Across the “Universe” — The Most Serene Republic
This Canadian septet operates like a chamber orchestra.
Miley breaks it off with Justin, spending time with Jonas
After nine months of dating, Miley Cyrus ended things last week with underwear model Justin Gaston, according to E!.
Miley's melancholy tweets over the past few days have hinted at this. ‚ E! is saying tha...
Did Last.fm just throw you under the bus?
When everyone has a public MySpace profile, tweets what they had for lunch, and puts their drunken escapades in a Facebook album, no one really has a whole lot of privacy when it comes to the Internet. Neverthe...
Kris Allen is your American Idol
For the six people in America who missed the Wednesday night season finale of American Idol, the winner was Kris Allen.
The adorable underdog beat out Adam Lambert, the heavy favorite from the beginning. La...
Spotify your musical needs … coming soon?
Considering the shear unsuccessfulness of most streaming music platforms, one might thing that streaming music can't be more than a novelty. Napster is barely a thought in today's music marketplace, Rhapsody...
Cobra Starship makes Blast blush
LOWELL - Samuel L. Jackson might have had enough of those motherfucking snakes on that motherfucking plane, but three years later, Cobra Starship (which outfitted the title song for the 2006 summer reptilian th...
Blast Exclusive: Bobby Long in NYC
NEW YORK -- Anyone can hear the talent and potential of Bobby Long on his MySpace or his iTunes single "Left to Lie," but there is no way to fully understand how far this boy will go until seeing him perform ...
The real Camp Rock
With the success of interactive video games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero, it shouldn't come as a surprise that kids around the country and coming together to play, compete, improve their skills and even fo...
The Ocarina of Rhyme.
Classic Zelda tunes with famous rap vocals dubbed over. My goodness this is amazing. Free download inside.
Singing all the way to the bank
Some may consider a cappella nothing more than a joke of modern popular culture, but the practice of singing without instrumental backup has become more popular than ever, with fans swarming toward unique versi...
Two new DS titles from EA
Electronic Arts is putting out two brand new names on the DS in Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure and and Zubo.
From EA:
ZUBO
This music-based rhythm-action adventure is an original intellectua...
Sony adds new features to ACIDplanet, gives away Xpress 7 for free
Sony Creative Software is revamping and adding new features to ACIDplanet.com, its social networking site for music developers.
To coincide with the 10th aniversary of the Acid software family, which Blast l...
Marantz SA8003
The music coming out of your iPod doesn't sound as good as it would coming from a CD. Period. [...]
Logitech Squeezebox Boom
One of the funnest things about the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is listening to Radio One London from an apartment in Boston.
Typing to their own beat
While other music groups may opt for little-known folk instruments or vintage Baroque violins, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (BTO) adds a distinctive flavor to the colorful Boston soundscape with the use of m...
Yes we do like the AC/DC Live Rock Band Track Pack
Not much to say. You have Rock Band. You need this.
The Politics of Art
NEW YORK -- Greetings from day two of the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. I just attended a truly fascinating panel discussion, "The Political Spin on the Music Industry," which focused on government...
