This is the time of year when everyone rolls out their "best of 2010" list.
I suppose I could throw my two cents in on the topic. It hardly seems fair. My favorite releases of 2010 are pretty obvious to DMPulse listeners, just check out the station! More interesting to me is what are YOUR favorite albums on 2010? Share them in the comments here or on our Facebook Page or DMPulse's twitter.
If you believe in supporting the excellent artists we feature on DMPulse, and want to help us continue to introduce listeners to great new indie and alternative music, you will have opportunities to get involved in the coming weeks. As a first move in that direction, take a look at Kickstarter. Kickstarter.com helps rally financial support around specific projects, in essence "kick-starting" the creation of something. Browse around and view the wonderful and creative projects, from film-makers and musicians seeking funds for their next project, to inventors needing to launch their idea. I thought this Iphone holder project was cool (and look how successful!):
So, what would you like to help Kickstart for DMPulse?
Ideas:
- Help us launch a commercial-free stream that doesn't require a Live365 VIP membership?
- Help us get DMPulse t-shirts or other swag?
- Help us buy one CD a week in 2011.
Provide feedback on the above or share your own ideas by taking the Survey below:
The weekly e-newsletter is the best way to stay current with the great new indie rock, indie pop and alternative music we play on DMPulse. Delivered to your inbox every Tuesday, the e-newsletter features a complete list of the new songs added the our playlist, with links to listen to them free on-demand! Hear the latest music first, by joining our mailing list
Eisley songs on DMPulse's playlist: Many Funerals, Pretender, Invasion, Telescope Eyes, Laughing City, The Winter Song, Marvelous Things, Over the Mountains, A Sight to Behold
For the past several weeks, I've been working with Andrew from Ozone Consulting to develop a new logo for DMPulse. After several teleconferences, and quite a bit of back and forth, we are ready to unveil our four finalists for you to vote on! That's right, the DMPulse audience gets to chose the new logo! Before we get to the unveiling, I wanted to share some of the early versions so you can see the process.
Fairly early, we landed on a font that we liked pretty well.
But, something important to me is for our new logo to have a visual tie-in so you know easily what the logo is representing. For example, a tire company logo that incorporates a wheel. That is pretty challenging with an internet radio station. What represents a radio station? Andrew and I kicked around idea after idea... We tried a microphone, but it looks too cartoon-y.
We tried earbuds in various states
We tried a boombox, but it's just too retro!
One brainstorm was to try to "visualize" DMPulse by using an actual image of the audio of our station "voice" saying DMPulse. You'll see that incorporated here with one of our headphone versions.
None of the above made the cut, but they have helped get us to where we are now. Keep an ear to the station, and an eye on this website, as we'll be rolling out finalists soon!
Share your thoughts on the logos above by emailing me at jay AT dmpulse.com!
DMPulse is indie rock radio! Originating from Des Moines, Iowa, DMPulse plays indie and alternative bands like: Arcade Fire, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Black Keys Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberists, The Envy Corps, Flaming Lips, Free Energy, Heartless Bastards, The Hold Steady, Interpol, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Metric, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Mumford & Sons, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pavement, Peter Bjorn & John, Phoenix, Pixies, Portugal The Man, The Postal Service, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Rogue Wave, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Sea Wolf, The Shins, Silversun Pickups, The Smiths, Spoon, Stars, The Strokes, Tegan and Sara, Tokyo Police Club, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1. Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
2. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
3. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
4. Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
5. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
6. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
7. The Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
8. The National- Runaway
9. Free Energy - Something In Common
10. Mumford & Sons - Awake My Soul
1. Delorean - Stay Close
2. Broken Social Scene - Art House Director
3. Blur - Fool's Day
4. Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
5. The National - Sorrow
6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
7. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
8. Wolf Parade - What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way)
9. Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life
10. The Young Veins - Change
Please take a couple of minutes to click the link below and take the survey. Question topics range from social media usage to your opinions on DMPulse being a non-profit organization.
The first meeting of the Board of Directors for DMPulse Media is being held in less than two weeks. The survey contains a few questions I want to share with the board. The final question is an opportunity for you to speak directly to the board. Do you have a question you'd like leadership to answer? Or, what would you like the leadership of DMPulse to know?
1. Blur - Fool's Day
2. Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
3. The Dead Weather - Hustle and Cuss
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes
6. The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen
7. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
8. The National - Sorrow
9. New Pornographers - Moves
10. The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part Of The City
1. Mumford and Sons - Awake My Soul
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
4. Band Of Horses - Factory
5. The Envy Corps - Kid Gloves
6. Avi Buffalo - Whats In It For?
7. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
8. The Young Veins - Change
9. Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
10. Mystery Jets - Flash a Hungry Smile
See Tegan and Sara at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 17, 2010!
Hoyt Sherman Place is a great historic venue near downtown Des Moines, with easy access from I-235. When: August 17 Show: 9:00pm Tickets are $39.00 and $42.05 available through Ticketmaster.
