When Apple opened the iTunes Store, the only way Steve Jobs could ink a deal with the four major record labels is if the music files were locked with a DRM (digital rights management) software. This software is embedded in the music file, and contains information about the person who purchased the song, locking the song down and limiting what the owner can do with their content.Major labels were a
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iTunes Store Faces DRM-Free Competition
Efterklang to release Parades on October 15
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Akron/Family: Love Is Simple, and fall tours
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60+ Albums Released on September 11
A list of 60+ albums that are being released on September 11:Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills - Merge RecordsThe Good Life -Help Wanted Nights - Saddle Creek RecordsFarewell - Isn’t This Supposed to be Fun? - EpitaphHot Hot Heat - Happiness LTD - Warner Bros. RecordsPinback - Autumn of the SeraphsThe World We Knew - ExordiumDevin Lima - Mozart Popart - One Eleven RecordsNevea Tears - Run With The
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Tournaments: Boldest of Colours
A new British band called Tournaments is recording their debut album, and are beginning to float their demos around. In August they played their first show, and have since posted three songs on Myspace: Boldest of Colours, Turn and Run, and Lone Sailor. They posted a live performance on YouTube of Message Deleted from one of their first shows.Gethin Pearson shared with Puddlegum that Tournament...
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Gabriel Olin: debuts with Here
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Gabriel Olin has released his debut tube-amped screaming EP called Here, with the Go Bird Records imprint. Two of the tracks, Someday and Here, can be streamed at Myspace.Gabriel Olin brings carefully laid tracks of guitar riffs and grooves, with rich tones that take years to brew. The five tracks in this album pay homage to influential bands of the past, particularly Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and
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Nacy Elizabeth: Battle and Victory
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Nancy Elizabeth is releasing Battle and Victory on September 24, via the UK’s The Leaf Label. This thirteen track album will be released on vinyl, CD, and digital. Two singles are preceding the release of the full-length: Hey Son and I Used To Try, each with b-sides. Hey Son was released on July 23 on a limited edition 7″ and digital. I Used To Try will be out on September 10 in similar format
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Mobius Band: Heaven
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Mobius Band is releasing their new album called Heaven on October 2, through Misra Records. Much of Heaven’s sound comes from experimentation, as Noam Schatz found a new obsession of short-circuiting toy keyboards found at yard sales to create unique sounds. These tones are used throughout, so that Heaven “pulses, crackles, and hums.â€Performing over 150 shows in the past two years, Mobius Ba
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Cheyenne: to release The Whale
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Cheyenne have spent the last two years tracking The Whale, and on December 12 the beast will be self-released. Sneaking peaks on their Myspace, fans can now stream four songs: That Was The Ghost, Broken English, Big Weather, and The Whale.Outside of Cheyenne, Beau Jennings works as an architect to fund his band. He’s also working on a solo project under his own name, which he will begin recordin
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Octoberman: Run From Safety
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Octoberman’s new album, Run From Safety, is out in North America twelve months after it was mixed and mastered. A vinyl version will hit Europe in late September, and the CD/digital format will hit the UK on October 16. Ears that have an affection to Calexico and Bright Eyes will most likely enjoy Marc Morrissette’s music.Fittingly, Octoberman will tour Canada in October, sharing the stage wit
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