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You may remember a story about data analyst Matt Daniels, who discovered which rapper has the largest vocabulary. Now, Consequence Of Sound found stats guy Brian Chesley, who uses Daniels’ concept but applies it to the genre of rock To be clear, Chesley’s data is not up to the standards of Daniels’, who examined over […]

Superfi have put together this great, detailed infographic—”The Rise Of Digital Vs. The Vinyl Revival”—that shows the growth of vinyl sales in the U.S. and other interesting trends in music sales—like the growth of digital downloads and streaming services. Check it out below, and let us know your thoughts.

Facebook took a look at social data from each user who liked the page of a political candidate running for Senate, House Of Representatives and governor. Then, the social network looked at other categories—including music, books and TV shows—and found out what Democrats and Republicans like. According to the chart, Democrats are really into the […]

Aptitude, a digital agency in the U.K., have released these tweaked images that give you a bigger-picture, zoomed-out look at the artwork from iconic albums. For instance, you can see what’s going on in the water around the baby from Nirvana's Nevermind or what’s waiting for the Beatles on the other side of Abbey Road. Check […]

Software application writer Virgil Griffith has created a new chart of musical tastes that is based on the average SAT scores of different colleges. (The study is old, but the chart is new.) As Consequence Of Sound points out, the chart was calculated by using the average SAT scores of specific colleges and then using […]

After the sad news of iconic drummer Tommy Ramone’s recent passing, an image of the Ramones’ debut LP began circulating with only Tommy on the cover. As Dangerous Minds points out, eventually an image without even Tommy turned up, as the final member on the cover had finally passed. Now, a Tumblr has been unearthed of […]

Madrid, Spain-based graphics firm Tata & Friends have launched a project called Rock Band Icons, which encompasses a series of minimalist posters that each represent a band name in a logical image pattern (sort of like Pictionary.) The bands chosen for the project span a pretty decent range of eras (from iconic acts like Led […]