Whether you love or hate Facebook (or love to hate it), some of the changes they introduced this week will have implications to the music sphere. Partnering with music services, such as Spotify and Rdio, members have the option of reporting to Facebook what they’re currently playing. This initially shows up in the new Facebook [...]
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Implications of Facebook Music
The first of many “branches” for Radiohead’s King of Limbs
It appears that the many predictions that Radiohead would release new music soon were right. Two weeks ago Radiohead released a 12″ with two songs: Supercollider and The Butcher. Neither of these songs were on King of Limbs. But there’s something I want to point out: these songs are the first of many “branches” from King [...]
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Surprised by the Amazon Cloud Player
We’ve been waiting patiently for Google to release their new music cloud service since we first heard they were working on it. But we weren’t expecting Amazon beat Google to the punch. Today, Amazon launched the Amazon Cloud Drive, allowing members to store documents, videos, photos, and music files. Pairing with Cloud Drive is the [...]
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Thom Yorke: If you think this is everything, you’re wrong.
On February 14th, Radiohead shared some love with their fans by announcing their new album would be released digitally in just five days. But today, Radiohead surprised fans again by releasing The King of Limbs a day early, along with a music video of Thom Yorke dancing. The physical release is being billed as the [...]
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Sleeping Bag: Slime
Sleeping Bag is a new band from Bloomington that will keep you warm through the lo-fi winter months. Headed by Dave Segedy, Sleeping Bag has been recording through the winter months and has recently posted Slime as a free download via Bandcamp. Sleeping Bag encompasses a raw and edgy sound that harkens back Starflyer’s Silver [...]
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Music radio may be dead, but music curation lives on
It used to be that artists strove to be on the radio. This aspiration became predominant in the 1950s and 1960s, when disc jockeys helped bring artists to the forefront of our conscience. Long gone are the days when disc jockeys had the freedom to play what they wanted, and could establish a name for [...]
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The Value of Streaming Music
Every strong argument for moving music to the cloud also has a negative consequence. But there is one specific positive/negative effect of our modern day access to music. Positive: Music is always at our fingertips. Most of us have smart phones. Whether it’s an iPhone or an Android, it really doesn’t matter. Music is easily [...]
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Classic albums that I frequented in 2010
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It is the end of the year and it’s time to contemplate over the albums that we enjoyed the most during 2010. If you and I hang out long enough, music is bound to come up in our conversation. One thing that I’m likely to talk about is the relevance of an older album that [...]
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Gogoyoko: Fair Play in Music
There is a new online music store and social network called Gogoyoko, and we’re quite excited about it. Through Gogoyoko, which has launched, artists receive 100% of the sales revenue and 40% of the advertising revenue, depending on the amount of music streaming each artist has. Their goal was to create a “fair music market [...]
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Daily Mix vol. 1.5: Caribou, Junip, Ivan & Alyosha, and Rubblebucket
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Caribou is releasing Swim Remixes today in the UK (fans in the US will have to wait till November 2nd). This comes as Caribou finishes a South American and North American tour, and will tour Europe in November and December. Remixes on Swim Remix were spun by heavy hitters such as Junior Boys, Gold Panda, [...]
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Beirut: side-project Soft Landing; New Beirut album in the works
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Several members of Beirut have formed a side project called Soft Landing. The band is comprised of Paul Collins, Perrin Cloutier, and Mike Lawless, and their debut album was released on October 12th, via Ba Da Bing (the same label Beirut is signed to). Stylistically it is a pop version of Beirut, heavy on the [...]
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The Innocence Mission: My Room in the Trees
This summer The Innocence Mission released their latest full-length, My Room In The Trees. If I had been blogging regularly, I would have certainly followed up, telling you how much I was enjoying the new album. Though I’m getting to this a few months late, I’m still thoroughly enjoying this album. I was first introduced [...]
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Daily Mix vol. 1.4: Elf Power, Blessed Feathers, Led to Sea
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Blessed Feathers is a new band we’re excited about. They hail from Wisconsin and we’re certain you’ll hear more about this band. This is a brand new video for their song FUDJ (Pawn Show Blues), produced by Wooden Lens. Blessed Feathers – FUDJ (Pawn Shop Blues) Led to Sea is the solo project of violinist/violist [...]
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Efterklang forms Efterkids: Raising support for Music Education
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Efterklang has started a project called Efterkids for the purpose of supporting music education in public schools around the world. Efterklang is a exceptional band from Denmark, who signed to the US label 4AD Records last year. While managing their own label for years, Efterklang released their first US release, Magic Chairs. Their desire for [...]
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Daily Mix vol. 1.3: Great Lakes, Hammocks and Honey, Yusuf Azak, and more
When Great Lakes were formed in 1996, the original lineup included Jamey Huggins (Of Montreal). Ben Crum is now the primary songwriter, and their latest album, Ways of Escape, involved musicians from Mice Parade, Beiruit, Ladybug Transistor, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and Ryan Adams. Summer Fruit is the leading single off Ways of Escape, [...]
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Belle and Sebastian: Write About Love short film
Glasgow, Scotland’s Belle & Sebastian have their first release in four years, called Write About Love. Check out their short film of the band performing several of their songs from their great (as always) album, a question and answering session, and short videos. Stuart Murdoch responds to the Do-It-Yourself approach to music: “This is the [...]
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Daily Mix vol. 1.2: Breathe Owl Breathe, Voltaire Twins, and a Jukebox the Ghost vid
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Jukebox the Ghost set out to perform outdoors in all five boroughs of New York City, as part of the city’s Play Me I’m Yours. They’re currently touring the US. Now for Australian synth-pop by the new duo, Voltaire Twins. Their single, D.I.L. is already gaining ‘acclaim’ status. Voltaire Twins have already shared the stage [...]
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Monahans: New song every month
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The other night I saw Monahans open for Husband&Wife’s CD release show at The Bishop, and I was instantly sold. They mentioned during the set that they’re releasing a new song every month as a free download. This is something they started in March, and with a ten track album, they’ll be finished in December. [...]
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Daily Mix vol. 1.1: Andrew Bird, U.S. Royalty, and more
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This post kicks off a daily list of new Mp3s that found their way to us. We’re calling it our Daily Mix, and each month we’ll start a new volume of Daily Mix. So here is our Daily Mix Vol. 1.1:Andrew Bird has an instrumental album coming out on October 25, called Useless Creatures. It [...]
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The Rest: John Huston, and the passing of a friend
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Canadian band, The Rest, is prepping their next release for early 2011. The album is called SEESAW, and they’re giving away a track, John Huston, several months in advance. It’s an absolutely beautiful track (and free to download at Bandcamp).Since we first wrote about The Rest last year, the band suffered an enormous setback. Shortly [...]
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