Jacob Ganz appears in the following:
First Watch: Kurt Vile, 'Never Run Away'
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Clad all in white, the guitarist takes a ride around his hometown in the video for "Never Run Away."
12 Reasons To Visit Your Local Record Store On Saturday
Friday, April 19, 2013
NPR Music picks a dozen of the most exciting releases from among the hundreds of singles, LPs and box sets that will be in record stores on Saturday, April 20.
10 Great Album Art Fake-Outs
Thursday, March 28, 2013
In honor of The Strokes' new album, Comedown Machine, packaged behind a cover meant to look like a 1970s tape-reel box, here's a selection of other albums packaged inside materials that refer to another musical format of some kind.
First Watch: Phosphorescent, 'Song For Zula'
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The new video for Phosphorescent's "Song For Zula" wraps metaphorical chains around a story of heartbreak.
How One Band Turned A Ghost Town Into A Giant Recording Studio
Monday, March 04, 2013
The Danish band Efterklang literally went to the ends of the earth — an arctic island 400 miles north of mainland Europe, to be exact — to make its album Piramida.
Taking Stock Of The MP3 At Midlife
Thursday, October 11, 2012
How the tiny digital file took down the mighty CD and came to dominate the music industry.
There's No Such Thing As A Sold Out Concert (Even For Justin Bieber)
Monday, June 04, 2012
Or: Why Justin Bieber didn't really sell 40,000 tickets in 30 seconds.
Are 140-Character Reviews The Future Of Music Criticism?
Friday, January 13, 2012
This week, alternative rock's bible, SPIN magazine, announced that it would eliminate the standard short album review from the magazine. In 2012 the magazine's writers will assess 1,500 albums, each via a single post on Twitter.
The Year in Music News Stories
Monday, December 20, 2010
2010 brought the rise of the indie band and Taylor Swift, Kanye West’s Twitter account, and an avalanche of reunion tours. Jacob Ganz of the NPR Music blog The Record reviews the year's top music news stories.
