The following is a guest post from James Allen - a detailed list of music licensing companies can be found here. YookaMusic is a music licensincing marketplace for music supervisors, marketing/advertising firms and the like looking to license music, as well as those providing music to license (e.g. artists and labels). It's easy to search the site for the music you need, and you can even listen to free playlists and download free previews. Licencees can buy the license for a song instantly, and can then contact the artist directly for future projects. YookaMusic is non-exclusive for all…
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YookaMusic: a marketplace for music licensing
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dot Music: A Domain Name Extension for the Music Industry
1 Feb 2010 | 5:33 amWhile attending MIDEM last week, I met Constantine Roussos, founder of the ".music" top level domain name initiative. Essentially, he's attempting to generate enough public support to successfully petition ICANN to add .music to the existing list of Generic Top Level Domain Name extensions, such as .com, .net, .org, etc. Constantine has already received over 1 million signatures supporting the .music extension, but it has not yet been approved, even though extensions like .biz, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .travel and others already exist. While the majority of musicians, bands and music… -
Band Metrics Releases Public Beta
24 Jan 2010 | 12:06 amIts been a long time coming, but I'm happy to announce that we finally released the public beta of Band Metrics this morning from Midem. What took so long? Great question. We had to re-engineer the entire system, as the previous two versions were flawed. This was a difficult decision that consumed our time, but it's better to get the architecture right before releasing it to the public. We now feel confident we've built a system, which is entirely Ruby/Rails that will not only collect, store and analyze artist data accurately, but will be fast and scale rapidly, as we also moved our entire… -
ArtistData Releases Improved UI, New Features, Paid Options and more
16 Jan 2010 | 6:44 amArtistData just released some significant improvements this morning. Below is a little bit of what Brenden Mulligan had to say (go here to read his detailed announcement): "Today we released the single largest revision to the ArtistData platform. For the past few months we've been reworking and improving the user interface to develop a framework that will allow us to drastically expand our site's capabilities. We are thrilled to share it with everyone today.... There are many back-end upgrades, including time-zone support to make our timed notifications more relevant, full character support… -
AudioTag: identify music
14 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pmAudioTag is a free music recognition service that allows you to identify over 1 million songs by simply uploading a 15 second clip (almost any audio file format and bit-rate is accepted), or by submitting a YouTube URL. It's an interesting service, especially since it's free so I tested AudioTag several times with well known songs and with only two exceptions, AudioTag provided the correct results each time, displaying the track title, artist name and album title. So it's fairly accurate recognizing mainstream music, but not so much with independent music. AudioTag also has a difficult time…
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Bronfman On Today's WMG Earnings Call
9 Feb 2010 | 8:40 amSpotify Appears To Be A Non-Starter After reporting less than stellar earnings and a $17 million quarterly loss, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. faced analysts on an earnings call. Some excerpts: "Variable pricing at iTunes "couldn’t have come at a worse time. (The deal was made) in the summer of 2008 before the financial crisis even hit - Apple went through that price increase in April, but in the face of the worse recession since the Depression... I don’t think there’s been another company to have taken such a price increase (30% on hit product) in 2009.”“The… -
eMusicBlast Promises Pro A&R Feeedback For $49
9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 amA small but growing group of online services have begun offering artists the opportunity to pay for access to industry insiders. Startup eMusicBlast.com sells direct feedback from working A&R professionals. For $49 per review, demos are sent to the A&R person, DJ or producer of the artist's choice. They promise the execs will listen to each demo and provide at least 30+ words of written feedback. Producers and A&R executives on the list include producers and A&R staffers from labels including Concord, Bad Boy, Curb and Asylum.Here's an EMusicBlast promo video with the Wonder… -
MySpace Adds More 30 Second Commercials
9 Feb 2010 | 5:58 amAs part of an effort to boost revenue MySpace has been testing 30 second audio ads since December. Last week they began appearing as users listened to songs on artist profiles, album pages, playlists and pop-out players. Most of the audio ads are scheduled so that users can hear 100 songs on a playlist or a full album with just one commercial after the first song.The ads are being sold by TargetSpot and initial advertisers include TurboTax and Office Depot. The ads are sold by online audio ad company TargetSpot Inc. "We're testing some new ad products and the response from our users has… -
Warner Music Posts $17 Million Quarterly Loss
9 Feb 2010 | 4:53 amDespite a small increase in digital revenue Warner Music Group posted a $17 million loss or $.11 per diluted share for the 1st quarter of its fiscal year which ended December 31st. Total revenue of $918 million increased 3% from the prior-year quarter, and declined 2% on a constant-currency basis. Digital revenue was $184 million, or 20% of total revenue,flat sequentially from the fourth quarterof fiscal 2009, and up 8% from $171 million in the prior-year quarter. On a constant-currency basis, digital revenue grew 4% sequentially and was up 5% from the prior-year quarter. Operating income… -
Nimbit Shares Mighty Mighty Bosstones Case Study
9 Feb 2010 | 4:50 amFormed in 1983, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are often credited with the creation of the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes elements of third wave ska and hardcore punk. The band released seven full-length albums, three EPs and a live album while touring continuously before their announcement of a hiatus in December 2003. They reunited in the fall of 2007 and performed at Cambridge’s Middle East club. At the beginning of this project, the Bosstones had no fan database, an inactive (fan run) Facebook page, and had not released an album in seven years. As part of a relaunch campaign,…
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Evan Voytas - "I Run With You, Spirit Animal" Video
9 Feb 2010 | 12:14 pmLos Angeles-via-Pennsylvania multi-instrumental singer and home recordist Evan Voytas -- sort of a more clean-cut Ariel Pink -- creates strange synth-pop/space-disco outings that feel danceable but private and insular. The idea's explored in the video for his most recent single "I Run With You, Spirit Animal." The clip was directed by Carlos Charlie Perez, who recently finished the upcoming Vampire Weekend video and shot those tongue-in-cheek promo videos that showed up on ithinkuracontra.com. You'll find that playfulness, here as well, after Voytas locates a place to rest his plank of wood… -
