Ary Warnaar, guitarist for the New York chiptunes band Anamanaguchi, famously described 8-bit music as “the punk of electronic music.” It was hard to dispute that claim as Datapop 3.0 kicked off the ...

Composer David Farrell started making 8-bit covers of Christmas songs several years ago for fun. Using tones roughly based on the sounds that an old Nintendo console makes, Farrell would generate the ...

When Soccer Mommy dropped her sophomore record, color theory earlier this year, she was looking forward to playing it live for everyone. But then the coronavirus pandemic hit. So she had to think of ...

Japanese artist and developer Riki Iwasaki last month released 8-Bit Music Power, a chiptune album that as of now can only be played on Nintendo's original home console. Adam Bolton is a contributor ...

Earlier this year, the Digital Culture Beat had the pleasure of attending the “8-bit Music Exhibit” for the Digital Studies Institute, planned by Toni Bushner and Norah Vulpes — a digital scholarship ...

On a typical day in 1992, the young guy who would go on to become the chip-rockers Anamanaguchi would be hanging out in their parents’ basement. Bottles of Jolt cola might be sitting next to a ...

As far as the Internets go, Doctor Octoroc is the real deal — he's the animator, composer, and wizard behind more or less every good retro videogame parody online, like “Jersey Shore: The RPG,” “Game ...

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has launched a music video for “crawling in my skin,” but in this age of social distancing and no live performances, there are various ...

This piece was performed at the Bent Festival a few years ago. Written by Jeremy Kolosine, it's called "I Bent My Heart in New York City," and it's played on a Gameboy, those little handheld devices ...

Game systems from the 8-bit and 16-bit era weren't exactly the graphical powerhouses that modern consoles, PCs and even phones have evolved into. But there are many other aspects including good ...