10 Best Video Game Soundtracks
By Jesse Ship Posted: 11/27/2012 5:21 pm EST It’s not just the gaming — the hyper-jumping, mega-blaster shooting, sword-fighting or robot-crashing action — that makes a great video game. The best video games also have rich characters you feel emotionally invested in, smart…
‘The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses’: Videogame Music Goes From 8-Bit Chip to 66-Piece Orchestra
Huffington Post Canada | By Jesse Ship Posted: 11/27/2012 5:25 pm EST Updated: 11/27/2012 5:25 pm EST Anyone who has played video games in the last three decades has at some point likely taken a trip to Hyrule — the land ruled by gaming’s beloved and oft-kidnapped princess…
What Four? – Duke Slammer
Duke Slammer is the latest moniker from established techno maverick, Luke’s Anger. As he said in his BBC Introducing interview, he enjoys “looking for albums that sound like Prince but aren’t as good” to help create his electro-boogie, spandex-obsessed sound….
CONTACT Music Festival: INTERsections – Musicworks Oct 2012
Once again, I was scared, frightened, yet quite excited to be tackling another assignment for Musicworks, the world’s leading magazine in experimental music. This month’s issue had Juno-winning electronic artist Tim Hecker on the cover, whom I helped nominate this…
Bulletin – Lazy Habits
I love this video because it has the hype of a British heist flick and because it was partially shot in Taiwan, where I spent a year teaching English in 2007. The vast rows of scooters were kind of a…
Lee Fields & The Expressions – live @ The Opera House, 5/10/2012
Lee Fields is a true veteran of Motown. Having made his first recording in 1969, he’s been chugging away ever since. After a brief hiatus in the 80s, he returned in the 90s and has not stopped. His current group…
AZARI & III: DANCE ACT ARE ‘CREEPY NIGHT PEOPLE’ WHO WANT TO BE DAVID CRONENBERG
Posted on Oct 25th 2012 3:00PM by Jesse Ship There was much-excitement awhile back amongst fans of fast-rising dance act Azari & Illwhen British paper The Sun announced the foursome would be opening Madonna‘s MDNA world tour. Unfortunately, that wasn’t exactly the case. Madonna…
Sapient Announces SLUMP – New Album Feb 2013
A little bit of a shameless plug here. No, I’m not working directly with the Sapient, the artist, but I was hired to write the press release for his new album, SLUMP, thanks to GoLightly Media. It’s actually a…
Flying Lotus @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Oct 13
With the release of his new album, ‘Until The Quiet Comes’, Flying Lotus is reaching new highs in his spiritual vehicle, vimana, merkaba, or just plain old cosmic chahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgt, I guess you could say. Inundating our eardrums with a mix…
WHAT ZODIAC NEEDS: EX-WEEKND PRODUCER GETS SIGNED AND ACCESS TO FANCY STUDIO
Photo: Sean Berrigan Posted on Oct 9th 2012 3:00PM by Jesse Ship A lot has happened to Jeremy Rose a.k.a. Zodiac in the past couple of years. Barely 23, he was (arguably) robbed of some of his most valuable credits for his work…