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Archive for June, 2009
eMusic fattens up on Sony Music releases
What do labels with antiquated sales methods do when the chips are down? They get desperate and make an array of mistakes. And then, there’s that rare occasion, when one finally makes a smart move that is sure to convince the rest of the Big Four that a change in ethos is necessary. This is [...]
Rock the Bells brings the hip-hop to Detroit (6/28)
This past weekend, our resident hip-hop guru, Michael Denslow, traveled to the Motor City to take in the sights and sounds of this year’s edition of Rock the Bells. His experience follows…
Check Out: Alice in Chains offers “A Looking In View”
It certainly feels and sounds like our favorite ex-grunge band…
Album Review: The Thing – Bag It!
Deftly combining the worlds of jazz, rock and noise (without falling into the dreaded “jazz fusion” territory), Bag It is something that anyone either curious about jazz or completely immersed in the genre should seek out ASAP.
Bird continues flight around the world; gets heavenly
How else would you describe an Andrew Bird world tour featuring St. Vincent?
Kanye reveals stage design for European tour…
…and not surprisingly, it’s the sort of thing that flashes exuberance — a heap of gold, yet which makes absolutely no sense — what the hell is it? Add in the fact that the “stage” is for Kanye‘s forthcoming European tour, which consists entirely of festival appearances, or the type of performance you generally don’t [...]
Watch: Franz Ferdiand revamp “No You Girls”
After witnessing the onslaught of drugs, latenight escapes, and alcoholism in “Ulysses” at the beginning of the year, Franz Ferdinand decided on a simplistic, laugh riot for their next video from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. And that’s exactly what the Scottish foursome produced for the album’s second single “No You Girls”. However, with its recent influx [...]
Metallica preps French concert DVD
It seems like Metallica has been on the road for ever in support of last year’s Death Magnetic — oh, that’s right, they have! So, it’s not surprising to hear that the band is gearing up for the release of a live concert DVD. What is surprising is that the DVD, which will feature footage [...]
Beck is also a DJ…
It turns out Beck will be using the new beck.com to not only cover other people’s songs, but to mash them up as well. “Planned Obsolensence,” is the latest feature to be unveiled, a weekly DJ set of sorts offering up “mixes of what we’re listening to, put together by myself or guest DJs.” First [...]
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