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pudding.cool

What Makes an Album the Greatest of All Time?

Examining 30 years of Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Albums of All Time” Rankings

logodesignlove.com

Logo Rhythm, the band logos book

Album covers get all the praise, but the humble band logo has never quite got its full dues. Until now.

pudding.cool

Quantifying the Diva-ness of 138 National Anthem Performances

We compared each performer’s pitch to the standard to see who is the ultimate diva.

danielraffel.me

Sonic Garbage

Every time someone visits, Sonic Garbage performs a YouTube search with randomly generated phrases.

lysterfieldlake.com

Lysterfield Lake — An AI Experiment

An interactive AI-generated 3D music video taken from a single feed of video shot on an iPhone.

wilcostore.com

Loft Sans Font

We worked with SimpleBits to create a unique typeface for the band.

pudding.cool

A clock where the time is in a song title

A music listening experience.

pudding.cool

Women are superstars on stage, but still rarely get to write songs

Songwriting credits since 1958, broken down by gender

reuters.com

The unstoppable pop of Taylor Swift

A spin through what makes the record-breaking star so popular.

nytimes.com

50 Rappers, 50 Stories

Over five decades, hip-hop has grown from a new art form to a culture-defining superpower.

minimoogmodeld.com

Mini Moog Factory

A fun piece of web design to learn more about the Mini Moog Model D.

jazz.computer

Jazz.Computer

Interactive Music. Scroll to play.

teenage.engineering

Teenage Engineering Choir

A celebration of the project that started it all, teenage engineering choir comes alive in your home to serenade you with choral classics.

uxdesign.cc

Taylor Swift’s new album design: an (over)analysis

Because if it’s from a cryptic singer-songwriter, why not?

ciechanow.ski

Sound

Interactive article explaining how sound works.

muted.io

Music Theory Cheat Sheet

A visual & interactive music theory cheat sheet with notes on the piano, scales, keys and chords.

lucytalksdata.com

I recreated famous album covers with DALL-E

In this blog post, I use DALL-E to recreate some of the world’s most iconic album covers. Can we get it right?

pudding.cool

How Artists Get Paid From Streaming

We explain how your money gets from you to a streaming platform, and finally to an artist.

humanrecordplayer.com

Human Record Player

Play Weezer's new single by spinning around with your phone.

teenage.engineering

Pocket Operator for Pixel

A Google and teenage engineering collaboration, pocket operator (for Pixel) lets you shoot video content & turn it into fun music and video cut-ups.