December 2011
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Groovebug Top 100 December 15th - 21st
Adele is still holding on to the #1 position. Skrillex has moved up to #3. Pink Floyd has held on, staying in the top 5. The Groovebug Top 100 is a weekly ranking of the most popular artists among the many thousands of Groovebug users around the globe. Check out the full Top 100 below:
Adele
Coldplay
Skrillex
Justin Bieber
Pink Floyd
Shana Halligan
Rihanna
Amy Winehouse
Psalm One
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Groovebug Staff Picks Holiday Edition
Get into the holiday spirit with this selection of holiday songs chosen by Groovebug staff members. This list is by no means exhaustive. It is just a few of our favorites. The artists responsible for these awesome holiday classics are listed on the right.
Happy Holidays - Groovebug Staff
Leave a comment with your holiday favorites.
New Groovebug label feature: Decon
Hip hop fans rejoice! We are pleased to announce a partnership with one of our favorite independent record labels: Decon. Today you’ll find a Decon featured content tile in Groovebug for iPad which will allow for easy navigation through their amazing roster of artists which includes some of the finest underground hip hop and R&B beging made in the world today. Follow artists like RJD2,...
Groovebug Top 100 December 8th - 14th
Last week’s Groovebug Top 100 is available now.
Adele
Coldplay
Shana Halligan
Justin Bieber
Pink Floyd
Mayer Hawthorne
Lady Gaga
Skrillex
Amy Winehouse
Rihanna
Bruno Mars
The Beatles
Pitbull
Maroon 5
Katy Perry
Selena Gomez
The Black Eyed Peas
Bob Marley
The Black Keys
Psalm One
Michael Jackson
Drake
2Pac
David Guetta
Beyoncé
Jay-Z
Led Zeppelin
Red Hot Chili...
New Groovebug Feature: Porter Robinson
By the time most of us are 19 we’ve finished high school, maybe a year of college. By the time Porter Robinson was 19 he had opened for Tiesto on his college invasion tour.
Porter Robinson is a recent high school graduate from Chapel Hill, NC and first started producing music by emulating sounds he heard from video games. Robinson is signed to Skrillex’s OWSLA label, and if...
New Groovebug Feature: OWSLA
Fans first started asking about OWSLA when creepy yet wonderful videos of “Dubstepchild” popped up under the title OWSLA on Skrillex’s YouTube page. We may not have an answer for whom this eyelinered little-un throwing balloons and stuffed animals at the camera is, but we can tell you a little bit more about OWSLA. OWSLA’s partners include Skrillex, his manager Tim Smith, Biz 3 owner Kathryn...
Master Musicians: Drummers
Groovebug began only a few months ago with a focus on picking apart the many subgenres of music. Next we put our efforts into featuring specific artists. Today, we’ve perfected our laser technology enough to focus our firepower onto single musicians - and the best in the game. In this series, we explore some of the best drummers we know in the hopes that you’ll gain a new respect for...
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New Groovebug Feature: Zedd
Remember how anything King Midas touched turned to gold? Well Skrillex is kind of like that, metaphorically speaking. Our next featured artist is signed to Skrillex’s label OWSLA, inherently making him electronic music’s newest golden boy. Zedd has been a musician since the tender age of four, but after mastering the piano he realized he needed a little more bass in his life.
He began producing...
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New Groovebug Feature: Mayer Hawthorne
The list of awesome things to come out of detroit just got longer: Mayer Hawthorne and Mayer Hawthorne’s music.
Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,”...
Groovebug Top 100 December 1st - 7th
We all get very excited compiling the Groovebug Top 100 every week. We root for our favorite artists, hoping they get the recognition they deserve. This week the entire team was thrilled that Shana Halligan broke into the #2 spot. She was the first artist to offer a full release to stream in Groovebug for iPad (launched a week ago). As we prepared to offer this new feature we listened to her...
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RT @INgrooves: Checkout Shana Halligan’s feature on the Groovebug iPad app (an interactive music magazine that allows users to… http:/ …
Groovebug Top 100 November 24 - 30
Take a look at Groovebug’s Top 100 most popular artists in Groovebug for iPad from this past week. You can download our free iPad Application here to dive deep into each one of these artists.
Adele
Coldplay
Justin Bieber
Psalm One
Drake
Passafire
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Bruno Mars
Jay-Z
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
White Denim
Beyoncé
Maroon 5
David Guetta
Led Zeppelin
Fitz &...
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New Groovebug Feature: Hanni El Khatib
Hanni in a word: Raw. The first generation American son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants, Hanni El Khatib grew up in San Francisco raised on a molotov cocktail of skateboarding, punk rock, and 1950s and 60s classic Americana. Influenced by pioneers of early rock and R&B, the multi-instrumentalist and producer derives his unique sound from a menagerie of inspirations, including‘50/’60s...
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New Groovebug Feature: Shana Halligan
Shana Halligan spent seven years as the singer/songwriter of sophisticated pop band Bitter:Sweet. Something that isn’t bittersweet though is Shana’s foray into solo artistry. In order to explore her sound before releasing a solo album, Shana dabbled with collaborations. She first teamed with house producer Carmen Rizzo on “Until You Find Another” and with seasoned San...
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New Groovebug Feature: Danny Brown
At first glance, Detroit MC Danny Brown (or any MC for that matter) has very little in common with Conan O’Brien. No, Brown isn’t a red-headed Harvard grad, but according to the LA TIMES he does spit“punch lines like Conan O’Brien if he’d come up selling crack.” And if you don’t take that as a compliment, the Metro Times lauded him as the best underground Detroit MC since a guy named Marshall...
RT @andrewrazeghi: Congrats @groovebug. Listed alongside iPhone 4S, iPad, The Beatles box set and other icons in @RollingStone 2011 gift …
