Cooking with Influences, Episode #1: LCD Soundsystem
Meatloaf, DJ Food, Apples in Stereo, Peaches, Clams Casino, Bowling for Soup. We could go on of course, but let’s…
Welcome to the Dowsers!
Things change. Twenty years ago, if you wanted to navigate your way around a new city, you’d buy a map,…
Behind the Beats: J Dilla & Madlib
It’s well known that hip-hop producers J Dilla and Madlib were friends and collaborators, but it’s as important to remember…
The Long Play: The Death and Resurrection of the Pop Album
For the past decade, the usual cadre of music industry prognosticators—critics, label chiefs, technologists—have been predicting that the album format…
My Content Machine Is Better Than Yours
I hate using the C-word. You know, “content.” If you look (you should look!), you won’t see that word anywhere…
Remembering Prince: tributes from TBC’s global staff of writers and editors
Prince Rogers Nelson passed away on April 21, 2016. Here, the staff of Third Bridge Creative pays tribute by sharing…
Confessions of a Curator: How one longtime music critic gets the job done
“Bob just wants to make sure that some kid has something decent to put on the eight-track while he cruises…
Merle Haggard: Original Gangster, Country Prankster
The really good old country songs almost never lasted more than three minutes. Thrift was an aesthetic virtue because it…
Beats, Rhymes and Phife: A Data-Driven Look At A Tribe Called Quest
The following post and accompanying graphics are based on data provided by our good friends at WhoSampled, which manages the…
Gold Digger: Two Decades of Kanye West Samples
The following post and accompanying graphics are based on data provided by our good friends at WhoSampled, which manages the…