So when Armisen appeared on Netflix’s Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney last March and announced he was about to release an album of sound effects on the Drag City label, it was hard to tell if it ...

There are moments when no other city sounds like Chicago, he says. Like when an “L” train is passing, or the moment you step out of a bustling restaurant in the dead of a freezing ...

That anvil drop in Metallica’s 1985 heavy metal hit “For Whom The Bell Tolls” might be the most legendary part of the whole song. At the beginning of the track, the sound of a “bell” tolling ushers in ...

How do you pick 20 songs that define an era — that represent a sound that means so much to so many people? It’s not easy, but the first thing that comes to mind is “emotion.” The Philadelphia Sound, ...

Studio analyzes uploaded videos and generates a synchronized soundtrack using music from its catalog along with ambient ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This The 58-year-old comedian and musician is discussing his new album, 100 Sound Effects – a 101-track record ...

It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—a glimpse of the shape of pop to come, a feel of the fabric of the future we now inhabit. The phrase “I can’t break through” turned crystalline, like the ...

It may surprise bookworms, but apparently masterpieces such as Jane Eyre are lacking a certain something – sound effects. An electronic-book firm is adding background noises and music to the works of ...