Remember back in August when our friends The Sheepdogs were on the cover of The Rolling Stone? Well it’s been a flurry of activity for the dogs since then. The boys have toured with Kings Of Leon, recorded with The Black Keys, are playing Coachella, Sasquatch, and have now been nominated for a number of [...]
Recently we wrote about how SOPA or no SOPA many file sharing sites were either being taken down or blocking US residents. The list was getting pretty long and unfortunately we can add a few more to the list. This from our man in the field: Now Filesonic won’t let you download links unless you share a [...]
Our friends over at Next Big Sound have just released a ton of information on the state of online music in 2011. Unsurprisingly it’s doing very well. Numbers are up everywhere (even MySpace) and Next Big Sound has a purdy looking visualization to explain it all right here. Some quick facts: SoundCloud song plays had an amazing 231% increase/growth. And [...]
After just returning from Amsterdam earlier this week, it’s interesting to find their music scene on the international spotlight. No, it’s not because of their music, but because Anti-piracy group BREIN is caught up in a huge copyright scandal. A musician who composed a track for use at a local film festival later found it being used without [...]
Of course Coldplay’s anti-streaming strategy worked. Duh. I wrote about this recently when the world first learned that Coldplay won’t be giving their album to Spotify, Rdio, and other such streaming sites. It was a straight up money grab, and now the evidence is in. Mylo Xyloto has sold nearly half a million copies during it’s first week. That [...]
If you’re in New York, February 1st to 4th, I suggest you check out the new multi-media festival Pitchfork is putting on: Forms celebrates and explores the interconnected and growing worlds of independent music, art, and gaming. With a goal of showcasing the creativity, independence, innovation, and interactivity happening in the growing platforms of music, [...]
Talk about career reinvention. You’ve heard that Lou Reed and Metallica are working together on what Lou Reed is calling “the best thing ever done by anyone, ever“… right? The record is called Lulu and the internet has just got it’s first taste. As of Monday Sept 19th 12:52 CST they’ve got 100% dislikes on YouTube. [...]
I thought I was seeing things when I read that Lil Wayne had been accused of boosting the numbers on his nearly Platinum selling record Tha Carter IV (iTunes). But it appears the haters are out in full force trying to cut Weezy down. The chorus got so loud that Birdman, Lil Waynes most trusted [...]
Let me go on record saying that I RESPECT Chad Kroeger for how good he is at writing hit “songs” that are smashed into your head with the ferocity and subtleness of a jackhammer, but I still don’t “like” his music. Apparently I’m not the only one. The Winnipeg Jets, Canada’s newest (returning) Hockey franchise [...]
As a teenager growing up in Canada, HMV was always a CD store you could count on to have a decent selection of music. I haven’t bought music there for a long time, but DVD sales seemed to have kept the store alive. But it appears that times have been hard on all physical formats because after [...]