Dr. Dog - "Shadow People" (Stereogum Premiere)
9 Feb 2010 | 11:53 amDr. Dog have been a band for over a decade now, Philadelphia-based throughout. Their hometown hasn't factored much into their sound, which throws back to the Beatles-era of the classic rock school, or their themes and lyrical schemes. That's changed with "Shadow People," the first single form the band's forthcoming, fifth LP Shame, Shame, a track they've called a "full-on West Philly diary." The sound's the same, decidedly not of their hometown in this time or even a past one, but the scenes painted by guitarist vocalist Scott McMicken are documenting his neighborhood, now, a section of… -
Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
9 Feb 2010 | 10:18 amWe've heard the stylistically diverse "81" pastoral and jazzy "Good Intentions Paving Company" outing. Now, after adding the gorgeous 9-minute madrigal/short story "Kingfisher" to the Have One On Me tracklist, the only thing to be sure of is that the 3-CD collection won't be following one specific path. But color me impressed. You can hear the new song, per usual, at dragcity.com (via GvsB). And, speaking of tracklists, Drag City's made that available, too:Continue reading Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"... -
Under Byen - "Alt Er Tabt" Video (Stereogum Premiere)
9 Feb 2010 | 9:40 amOnetime BTW Under Byen's fourth album Alt Er Tabt ("All Is Lost") is out in April. The Denmark group's followup to 2006's Samme Stof Som Stof definitely has an anguished, although not done-for feel. In their new form, they're without a pianist and their one-time orchestra, which makes things immediately sparer, like the whispered warping and unfurling bedroom-folk abstractions of Islaja or Lau Nau. See, for instance, the collection's quietly swarming title track. In a translated statement about its video, director (and visual artist) Sidse Carstens says she's commenting on "how women of today… -
Archie Bronson Outfit - "Shark's Tooth" Video (Stereogum Premiere)
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Artist Flashback – K Sera
9 Feb 2010 | 7:33 amK Sera who has graced the pages on Kings has been made BMI’s “Indie Spotlight” for February. K Será just finished recording some new tracks with producer Thomas Dutton of Forgive Durden (Fueled By Ramen) & Casey Bates (Chiodos, This Providence). Check out the song Little War featuring Early States. Contact: mikeksera@live.com -
Treaty of Paris
8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amListen to the song Soft and Slow by Treaty of Paris. The band drew nearly 1,000 fans to their release show. Treaty of Paris is currently looking for a new label home. The band will be showcasing during this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX. Contact: danielrfriedman@aol.com -
Attention Artists…..
6 Feb 2010 | 5:12 pmImagine working with some of the songwriters and producers who crafted songs for Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears… You heard it correctly! The songwriters who penned songs for the 2009-2010 multi-platinum selling Grammy winning artists… Kings of A&R is searching for that female pop/country star with a GREAT VOICE that could sit in songwriting sessions with the WORLDS best 2009-2010 songwriters and producers. Email Dean@kingsofar.com along with your myspace link and tell us why you deserve to sit in with the best songwriters and producers of… -
Logan Mize
4 Feb 2010 | 9:52 amLogan Mize is buzzing in Nashville. Country music singer Bucky Covington cut a song he wrote called Mexicoma. Check out the song Ride In The Middle. He has over 4000+ twitter followers and playing for 700+ in Wichita Area. Contact: charly.salvatore@me.com -
This Week Sales – Lady Antebellum
3 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pmLady Antebellum sold 480,922 copies of Need You Now. In fact, Need You Now is a great song and it has the same vibe, same key as Alan Parsons Eye In The Sky. Need You Now (50 second mark) Eye in The Sky (1:27 mark). This is far from plagiarism, it’s just a powerful hook and melody line. This is why it’s a #1 song. We need more of this… Speaking of Alan Parsons, does anybody remember him? He engineered Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
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Chime, Beautiful New Music Game on Xbox 360: Play to Philip Glass, for Charity
8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 amOne Big Game is a charity assembled by game developers to raise money for children’s organizations. Musical games look to figure prominently in the series. Design legend Masaya Matsuura (PaRappa the Rapper, Vib-Ribbon), father of rhythm games and without whom there likely would be no Rock Band or Guitar Hero, has signed. And the first title out, from Zoë Mode, is musical in nature, too, in a game called “Chime.” Chime is an elegantly-designed game and a lovely way to unwind, particularly with Philip Glass’ gorgeous “Brazil” in the track list. -
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma Album is Coming 5/4; Clear Your Calendar
5 Feb 2010 | 4:56 pmI have no doubt that Cosmogramma, the album Flying Lotus describes as a “space opera,” will be one of the albums of 2010. Actually, I don’t even care if anyone agrees, because I know I’ll thoroughly enjoy it. The only bad news is that you’ll have to wait until May to get the release, coming out on Warp Records. I happened to hang out with Flying Lotus the day he wrapped the record up (after I nearly succumbed to the horrors of LA traffic), so I got to hear the rough-cut. Taking off any music critic hat or anything along those lines, I just fell in love with it;… -
Participate: One Button Game Objects, Handmade Music in NYC, Amsterdam, SF
5 Feb 2010 | 4:08 pmIt’s a call for one-button works. Literally. Sorry. Photo (CC) Jeff Keyzer. What can you do with a button? What circuits can you bend? What software and hardware can you construct? Want to meet up with myself and fellow makers from the DIY music and visualist communities? I’m touring and looking for new works, we have one call for one-button objects that (if you can ship it) can come from anywhere in the world, plus upcoming events in New York, San Francisco, and — this month, Amsterdam at the planetary music tech hub that is STEIM. STEIM is an inspiration to all music… -
Round-up: Your Web-Connected Musical Future, at Music Hackday Stockholm
5 Feb 2010 | 2:02 pmIt’s like Woodstock for Web music tech nerds. Photo (CC-BY) Anton Lindqvist. “Okay,” you say to the Web geeks, “I’ve had enough. I don’t want another little app that looks at my iTunes collection and tells me that if I like Lady Gaga, I probably also like Madonna. I want to listen in new ways and, most importantly, make music. What have you got, Web 2.0… 3.0… whatever we’re on now, that I can actually use. I want some of the deliciousness of the future, now.” “Oh, and another thing – can I patch this Android phone of mine… -
DIY Community: Austin a Hotbed of Inventive Hardware You Can Build and Use
4 Feb 2010 | 8:33 amWherever you live, you can enjoy the DIY and open hardware inventions coming out of Texas. Or, as the famous song goes: “That’s right, you’re not from Texas / Texas wants you anyway.” Austin, Texas may be associated with the strum of guitars. But it’s also populated by some of our favorite electronic music hardware inventors on the planet, led by the likes of Bleep Labs, 4ms, Eric Archer, and more. They’ve taken the idea of a “Handmade Music” and come up with the best formula for building a community around DIY hardware I’ve seen yet: 1.
