On ‘100 Sound Effects,’ Fred Armisen resurrects the long-dead haunted mansion album

Fred Armisen in a dark suit and Riki Lindhome in a black lace dress smile together at premiere

Fred Armisen loves doing interviews. It’s a rare trait for someone of Armisen’s stature in Hollywood: an A-list comedy giant who spent more than a decade on “Saturday Night Live,” skewered hipster culture for eight […]

Inside the gritty, hidden NYC music mecca where Madonna and The Strokes found their sound — and where musicians are still vying for a room to rehearse

Inside the gritty, hidden NYC music mecca where Madonna and The Strokes found their sound — and where musicians are still vying for a room to rehearse

Times Square’s hidden music mecca is still hitting all the right notes. Long before soulless glass towers and blinding LED billboards reshaped one of NYC’s most notorious neighborhoods, some of pop culture’s biggest names strutted, […]

The Altons share the sound of East L.A. worldwide, despite ICE raids

A band onstage with a purple backdrop

It’s a summery, late-afternoon Saturday on the backyard lawn of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, with the kind of warmth and variety of sounds, sights and smells that have defined weekends in many Los […]

Fred Armisen Announces Album of 100 Sound Effects

Fred Armisen has a new album, but it’s not exactly music. The LP, entitled 100 Sound Effects, is exactly that–a wide array of sound effects ranging from a bouncing basketball to the sounds of people […]

Sound, story, and the songs that shape them

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’: Sound, story, and the songs that shape them

MANILA, Philippines – K-Pop Demon Hunters is a high-octane animated film that uses music as armor and weapon. We follow HUNTR/X, a fierce K-pop girl group-slash-demon slayers, as they clash with their rivals — the […]

Nilüfer Yanya on the Tracks That Shaped Her Genre-Bending Sound

Nilüfer Yanya

Nilüfer Yanya, photo courtesy of McQueen. Nilüfer Yanya is her own toughest critic. After three exquisite studio albums, each followed by an international tour, the British singer-songwriter knows a thing or two about working under […]

Jocelyn Hudon of ‘Chicago Fire’ talks about starring in ‘The Sound’ horror thriller

Jake Manley

Jocelyn Hudon. Photo Credit: Erwin Loewen. Jocelyn Hudon of “Chicago Fire” chatted about starring in the horror thriller “The Sound,” which will open theatrically in major cities and on VOD on June 27th. The synopsis […]

How music producer and songwriter Rich Pilkington found his sound

How music producer and songwriter Rich Pilkington found his sound

Photo by Cam Major at The Orange Lounge Recording Studios Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Music Producer and Songwriter Rich Pilkington remembers sitting down to play classical piano as a young boy. While […]