Come Aboard The S.S. Coachella: See Photos From A Weird (And Reportedly Wonderful) Music Fest At Sea. “Who’s never been on a cruise before?”
Shouted Father John Misty (aka Joshua Tillman) from the stage. “Whooooooooooo!!!!” Went the crowd. “Me neither,” he responded mere moments after the S.S. Coachella set sail, coyly calling “15 minutes into open water” one of the most exotic places he’d ever played. This artist-fan exchange played out like clockwork as each new act took the stage and it pretty much defines the experience of the S.S. With a lineup fitting Coachella’s well-established festival brand and a group of perfectly (and insanely) styled twenty- and thirtysomethings, the likes of which the posh Celebrity Silhouette has never seen, S.S.
Though the rock-n-roll cruise is not a brand new concept (in fact the idea came from a Weezer-headlined cruise that someone had described as being as good as Coachella--fighting words that spawned this cruise), the S.S. As the days sailed on the sense of gimlet-eyed irony that passengers brought on board quickly melted away. Shenandoah sung by the Handel Choir at William Donald Schaefer Funeral. Top 100 DJs. Intern Uprising: The Songs Of 2010 Our Bosses Missed. iStockphoto.com Most see the end of the year as a cause for celebration, but not NPR Music's interns.
Our time here has come to an end. We'll miss the perks — the in-office concerts and the occasional free vegan cupcake, to name a few. We'll miss the people, too — these are some of the sharpest minds in online media. They've made us better writers and given us a pretty good idea of where music journalism is headed, and not once have we been called on to pick up the coffee. So naturally, we were pretty stoked when we were invited to take part in the making of NPR Music's year-end list of 50 Favorite Albums. What followed was nothing short of an onslaught. Our tear stains have dried, but our egos remain damaged. Patrick Henry Hughes. The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings. Top 10 Electronic Dance Tracks Of 2012 : Best Music Of 2012. Hide captionIn 2012, the British MC Chunky (left) began working as a producer and made one of our favorite tracks of the year. square eyes/Flickr In 2012, the British MC Chunky (left) began working as a producer and made one of our favorite tracks of the year.
It's hard to boil down the year in electronic dance music to just 10 tracks. There are numerous genres (house, techno, EDM, etc.) and sub-genres (funky, hardstyle, deep house, etc.), and producing a banging track has never been easier for a new generation of talented up-and-comers who grew up with access to computers and high-speed Internet. (The members of one act featured below — Disclosure — still live with their parents.) Here's how we determined what to include: The first rule was it had to make us want to dance. If you're new to electronic dance music, we hope you find something stimulating here. CANDI STATON"Hallelujah Anyway" (Larse Vocal Mix)(Defected) CATZ 'N DOGZ"They Frontin'" (feat. Purchase Featured Music.
Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2011: Complete List. NPR. Top 100 Tracks of 2011 by pitchforkmedia on Spotify. Music's 50 Favorite Songs Of 2012 (So Far) The audio for this feature is no longer available. hide captionThis mix is best enjoyed in warm weather, near a large body of water, with your old school boombox turned up to 11.
Aaron R. Fulkerson/Flickr.com This mix is best enjoyed in warm weather, near a large body of water, with your old school boombox turned up to 11. There's never just one theme running through the music of a given year, but through the first half of 2012, it's been hard to ignore the varieties of ecstasy referenced, performed and endorsed by the musicians behind many of our favorite songs. Regardless of genre, it's there in the sound: the blast of tight harmony in "Gun Has No Trigger" by Dirty Projectors, the horns that drive the San Francisco Symphony's performance of John Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine," the synthesized strings that underpin Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe.
" Of course, there's plenty more: drama and comedy, heartbreak and seduction, hope and regret. John Talabot, "Destiny" feat. St. Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012 : Best Music Of 2012.