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Digital Music News: Top Stories
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Bronfman: iTunes Variable Pricing Highly Problematic... And So Is Spotify
9 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pmA shift towards variable (and increased) pricing on the iTunes Store was ill-timed, according to comments by Warner Music Group... -
Better Than We Thought: Wall Street Bumps WMG...
9 Feb 2010 | 12:52 pmWarner Music Group shed $17 million - or 11 cents per share - during the fourth quarter, a sharp reversal from year-ago gains. ... -
Warner Music Group Swings to $17 Million Loss, Digital Still Gaining...
9 Feb 2010 | 9:49 amWarner Music Group reported a $17 million quarterly net loss on Tuesday morning, though revenues and digital formats showed res... -
Yahoo Music Taps Former UMG Executive Jeff Bronikowski...
9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 amYahoo Music has been making some changes over the past few months. Now, the group is naming its new leader. Former Universal... -
Is the iPad About to Get Cheaper? The Possibility Looms...
9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 amIs the iPad about to become cheaper? Early iPhone adopters paid a huge premium, and Apple even offered rebates to cool the pro...
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"Most of the performances on the Grammys made very clear that the people now responsible for..."
3 Feb 2010 | 12:28 pm“Most of the performances on the Grammys made very clear that the people now responsible for promoting and selling music to the general public have absolutely no belief whatsoever in the actual power of music. Storm-trooper dancers, trapeze acts (although Pink’s vocal was incredible), three-dimensional computer graphics, and mid-song costume changes all testify to the fact that none of the powers that be in the music industry believe that an audience would actually be interested, much less enraptured by a lone person with a guitar, or a lyric that truly resonates emotionally.” - Eric… -
Music Power Network Launches YouTube Channel
2 Feb 2010 | 4:39 pmMusic Power Network (MPN) is the brainchild of Dave Kusek, Vice President at the Berklee College of Music, instructor of Berklee’s online course The Future of Music and the Music Business, author of The Future of Music, and all-around music business expert. It was announced yesterday that MPN will be making some of its educational videos accessible for free via its new YouTube channel. This message from Dave not only directs you to the channel, but offers a brief rundown of what MPN is all about: Hi Everyone We are starting a YouTube channel to show new videos from Music PowerNetwork. … -
Random Rules For Ideas Worth Spreading
2 Feb 2010 | 2:00 amThis blog post is merely here to point you to another blog: Seth Godin’s “Random Rules For Ideas Worth Spreading”. Everything Seth writes is thought-provoking, but this post in particular struck me as valuable to those of you who need some help getting ‘unstuck’. Here are a couple points that rang especially true to me: Waiting for inspiration is another way of saying that you’re stalling. You don’t wait for inspiration, you command it to appear. Avoid powerful people. Great ideas aren’t anointed, they spread through a groundswell of support. Figure out how long your idea will… -
Grammys: That's Not MY Music Industry
1 Feb 2010 | 4:21 pmI’ve been subscribed to Jason’s blog for awhile now and generally find that his point of view parallels mine…Namely, that we live in an empowering and exciting time for artists of all genres who aim to build a sustainable career rather than luck into fortune. I routinely find that any negative forecasts or panic within the industry these days do not apply to 99.9% of us. In this guest post, Jason talks about his experience watching this year’s Grammy awards…another symbol of an outdated and broken system that the masses will unfortunately associate with the music business (but we… -
Music Business Weekly Wrap-Up
31 Jan 2010 | 11:29 amIn case you missed anything, here are some highlights from this week in music business news and artist advice: Artists House Music Being Prepared When Opportunity Knocks http://is.gd/7qDw4 SEA Conference Lecture: Keeping Your Creative Soul Alive in the World of Business – Full Session http://ow.ly/11PF1 Music Industry Profile: Artist Manager Delante Murphy http://ow.ly/115zj Coin a Phrase: The Leveling http://is.gd/7qGbB Music Business News: All Music Ally’s MIDEM coverage in one place http://ow.ly/11Pj2 Class action vs. record labels over peer-to-peer suits hanging by a thread…
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Kenny Bloom: China\'s Music Mogul
The music industry in China has significantly changed over the past couple of decades, from a tightly government-controlled propaganda pipeline into an increasingly powerful and sophisticated economic sector. Spearheading the way in China's entertainment industry is Kenny Bloom, music veteran of over 30 years, and Founder and CEO of VisiTek Holdings, Ltd. Born in New York City, Mr. Bloom, at age 56, has accomplished more than most people do in a lifetime, and he has no plans of slowing his pace. To say that his list of accomplishments is impressive would be a gross understatement. -
Joe D\'Ambrosio Management Have Producers and Engineers in Studios All Over the World
It seems that Joe D'Ambrosio's clients - some of the world's top recording engineers and producers - are keeping the studios of the world busy - as 15 different masters of their craft announce October projects.. -
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“Had Enough Justice” BecomingThe Life For a Loaf of Bread Metaphor?
