Hal Blaine is the accompanist to Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” and one of the most sought-after session drummers in L.A. He has played on forty Number One singles.Blaine, who was born Harold Simon Belsky in 1929, became a professional drummer in 1948. In 2000, Blaine...

Styx "Mr. Roboto" Daft Punk "Technologic" Jamiroquai ""Virtual Insanity" Daft Punk "Robot Rock" St. Vincent "Digital Witness" Damon Albarn "Everyday Robots" Kraftwerk "The Robots" Neil Young "Computer Age" Trey Songz "SmartPhones"  Brad Paisley "Online" The...

 AC/DC "Brain Shake"  Pink Floyd "Brain Damage"  Funkadelic "Maggot Brain"  Foo Fighters "My Poor Brain" Ringo Starr "Wrack My Brain" The Flaming Lips "Love Yer Brain" Baby Bash "Brain" The Hollies "Water on the Brain" Harry Connick, Jr. "If I Only Had a Brain"  DJ...

Enter the Void (2009) Goldfinger (1964) Catch me if you can (2002) Dr. No (1962) The Touch of Evil (1958) Fight Club (1999) Lord of War (2005) Taxi Driver (1976) Lolita (1962)

Ivan "Mamao" Conti of Azymuth dies aged 76.

Transformative may not be an urgent enough word to describe the multi-hyphenate creative Arooj Aftab. Rooted to a constellation of unmappable margins and elegant refusals, she lithely moves against the weight of time and convention, honoring multiple traditions while...