-tuaw-apple]: > There goes another one. AOL is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog, better known as TUAW, sources familiar with the situation tell The Verge. The company — which...
I got the chance to play this the other day. As you’d probably expect, its small enclosure and wrap-around screen makes this an equally immersive and disorienting experience. Still, it was quite fun. Once I watched a line of...
Imgur has added a new service that allows you to quickly make an animated GIF from a video clip online. Just type in the link, select the starting point an duration, and you’ve got yourself ammo for the Twitter...
Mic Wright, The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/01/28/slack-acquires-screenhero-integrate-screen-sharing-voice-video/] : > Slack, the increasingly popular communication platform, has made its second acquisition, snapping up collaborative screen sharing service Screenhero for an undisclosed amount in a cash and stock...
> Small San Francisco design shop designer reimagines Pokemon as logos. Very cool study [http://pictogram.agency/pokemonbranding/] by the founder of Pictogram and former Apple and HP employee, Sebastiaan de With....
John Saddington, Desk.PM: > A lot of people have asked me whether sponsorship and advertising on John Gruber’s Daring Fireball actually works. What they are asking, more specifically, is whether it’s really worth the investment, because advertising is...
Last year, I fell in love with a band called Tommy Boys. Their noodly jams have been on my rotation for several months. Now they can be on yours too. Grab their record on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/...
The issue of streaming copyrighted materials on blogs and webzines has been growing ever wearisome in the past 5 years. What with DMCA notices taking down fan-made YouTube video streams, SoundCloud uploads, and whatnot, limits have been set to stream...
Brendan O'Connor on The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/14/7537391/new-york-city-deer-problem]: > Just before Christmas of last year, John Caminiti, who lives in Staten Island, New York City’s least populated borough, watched traffic come to a standstill...
Jon Tanners, Pigeons & Planes: > Teaming up with Vic Mensa collaborator Stefan Ponce, L.A.-based singer/producer [Roy] English’s new single “Julianne” feels like pure pop filtered through 2015’s old-is-new-again lenses. The production gives the typical robotic grate...
Tilian Pearson surprised me recently by uploading an acoustic performance of “A Faint Illusion,” a song he used to perform with Tides Of Man. The album this song appeared on has stuck with me for years. This was one of...
Rich McCormick for The Verge: > Plex, the media player that can stream video and music from your personal collection to other devices, is finally available on PlayStation in North America. The software launched in Europe and Asia last month, but...
Joe Price, Pigeons & Planes: > It has to be said that no one really knew what to think of Corbin when he initially piqued the internet’s interest as Spooky Black. Was this all a very elaborate joke that someone put...
Punchline on their Facebook page [https://curbside.audio/blog/punchline-announces-new-music]: > After 17 years, 9 albums, hundreds of thousands of miles traveled, the ups and even the downs… we’re still just as thrilled to be here with you. I love...
Bryan Bishop, The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/16/7560441/james-cameron-jennifer-lawrence-join-forces-the-dive] : > James Cameron’s new Avatar trilogy may have been delayed recently due to production complications, but that isn’t stopping him from signing up people for his...
Silas Lesnick, ComingSoon.net [http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/400587-the-batman-vs-robin-trailer-is-here] : > Check out the Batman vs. Robin trailer, previewing the upcoming animated feature film, the 23rd overall direct-to-DVD film from DC Comics. One of my favorite storylines in the Batman...
I’ve been making tweaks to my blog for a few weeks now. Nothing you’d probably notice at a first glance, just cleaning up code and budging things into place. I’ve been doing this as I code some...
Scott Loxley, 501st Legion via Kotaku [http://cosplay.kotaku.com/stormtrooper-armor-saves-man-from-snake-bite-1679812287] : > “I could feel the teeth on the plastic scraping, but the armour actually stopped something! SO all those people who rag on stormtroopers, saying the armour doesn’t do...
Ben Woods, The Next Web [http://tnw.co/1AQvb50]: > It may well only be Monday, but Friday will roll around soon enough – and if you’re fortunate to work in a company that relaxes the rules a little, Friday is...
via Stheart [http://stheart.com/blog/x-kara-smarsh/]: > Web designer by day, photographer by… every chance she gets. After briefly crossing paths at a music festival in Chicago, we were instantly drawn to Kara’s feed on instagram [http://instagram.com/...
Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch: About six months ago, we reported that Facebook was working on a new product aimed squarely at the enterprise market under the working title, “FB@Work.” Now that product is officially coming to light: today the company...
HillyDilly [http://m.hillydilly.com/] is by far the most beautiful and well-crafted music discovery sites on the www. They also curate some of the best written summations of singles, downloads, and other hidden Soundcloud gems around. If you’re...
A memo sent from Scott Dadich to all WIRED employees in San Francisco, obtained [http://www.theawl.com/2015/01/re-new-wired-offices] by The Awl: > It’s an embarrassment: coffee stains on walls (and countertops and desks), overflowing compost bins, abandoned...
Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/19-year-old-kid-creates-badass-fighting-anime-1679185130]: > There are shades of Dragon Ball here, and well, pretty much every epic anime battle brawl you can think of. That being said, this is pretty darn cool. The kid who animated this...
Jono Diener, Noisey: > An unexpectedly soulful side project from the members of Fireworks. Dave Mackinder and Adam Mercer of Fireworks have started a new project with vocalist Ali Shea. If you’re familiar with the work of Fireworks, this might...
One of the most under appreciated and important aspects of modern filmmaking is the art of color grading. A Kansas City company called Grade [http://www.gradekc.com/] has been uploading samples of their work on Vimeo and it’s...
Robbie Gonzalez, i09 [http://io9.com/star-wars-spinoff-movie-loses-scriptwriter-gary-whitta-1678716338] : > We were excited to hear that Gary Whitta would be producing a screenplay for the standalone Star Wars film, to be directed by Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards. But now, Whitta has left the...
Joe Coscarelli, New York Times: > As technology has eroded the traditional barriers between musicians and their admirers, the old-fashioned methods of connection — sending fan letters into the record label ether, sneaking backstage at a concert for a photo — have given...
David Bauder, AP: > The network has been doing well financially but has been criticized, particularly by the scientific community, for some specials that have stretched the boundaries of truth. Most recently, animal rights activists were angered by the “Eaten Alive”...