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Super Bowl 2010 – a “big, walking music video”
Ad touchdown gets nostalgic Rihanna referred to the Super Bowl as a "big, walking music video", and the sporting and advertising highlight of the year didn't disappoint on the music front in 2010. The Who's performance during half time - a lucrative slot for any band - has been both ... -
The heat of the moment
A first for music Coca-Cola China has launched a new online campaign fronted by Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit in order to celebrate Chinese New Year. The promotion – which features the track 'The First Taste of Happiness’ - invites users to customize their own festive Coke bottles and participate in ... -
Win tickets to Springfestival 2010
Thanks to the nice people at SpringFetsival we have two tickets to the 10th anniversary celebrations of the biggest Austrian festival for electronic music and art. Live acts and DJs have just been announced and include Kruder & Dorfmeister, Zoot Woman, Delphic, Miike Snow (live), The Japanese Popstars (live) Pendulum ... -
Man handled
Musical manipulation Wrangler’s new digital promotion for its Blue Bell Spring/Summer 2010 range is kind of a drag. The jeans brand’s 'manipulate a man' digital campaign enables users to drag a male model around the screen and tear off parts of his clothing – making it the polar opposite of ... -
Gym Buddies
A sounding branding exercise UK singer Alesha Dixon has inked a four-year profit-sharing deal with the LA Fitness gym chain. The partnership is part of a massive £30M marketing drive in 2010 by the gym’s owners The Kirk Sandall company. The revenue share deal - based on the company’s success ...
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Karaoke Killings: The “My Way” Murders
9 Feb 2010 | 8:52 amWho would have thought bad singing could get you killed? Apparently, in the Philippines, it can: according to the New York Times, at least six karaoke singers in the past ten years have been slain during renditions of Frank Sinatra’s 1969 classic “My Way”. Exactly why that song in particular provokes such a violent reaction is not [...] -
Apple iPad – Can it replace your mp3 player?
5 Feb 2010 | 7:59 amLast week saw the official unveiling of the iPad, the latest addition to Apple’s hipster-friendly stable of multimedia devices. Among other things, the ‘Pad [which resembles an oversized iPod Touch and has been the subject of countless puerile Twitter jokes due to its name] features an iPod application, through which music can be played in [...] -
10 Most Memorable Grammy Moments
2 Feb 2010 | 9:38 pmIn honour of Monday’s Grammy Awards, here’s a list of ten of the most memorable Grammy moments in recent years. For the most established awards night in popular music, the Grammys are pretty light on shock value compared to, say, the VMAs [the younger, flashier Prince Harry to the Grammys’ sedate Prince William], but – [...] -
Mysterious Music Video iamamiwhoami
31 Jan 2010 | 8:35 pmOn December 4, 2009, a user going by the name “iamamiwhoami” uploaded a video to YouTube. The video featured images of trees with writhing limbs, a metallic-skinned woman in the foetal position in what appears to represent the womb, and – most disturbingly – a goat giving birth; its soundtrack was a haunting trip-hop piece, [...] -
The Best Soundtracks of the Decade
27 Jan 2010 | 8:49 pmIn honour of awards season, here is a list of my favourite soundtracks of the last decade. Eight of these are from films, but two are mixes from two of the decade’s biggest television shows; no matter what you might think of the shows themselves, both were responsible for introducing several previously unknown artists to [...]
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Mastodon to Crack Skyes on Tour With Baroness This Spring
9 Feb 2010 | 7:27 amExtinct, they ain’t. Sure, the ATLien metalmen of Mastodon may bear the name of that most hoary of prehistoric mammals, but record snowfalls or freezing temperatures can’t slow their thunderous pace. Their 2009 LP Crack the Skye appeared on just about every year-end list last year (including ours). Then, we found out the guys would be contributing music to the upcoming flick Jonah Hex—as in, the whole score. What, then, to do with a few spare moments of free time? A mammoth worldwide tour sounds about par for the course.... -
MGMT Announces New Album, Congratulations
9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 amFans have been waiting for the follow-up to MGMT Oracular Spectacular for what seems like decades in internet time (read: two years), but the date has finally been set for the release of the highly anticipated Congratulations.... -
Eugene Mirman, Isaac Brock, James Mercer, Todd Barry to Play Cancer Benefit in Seattle
9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 amGetting defriended sucks. As we rack up friends on Facebook, Twitter and all the other myriad social media outlets cropping up, defriending is reserved for the worst of the worst—the scourge of the earth. Really, who could deserve such a fate more than cancer?... -
MTV Removes "Music" From Logo
9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amSince its birth back in 1981, MTV has infused the music world with some hugely influential elements. After all, it’s thanks to MTV that music videos first found a home, “VJ” became a recognizable term and shows like the VMAs and TRL really brought musicians to the forefront of media in a new way. It’s that music-focused past that makes it worth noting the recent change to MTV’s logo: They’ve removed the words “Music Television.”... -
White Stripes Upset With Air Force Reserves Over Super Bowl Commercial
9 Feb 2010 | 3:23 amOn the Third Man Records website, Jack White has issued a statement about the purported unauthorized use of the White Stripes’ song “Fell in Love with a Girl” in an Air Force Reserves commercial aired during the Super Bowl. The statement placed the music video for the song next to a link to the commercial on Air Force Reserves’ site. It has since been removed....
