January 2009
20 posts
Artists, Bands and Musicians on Twitter - Google... →
Muxtape →
Muxtape relaunches as a “platform for bands to promote their music and listeners to create mixes.” It could just work you know. So far features tracks by Dan Deacon, Of Montreal and Girl Talk amongst others.
Last.fm – the Blog · Closing in on clean metadata:... →
snarebrained | FOUND →
snarebrained is a download album featuring a collection of exclusive remixes and songs previously only available on limited edition vinyl. It features collaborations and remixes from Lisa Lindley Jones, De Rosa, Jonnie Common (Down The Tiny Steps) and Akira Kiteshi.
The album has been produced to help raise money to pay for the band to travel to SxSW and as such FOUND have devised an...
Music pirates will not be disconnected from the... →
Ra Ra Riot on Daytrotter →
A video well worth watching.
From Daytrotter:
Pretty girls doing cartwheels and blowing the white and fluffy seeds off the tops of dandelions, all in a flush and greened out Salt Lake City Park — a place where Brigham Young presumably thought a rose could grow out of a desert. Then there is a song playing, a pretty song, and you realize fairly suddenly that you are watching and living Ra...
SXSW Artist Catalog →
Paul Lamere has build an awesome mashup which finds Youtube videos, bios, photos and Last.fm listening links for all the bands on the (very long) list of showcasing artists. He explains it on his blog.
kristenisfornerd:
vinh:
Feist + Ben Gibbard -...
NO to noise control
If you love live musicin the UK, you need to read this, from the latest Wichita Recordings newsletter:
On to a more serious note…it has been brought to attention that the government wish to consider it a legal requirement in the new tax year to introduce laws insisting anyone applying or re-applying for an entertainment license must have a noise control device fitted to the venue. This will...
Hungry Heart – Aidan John Moffat
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Franz Ferdinand Sends Web-Sheriff After Pirates |... →
Drowned in Sound's 50 albums of 2008 / In Depth //... →
Official SXSW Showcasing Bands | SXSW.com →
Starting to get very excited about SXSW now. Less than two months. Expect a flurry of SXSW posts very soon.
WatchOasis - Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets Video
An interesting documentary about Oasis giving New York buskers four songs from Dig Out Your Soul to perform before the record was released.
Music Blog Zeitgeist of 2008 / The Hype Machine →
My Love – Justin Timberlake →
Had a conversation recently about how this is definitely the best JT song, and it’s the production, not the vocal, that makes it.
Jaydiohead :: Jay-Z x Radiohead :: Minty Fresh... →
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | US rock group win vinyl... →