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Looking for advice on what to do with your band’s Instagram feed? Over at Hypebot, Hugh McIntyre shares four best practices for getting the most out of it: Use pro Continue reading Instagram advice for bands
A few years ago, Elizabeth Stinson wrote for Wired about SolarBeat, an interactive data website that “uses the real orbital frequencies of the major bodies of our solar system, and uses Continue reading SolarBeat lets you play the solar system
At the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins in Laurel, Maryland, the New Horizons space probe team rang in 2019 at midnight and then called Dr. Brian May (that’s right, Continue reading Brian May of Queen premieres new song for New Horizons
File under: source material. In December, NASA posted audio captured by the Mars InSight lander of Martian winds blowing on it. This should be of interest to noise artists or Continue reading NASA releases audio of winds on Mars
The ground is thick with anti-Trump compilation albums that started coming out in 2016 (your humble editor’s band appeared on one that came out on Election Day 2018, even). Some Continue reading The internet abounds with anti-Trump comps
Being a Napalm Death freak, D.U. used to be a frequent browser of Twisting the Knife (Slowly), a fan site from the 2000s run by Joachim Ghirotti that featured an intriguing Continue reading Early Napalm Death: old-school content from long-dead fan site
There’s a few jewelry companies out there that make their wares from used guitar and bass strings and donate some proceeds to charity, one being Strüng. One that came recommended Continue reading Guitar string jewelry for a good cause: The Guitarwrist
Bandcamp has gotten political before and today it’s doing it again: encouraging people to register to vote, and donating today’s proceeds to a group called the Voting Rights Project. All Continue reading Bandcamp supporting voting rights
D.U. used to interview musicians about their gear for Clrvynt.com a few years back, and lately has been linking to those pieces in the Disposable Underground Newsletter (and here’s the Continue reading Musicians talking gear
Terrorizer Magazine has pissed off a lot of people lately. It’s one of the publications that has been covering U.K. and international metal music for years (your editor used to Continue reading Terrorizer Magazine releases free digital issue and regular newsstand issue after long absence