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Pickathon Lineup: Prince Billy Heartless Bastards, Langhorne Slim
9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pmPickathon Lineup Pickathon has introduced the first big lineup installment for 2010, with other notable additions to be announced over the next few months. This year's 12th annual festival taking place the weekend of August 6-8 at Pendarvis Farm near Portland, OR. Discount Weekend Tickets and the 2010 Lineup can now be found at Pickathon.com. Bonnie Prince Billy Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang (Sat, Sun) Heartless Bastards (Fri, Sat) Billy Joe Shaver (Fri) Langhorne Slim (Sat, Sun) Frazey Ford (Sat, Sun) The Cave Singers (Fri, Sat) T-Model Ford (Sat, Sun) Black Prairie (Fri, Sat)… -
Spoon: Tour Dates/Video Premiere
9 Feb 2010 | 12:22 pmSpoon U.S Shows Sell Out, Australian Dates Confirmed Spoon "Written In Reverse" Video Premiere The video for "Written In Reverse," the first single from Spoon's recently released seventh album Transference, has been released. The video, directed by Danny Clinch (Tom Waits' "Lie To Me," Bruce Springsteen's Devils & Dust DVD and Foo Fighters' Skin + Bones), documents an actual live performance of the song recorded expressly for the video, expertly rendered in stark black and white. Tickets recently went on sale for Spoon's 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 headlining… -
Leonard Cohen Reschedules Europe Dates Due to Injury
9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pmLeonard Cohen Reschedules European Performances Due To Injury Leonard Cohen AEG Worldwide has announced that a run of performances by Leonard Cohen have been rescheduled to allow proper time for a sports-related injury sustained by the artist to heal. While exercising recently, Mr. Cohen suffered a compression injury in his lower back. He has been advised by physicians to follow the typical four to six month regime of physical therapy prescribed for athletes with similar injuries. "Doctors have confirmed that Mr. Cohen is otherwise in terrific shape, thanks to years of exercise and careful… -
Mo'Fone Plays The Meters 02/10 in San Francisco
9 Feb 2010 | 12:01 pmMo'Fone Plays The Meters at SFJAZZ The Meters Hotplate is a new concept from SFJAZZ that features a different Bay Area artist each month, interpreting the music of their favorite jazz legend. This month, Mo'Fone pays tribute to The Meters for a pre-Mardi Gras bash. Mo'Fone's unique instrumentation and lively sound has made them something of a local gem. Featuring a bari sax/alto sax/drums lineup with special guest horn section, Mo'Fone will pay tribute to The Meters, a band that has greatly influenced them and countless other musicians. The trio will augment their sound with an organ, guitar… -
MGMT: Congratulations 4/13
9 Feb 2010 | 9:02 amCOLUMBIA RECORDS PROUD TO RELEASE CONGRATULATIONS, 
THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM MGMT Congratulations Available In The U.S. and Canada, Tuesday, April 13 MGMT Columbia Records has announced the North American release of Congratulations, the keenly awaited new studio album from MGMT, on Tuesday, April 13. One of 2010's most eagerly anticipated new releases, Congratulations is the successor to MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, the 2008 debut album which established the band's potential as a visionary force in pop music. Congratulations is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force…
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Virgin Top Bloggers: Jet Horns
6 Feb 2010 | 8:30 amI can't wait for the snowy season to end. It's not that I'm ungreatful for the cold weather, but I've long discovered that making snow angels aren't as amusing as they used to be. Instead I find myself indoors, scouring of the monds of new music on Fairtilizer, praying for that one lonely track to ignite my internal flames. [Not like that. Get your mind out of the gutter] -
How The World Discovers New Music
16 Jan 2010 | 10:11 amThe days of walking into Wall Mart or Target on new release Tuesday are long gone for me. I used to enjoy standing in the isle of my favorite music store, looking at cover art and buying a fourteen dollar piece of plastic. Not anymore. I've realized that there is a more cost effective and environmentally friendly way to discover new music...and I'm not alone. -
Our Problems Pale In Comparison
13 Jan 2010 | 8:47 amThe situation is dire in the already poverty stricken country of Haiti today. Rocked by a massive earthquake just years after a major hurricane, the people there desperately need our help. Lets take a break from our normal routine and lend a helping hand in any way possible. Below is a link to an article [...] -
Me, Me, Me is BORING!
10 Jan 2010 | 8:31 amWrite the lyrics, produce the track, record the song...I hope 2010 is the year that music will once again become the centerpiece of your marketing strategy. All of these tasks are self centered, reflective and place a large amount of emphasis on you, the artist. Once the record is complete however, turning your focus toward your audience can pose a signifagnt problem. -
Artists and the Economic Recession
26 Dec 2009 | 8:54 amLINC partnered with 35 arts service organizations across the U.S. to administer the survey to 5,380 artists between July 20 and August 17, 2009. I found most of the results to be suprisingly familiar to the ones I’ve heard piece meal from my clients last year, however this is the first time I had seen such a complete report from a cross section of people like you – struggling artists clammoring for ways to survive and become more profitable in 2010.
