A couple Sundays ago, my girlfriend and I, Wren Leader, traveled to Berkeley, California to see one of my favorite bands, The Bobs, play at the Freight & Salvage, a coffeehouse music hall. These masters of comedic but heartfelt a cappella were in true form — world-class professional musicians combining the skill and talent of…
Gotta love children! You really do! Don’t you? With their boundless energy and insatiable curiosity, we believe children are the future, although entertaining them can challenge even the closest-hovering “helicopter parents.” No parent can stay on their game forever. Fortunately, the iPad and iPhone can provide kids with hours of brightly-colored games and sweet-sounding music…
The children’s storybook is a timeless art form. With artistically drawn or painted imagery and captivating, fantastical stories, they help young imaginations explore new worlds during the nightly reading ritual. There’s nothing like a soft soothing voice going on about dragons or curious primates to help kids fall asleep, and maybe learn something first. The storybook continues…
As Evolver.fm’s resident metalhead, I once answered a question from my editor: Can a music app — something that runs on shiny, expensive technology equally prized by fans of Lady Gaga and hard rock fans — ever qualify as truly “metal?” After scrounging the internets, I found eight brutal, gloriously powerful apps to prove that yes,…
As I write this, the hot and sweaty summer is taking a little break. It’s the perfect summer music festival weather, and I wish I could be outside enjoying some smooth hip-hop jams, dreamy indie rock, or pop-infused world music while standing in a field. Instead, I’m continuing our ongoing attempt to help you get…
As summer scorches on, rebellious punks want to be themselves and have a darn good time doing so — skaters, hardcore (the music) kids with spiked hair, and nerds who adore loud rambunctious music, which, crucially, their parents probably find obnoxious and unlistenable. These are the people who attend the Vans Warped Tour festival every…
Summer is in full force [ed. note: Or at least it was when this was written]: sizzling temperatures, clear skies, lush, green foliage, and countless opportunities to go to the beach. It’s also summer festival season. Oh yes. Evolver.fm has taken it upon ourselves to help you find exciting music festivals for you to sink your…
I exclaimed in April my excitement for Ecclesia, the iPad app from critically-acclaimed electronic musician (and SoundCloud CTO) Eric Wahlforss (aka Forss); Leo Lass of the Viennse-audio-visual team Depart; and CGI artist Marcel Schobel. Now, the wait is over. Ecclesia is here to immerse us in an extraordinary melding of the past and present. The Ecclesia iPad app ($4;…
Summer is almost upon on us! It’s a time for picnics, hiking, sports, water parks, and, for those with the time, boundless fun. More importantly, where I am concerned, it’s music festival season. From now until the last leaf falls from the trees, all over the northern hemisphere, millions of music fans will travel long…
The 2012 London Summer Olympics is just around the corner, and advertisers are already using the occasion to try to move product. There will always be a certain irony in cigarette companies sponsoring tennis tournaments or purveyors of sugar water sponsoring the Olympics — especially when “Americans are drinking themselves fat,” in the words of New…
After almost a decade of musical silence, acclaimed electronic artist and SoundCloud CTO Eric Wahlforss (a.k.a. Forss) has returned with a new album of music, which is already available as a simple web app preview that will soon be joined by a more elaborate iPad app. Hugely inspired by one of Europe’s oldest musical forms — choral church…
“We like it hard, we like it fast We got the biggest amps, man they blast True metal people wanna rock not pose Wearin’ jeans and leather, not crackerjack clothes.” Manowar – “Kings Of Metal“ Heavy metal is a force. Of that, we are certain. But what makes heavy metal truly “metal?” Is it the…
Apple’s AirPlay gives people the pleasure of watching movies, looking at photos, and of course listening to music wirelessly, zapping the content from their iPhones, iPod Touches, or iPads to their televisions and home speaker systems with a variety of popular iOS music apps. What about Google’s Android devices — do those work with AirPlay too?…
