Last week in science: Newsweek has evidence to back if aliens exists, they’re huge, SNL made fun of Scientologists, a “terror bird” has been discovered and the Brontosaurus has been resurrected as a genus. Oh, and it’s almost finals week for all you Science majors out there, so we’ve devised a playlist to get you through […]
Grading The 2014 Grammy Winners
So, back in December, around the time the Grammy nominations were officially announced, I wrote a post titled “Grading The Grammys” where I gave my two cents on what I thought of the nominees, who I thought should win and who I thought actually would win. The music industry equivalent to filling out an NCAA […]
[Video] 2014 Grammy Awards Performance Recap
While the awards may have left some excitement on the table, the performances of the 2014 Grammy Awards certainly did not disappoint. Jay-Z and Beyonce started things off with a rousing performance of their track “Drunk in Love” from her recent release that got the energy going in the Staples Center. Lorde performed her 2013 […]
Best Music Projects of 2013
Photo by Bryan Lamb With new projects from established musicians like Daft Punk, Kanye West, and Neko Case to up and comers like Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Disclosure, 2013 was a huge year for music. Through a very scientific method, the Ruby Hornet staff has gone through the eclectic mix of 2013’s various project releases […]
Grading the Grammy Nominations
As the music industry has evolved over the past decade into the digital world, things have changed quite a bit. Hard copies are hardly ever bought anymore, nor does anyone seem to buy whole albums at all, as the iTunes Store model has taken over and the industry has increasingly become about what the consumer […]
Daft Punk For M Le Monde Magazine
Daft Punk had a good summer and one could argue that they had great year for the amount of work they dished out. You really couldn’t go anywhere without hearing them on the radio and they either graced the cover or pages of a number of magazines. The duo once again land a magazine cover, […]
[Video] Daft Punk: “Instant Crush” (feat. Julian Casablancas)
Daft Punk has been slowly rolling out visuals for their 2013 hit album Random Access Memories. Today, the pair dropped the latest, a video for “Instant Crush” featuring The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. The video has a very Flashdance feel to it that mimics the 80s synth vibes of the track and follows Casablancas on a […]
Giorgio Moroder: “”Broken Promise Land (remix)”
Giorgio Moroder is continuing his dance music victory lap. In a year that has already seen the legendary dance music producer collaborate with Daft Punk, perform him first ever DJ set at a festival, participated in Doug Aitken’s Station to Station train tour, and basically made it cool to be in your 70s. It seems […]