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Sunday Nerd Out: Apple Scripts in Quicksilver
7 Feb 2010 | 2:04 pmWell, it’s not been a good day; my less-than-six-month-old PowerBook appears to have eaten its hard drive. The good news is that between moving everything up to Google Docs/Gmail/Google Calendar and doing hourly Time Machine back ups very little has been lost (though, I hadn’t done a Time Machine back up since Friday night). Knock Wood. I’m using Marci’s MacBook until my appointment tomorrow with the ill-advisedly named “Geniuses” at the Apple Store. This requires me to get her machine to operate the way I like my machine to operate, which essentially means… -
Song: “Southern Waste”
6 Feb 2010 | 6:07 amSouthern Waste Southern Waste These are songs I write to quiet the madding crowd. I do them very quickly - like sketches - and present them warts and all (or all warts). They’re licensed under CreativeCommons, so please feel free to use them. A note about the title/image. One of the hardest parts of writing instrumental music is coming up with titles. Happily, Kristin Hersh, in her genius, posts a new photo to her blog every day. Not only do these images inspire me, but they also provide fantastic titles. With Kristin’s kind permission, I’m attaching my little songs to her… -
Check ins for Sites (frequency currency): The Mayor of Simpleton
3 Feb 2010 | 9:44 amSomething I’ve been thinking about for a while, but was really catalyzed by Fred Wilson’s excellent blog post today: With the advent of check ins (and the related possibility that emerges from this) at physical locations facilitated by Foursquare, et al., why have we not seen this applied to Web Sites? Certainly, it’s a good sign to see email-for-content widgets being the transactional element of choice for gaining the all-important currency of email sign ups (as I discussed in my post, “The New Report Card“). However, I think people are still missing an… -
The new Report Card
2 Feb 2010 | 8:53 amI still wake up on Wednesdays with a little shudder. You see, Wednesdays are (and, I guess, always will be) soundscan days. Back when there was still a record business, you got your report card every Wednesday morning. I remember so well hauling my pale ass out of bed and using the sweet dial up modem to log in to SS. 90% of the time, this was immediately followed by an “ugh.” The numbers were rarely what you wanted them to be (for more on SS’s continued irrelevance, read this). Numbers indelibly etched in my brain, off to the office I’d go. I’d hit the fax (yes,… -
Song for Karen
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Sage Francis Questions ‘Li(f)e’ On New Album
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Bonnaroo Unveils 2010 Lineup
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Gin Wigmore Makes US Debut
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MGMT Offer 'Congratulations' To Fans
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Dios Release Third LP
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Litte Boots Prepares to Release 'Hands' in the U.S.
9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 amFiled under: Concerts and Tours, News, New Music, ExclusiveAlmost a year after she put the finishing touches on her debut album in Los Angeles, British electro-pop chanteuse Little Boots is dropping that effort, 'Hands,' stateside. "We just wanted to do America properly," Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, tells Spinner. "So many people just go over there and almost do it as an afterthought, go over for a week and just throw the album out and do a couple of shows. I spent a lot of time in America making the album and I really enjoy it over there." -
Gemma Ray, '100mph (in 2nd Gear)' -- Video Premiere
9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 amFiled under: News, Video, ExclusiveOn Gemma Ray's latest record, 'Lights Out Zoltar!,' she leads with a track called '100mph (in 2nd Gear),' a song that's steeped in a southwestern sound with Ray's sweeping voice sounding quite panic stricken. For the accompanying video, she takes a page from the David Lynch storybook, creating a surreal yet loose narrative of a lounge singer who's in some sort of wild dream state. She winds up with her getting into a car with a mysterious stranger, who just happens to have a rubber band. "I wanted to bring out the visual poetry of how the song sounds," Ray… -
Art Brut's Eddie Argos Reimagines Pop Hits With New Band
9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 amFiled under: News, New Music, ExclusiveAs the charismatic frontman for Art Brut, Eddie Argos has a lot of experience starting bands -- it was even chronicled in the group's first single, 'Formed a Band.' Now, along with his girlfriend and keyboard player Dyan Valdes of the Blood Arms, Argos has started another act: Everybody Was in the French Resistance ... Now! "We were talking about how a history teacher used to say people would alter history," Argos tells Spinner. "So it made sense that we'd want to try ourselves. We're trying to be a pop band and we wanted these pop songs that weren't… -
Veneno: A Treasure From the '70s Andalusian Underground Unearthed
9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 amFiled under: Around the WorldIt's said that only a thousand people bought the Velvet Underground's debut album when it was first released in 1967 -- but every one of them started a band. Veneno may be the Andalusian Velvet Underground, at least in that regard. Coming a decade later, Veneno's lone album didn't bear much musical relation to the VU, but it marked a similar place in the history of Spanish rock, a revolutionary, raw and progressive take on flamenco traditions that barely made a blip on the pop radar but could well be seen as a wellspring of a new era. Not least of that was that as… -
Potent Quotables: Posh's 'Sexy' Ring Tone
9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amFiled under: Potent Quotables"I'll be at the gym and suddenly I've got Right Said Fred playing and I'm so mortified." --Victoria Beckham The former Spice Girl has fallen victim to one of her soccer star husband's (hilarious) pranks. Unfortunately for her, she can't get rid of 'I'm Too Sexy' because she's admittedly "rubbish with phones." Next Quote
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Exclusive: MGMT Unveil New Album!
