Obscure Sound — Self Checkout is the engaging new album from Barcode Angels, a band formed in Brooklyn. The highlights are abundant, ranging from the bass-heavy intrigue and piano-laden hookiness of “Much Better” to the peppy rock eruptions within “Renaissance... more info

Sky News — Norman Joseph Woodland was a student when he teamed up with a classmate to create the thick-and-thin line system in the 1940s. more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Shervin Lainez Grubbs NYC indie rock band Gladshot have contributed songs to the indie rock musical Barcode. The story line is pretty basic sci-fi fodder: one corporation controls everything on the planet, and the powers that be are pretty pa... more info