9 Feb 2010 | 8:12 amMark your calendars, Blackberries, iPhones, iPads, or just write it on your damn hand -- 'cause now it's officially official: MGMT's second album, Congratulations, will release in the U.S. on April 13. MGMT's core duo of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser recorded the album at studios in Upstate, NY, Brooklyn, and Malibu, CA, with producer Peter Kember, a.k.a. Sonic Boom of shoegaze pioneers Spaceman 3, and their live band -- Matt Asti (bass), Will Berman (drums), and James Richardson (guitar). Royal Trux frontwoman Jennifer Herrema helped with vocals, while knob-twiddler extraordinaire… -
Phoenix, Jay-Z, Weezer Lead Bonnaroo Lineup
9 Feb 2010 | 7:15 amPhoenix, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips (who will be performing Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon) will headline Bonnaroo, the Tennessee mega-music fest taking place June 10-13. The Dead Weather, Regina Spektor, Dave Matthews Band, Norah Jones, Japandroids, She & Him, the National, Jimmy Cliff, the Avett Brothers, OK Go, Jeff Beck, John Prine, 311, and more are also slated to perform. Tickets for the show are available now at the Bonnaroo website! Check back later today for continuing updates on the full list of more than 150 bands. -
Lil Wayne's Jail Sentence Delayed!
9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 amLil Wayne will breathe free air a little longer. The rapper was set to begin a year-long prison stint Tuesday, immediately following his sentencing in New York City. But Weezy's hearing has been delayed to March 2 -- because he needs dental surgery. According to MTV, Wayne's lawyer, Stacey Richman, said the 27-year-old star needs to finish a string of recent surgeries for a dental problem before he goes to jail. Wayne is now scheduled to undergo surgery Feb. 12 in Miami, and will need roughly 10 days to recover. "I don't want this to get pushed back anymore," judge Charles H. Solomon said of… -
White Stripes Attack Air Force Reserve Over Song
9 Feb 2010 | 4:52 amDetroit garage rockers the White Stripes claim the U.S. Air Force re-recorded their hit song "Fell in Love With a Girl" for a commercial aired during this Sunday's Super Bowl, without the band's permission. "The White Stripes take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserves presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support," the band wrote on their website. "We simply don't want to be a cog in the wheel of the current conflict and hope for a safe and speedy return home for our troops."… -
New Albums from Massive Attack, Hot Chip & 6 More!
9 Feb 2010 | 3:58 amHere's a rundown of the albums available online and in record stores today: Massive Attack, Heligoland Trip-hop pioneers give doom a romantic tinge. Read Review >> Hot Chip, One Life Stand Can their disco doctorates keep them warm at night? Read Review >> Yeasayer, Odd Blood Brooklyn psych rockers ride a new new wave. Read Review >> Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here The revolution won't be on YouTube either.Read Review >> The Watson Twins, Talking to You, Talking to Me Kentucky-bred sisters spark a righteous groove.Read Review >> Pantha du Prince, Black Noise…
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Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
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Top Stories: February 9, 2010
9 Feb 2010 | 12:45 pm• Lil Wayne’s Sentencing Delayed to March 2 • Ringo Starr Honored on Walk of Fame • White Stripes Furious Over Air Force Ad • Hear Johnny Cash’s New “Ain’t No Grave” • Joe Jackson Hints at MJ Murder Conspiracy • Weezer, Lips, Phoenix: Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup • MTV Removes “Music Television” From Logo • News Ticker: MGMT, Graham Nash • Conrad Murray Charged for Jackson’s Death • The Who Rock Super Bowl XLIV With Big Hits • Howard Stern Says He’d Consider Idol Job • Joan… -
Lil Wayne’s Sentencing Delayed to March 2 Due to Dental Surgery
9 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pmLil Wayne’s prison sentence was expected to begin today, but the MC was granted a brief reprieve. Wayne will report back to a New York courtroom on March 2nd because his lawyers argued the Rebirth rapper had to undergo dental surgery before his prison sentence began, the AP reports. The judge overseeing the case told Lil Wayne’s legal team that their client would be sentenced on March 2nd and no later. Since the surgery is scheduled for February 12th in Miami, the judge advised Lil Wayne to return to Miami today to ensure he avoids the snowstorm that is expected to blanket the… -
MTV Removes “Music Television” From Iconic Logo
9 Feb 2010 | 11:21 amIn a move that signifies the end of an era, MTV will no longer include the words “Music Television” under its iconic logo. The Wrap was the first to report on the new logo, which will still feature the monolithic “M” and its dripping “TV,” but no underlying text. The shift seems to confirm what many have suspected for years: Following the cancellation of TRL and the success of Jersey Shore, The Hills and the Real World spin-offs, music is no longer MTV’s main priority. “The people who watch it today, they don’t refer to MTV as music… -
Hear Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave” From “American VI”
9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am“There ain’t no grave/Can hold my body down,” Johnny Cash sings on the title track of his final album, the sixth in his American Recordings series with Rick Rubin. The disc, American VI: Ain’t No Grave, will arrive on February 26th, what would have been Cash’s 78th birthday. As Rolling Stone reported, Scott and Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers play on the LP, along with Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Smokey Hormel, Matt Sweeney and Jonny Polonsky. Producer Rubin explained the album was completed while Cash was in poor health, in between trips to the hospital and… -
Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Rolls Out: Jay-Z, Weezer, Jeff Beck, The Flaming Lips and More
9 Feb 2010 | 9:03 amPhoto: Loccisano/GettyThe lineup for the 2010 Bonnaroo Festival is very slowly rolling out as artists playing the Manchester, Tennessee fest are revealing the news via Twitter, MySpace and their official Websites. It’s all part of the Internet-wide global “virtual event” that organizers planned to drum up excitement for this year’s fest, which will take place June 10th to 13th. Tickets for the festival will go on sale around 12 p.m. EST at the official Bonnaroo Website. At that time, a sampling of the artists recruited to play the 2010 fest will be revealed, with the…
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Marvin Humes from JLS talks about childhood bullying
9 Feb 2010 | 2:15 amMarvin Humes from JLS, the chart-topping boyband who came 2nd to Alexandra Burke in The X Factor, has appeared in a new video discussing how he was bullied at school. The clips, which launches today, features Marvin surprising pupils at Harefield Academy during assembly where he sings an a capella version of JLS’ number 1 single Everybody In Love. Marvin talks about how he nearly chose a career in football before focusing on music and writing songs with his mates in the library. read more -
UK Top Ten - 7 February 2010
7 Feb 2010 | 2:21 pmOwl City have held on to their Number 1 spot, despite a strong midweek position for John and Edward Grimes, which suggested that they might score a #1 with their debut single. On the plus side, both of Katy Perry's collaborations are in the top ten, and so are both versions of Don't Stop Believin'. Radio 1 Top Ten Weekly read more -
Lady Gaga 'my dead aunt saved me from cocaine death!'
7 Feb 2010 | 12:32 pmLady GaGa has reportedly claimed that she would have died from a drug overdose if it hadn't been for the spirit of her dead aunt. The News Of The World, published an excerpt of Gaga's new biography in which she claimed that she would lock herself in her room taking "bags and bags" of cocaine. "But then I realised my father's sister Joanne, who'd died at 19, had instilled her spirit in me. She was a painter and a poet - and I had a spiritual vision I had to finish her business," she wrote. The 'Bad Romance' singer, also dedicated last year's 'Fame Ball' tour to her dead aunt. "I never… -
Alicia Keys reaches number one album spot with 'The Element of Freedom'
7 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pmAlicia Keys has achieved number one in the UK album charts with 'The Element of Freedom.' Freedom is Keys's fourth album and has been in the charts for eight weeks. Today it climbed up one place to claim the top spot. New entries to the top ten included Corinne Bailey Rae, who entered at number five with her second album 'The Sea' and Peter Andre whose 'Unconditional Love Songs' went straight in at number nine. The top ten albums in full: 1. (2) Alicia Keys: 'The Element Of Freedom' 2. (4) André Rieu: 'Forever Vienna' 3. (1) Paolo Nutini: 'Sunny Side Up' 4. (3) Florence and the Machine:… -
Oasis will be back with new name
6 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pmOasis star Liam Gallagher has confirmed that the band will continue without his brother Noel, albeit with a new name. Noel left the group during their European tour in 2009, after a series of rows and altercations with his fellow band members. Liam tells British radion station XFM, "No, it's not Oasis. That was a s**t name anyway. I'm glad to see the back of it. There's a name that we're digging at the moment, but we're going to get on with the music and see how it goes." While he wouldn't reveal the new band name yet, Liam did promise fans that they won't have long to wait before they hit…
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Chew On This: Lil Wayne’s Sentencing Postponed Due To Dental Surgery
9 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pmDamn you, Lil Wayne! We were all down over the somber occasion of Weezy’s impending sentencing to a one-year jail term today, but not even an hour after we posted our photo gallery of mug shots of other stars who’ve faced gun charges to mark the occasion comes the news that the pint-sized MC has gained almost another full month of freedom! After arriving in a Manhattan courtroom around 2 p.m. today, Wayne’s lawyer Stacey Richman informed Judge Charles H. Solomon that the Cash Money honcho is suffering from a cracked tooth, and will require dental surgery, reports MTV. The… -
Joe Jackson Turns Michael Jackson’s Death Into A Conspiracy Theory
9 Feb 2010 | 12:11 pmJoe Jackson went on Larry King Live last night to discuss the charges against Dr. Conrad Murray, now released on $75,000 bail. “I didn’t like those charges. He got off too easy,” the Jackson patriarch told King, adding that he believes his son’s death involved “other people” besides Murray, who he says is simply “the fall guy.” Is Michael Jackson the new JFK? Watch the vid below to hear Joe’s paranoid ramblings: According to Joe Jackson, Murray did not act alone. “There’s other people involved with this whole thing, but I think… -
PHOTOS: Lil Wayne And “A Milli” Other Stars Arrested On Gun Charges
9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 amLil’ Wayne is about to do a lil’ time in the slammer. The self-anointed "best rapper alive" pleaded guilty last October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and ultimately received a one-year prison sentence. While some might view a stint in prison as a dark chapter in their lives, Lil’ Wayne is Mr. Optimistic. He plans on spending his time listening to his iPod (here's hoping his prison cell has an outlet to charge it) and writing more music. “I just say I’m looking forward to it.” Wayne is not the first musician to be arrested on gun charges. In fact, Weezy is in pretty… -
Sade March Onto ‘The Today Show’ To Perform “Soldier Of Love”
9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 amSade’s first album in ten years, Soldier Of Love, hit iTunes last night and already it’s the #1 record at the digital store. To promote the ten-song set, Sade performed the LP’s title song this morning on The Today Show. “I’ve just been staying ahead of the law, really,” the band’s frontwoman Sade Adu joked, when asked what she’s been doing for the past decade. “I’ve just been living my life, really, doing what you do and trying to just be part of the world.” Well, taking a ten-year vacation is probably a snap when you’ve… -
Wale Has One Thing On His Mind With Two New Music Videos
9 Feb 2010 | 9:45 amD.C. rapper Wale serves up two new music videos this week, for “Pretty Girls” and “My Sweetie.” Chris Robinson—who, amongst other things, shot the clip for Jordin Sparks’ “No Air”—directed “Pretty Girls.” Incarcerated MC Gucci Mane also features on the song (though, obviously, not in the video). The second clip, “My Sweetie,” was directed by tabi Bonney. Both look like they were shot on a shoestring budget—but, as the one tune’s title suggests, contain no shortage of young, pretty girls. Head below the jump to catch…
