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Oct
1
Holy Radiohead
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Ok I am sure everyone has heard the news…Radiohead is set to release their new album next week on their own without the help or hindrance of any label. Not only that but they are even having their fans input the price of the digital download that will be available directly from Radiohead’s website. This has caused record label execs to shake in their boots, I am sure some will suffer permanent damage like some sort of nervous twitch will develop because of this. But regardless I have to stand proud and salute the band for possibly paving the way of the future for the music industry and hopefully opening the eyes of some of these record execs. For more information check out Green Plastic
But what do you all think?
mp3: Planet Telex – Radiohead
The Bends 1995 (Capitol)
Album available HERE
Sep
23
This Beautiful Weekend
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It rained on Friday and it continued on into Saturday! It was glorious! But I noticed something…The people of California really can’t handle rain. It is a hard adjustment to make and within the first rain drops the city kind of starts to break down, things stop functioning, people stop driving and I wouldn’t be surprised if some people melted.
The rain cleaned out the smog from the air and for the last day and half the sky has been bright blue with big beautiful fluffy clouds floating in the cool breeze. Glorious indeed.
A mix for you to enjoy!
mp3: New Land, Emma Pollock
Watch The Fireworks 2007 – Get It
mp3: In Transit, Albert Hammond Jr.
Yours To Keep 2007 – Get It
mp3: Aging Faces/Losing Places, Kevin Drew
Spirit If… 2007 – Get It
P.S. The new Beirut album, The Flying Club Cup was released on emusic as an advance. Of course I downloaded it, I can’t wait to share my thoughts on the new album and give you a taste. Stay tuned.
Aug
30
Solemn Sounds
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I don’t know where to begin, nor do I know where to end. So I am going to sit back and drink a little Alexi back and remember how amazing he is live. Cheers!
mp3: Dream Of Flying
Time Without Consequence 2006Â (Zero Summer Records)
Album available everywhere GET IT
Alexi Murdoch on myspace
Aug
27
Beirut
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I just got tickets for the Beirut show at the Avalon on October 11th. I am very excited, I literally started jumping up and down after I got the confirmation of purchase. I am not really thrilled about the venue but I think I would go just about anywhere to see these guys play their hearts out.
And in other news emusic recently put up a new single of Beirut’s titled Elephant Gun, the single includes the title track, Elephant Gun, Transatlantique and Le Moribond (live).
mp3:Â Transatlantique
Beirut on myspace
Elephant Gun (Ba Da Bing!)
Available on emusic
Aug
18
What I Love
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 Even if I need a break every once in awhile I still love sitting down here in front of my laptop as I listen to music until the wee hours of the morning. It brings me peace…
Some of the music I love right now…
Nina Nastasia & Jim White, You Follow Me 2007
mp3:Â No Letting Go
Taken By Trees, Lost & Found 2007Â
mp3: Love To A Monster
Okkervil River, The Stage Names 2007
(Jagjaguwar)Â GET IT
mp3:Â I Will Light You On Fire
Golden Shoulders, Friendship Is Deep (October) 2007
*Edit – Links fixed, sorry!
Aug
2
Help Me!
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Ok so I picked up this track on some record label’s site and I didn’t realize that the file had no information in it except for the song title, which is Listened On. What the hell? Who does this? Who puts a song up and doesn’t label it with all the correct information? Especially a record label at that?
Anyways I am calling out for help, who the hell is this band? Who makes this song? It has been driving me insane! HELP S.O.S!
mp3: Listened On
Jul
27
A Hot and Sticky Mix
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It’s hot, and not just hot but sticky hot, the kind of hot that hits you right out of the shower when you realize that you are sweating as you towel off. Yuck! So I thought I would post a mix of some new songs I have been enjoying these last few days in hopes that it will take my mind off this humidity and heat. Enjoy and stay cool my fine feathered friends.
mp3: Stop and Go – White Swan Black Swan
White Swan Black Swan EP 2007 (Arch Hill Records) GET IT
mp3 Expired: Your English Is Good – Tokyo Police Club
Your English Is Good 2007 (Memphis Industries) GET IT
mp3 Expired: Rain – Bishop Allen
The Broken String 2007 (Dead Oceans) GET IT
mp3 Expired: Serpentine – Chris Bathgate
A Cork Tale Wake 2007 (Quite Scientific Records) GET IT
Jun
27
Portishead
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On the way home last night this song shuffled on and once again I’m reminded why I hold Portishead on such a high pedestal. When I think of trip-hop Portishead is the first band that comes to mind…Sue me. I can’t help it, hypnotizing that Beth Gibbons is and well the beat just makes you want to turn it up to feel the vibrations. Their music is seductive with a vulnerable attitude and I love it…
Damn it! If they would just finish their 3rd album already…Supposedly 2007 is the estimated arrival date…We will just have to wait and see.
For now I offer my favorite track off their 1994 debut album, Dummy
mp3 Expired: Glory Box
Portishead on myspace
Dummy 1994 (Polygram Records) GET IT
Jun
26
Internet Radio Silence
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If you notice that some of your favorite internet radio sites don’t seem to be streaming any music today that’s because they are participating in a protest against new royalty rates which are set to take effect on July 15th.
Internet Radio Silently Protests Royalties
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Morning Edition, June 26, 2007 · Many fans of Internet radio will be tuning in to nothing on Tuesday, as many Webcasters participate in “A National Day of Silence.”
It is a protest against what Webcasters call excessive royalties on the music they stream. New royalty rates are set to take effect in little more than three weeks.
Organizers of SaveNetRadio, a coalition of Webcasters protesting the hikes, say Internet radio outlets — big and small — will be participating.
Pandora, Rhapsody, AccuRadio, one of Yahoo’s free radio streams and many smaller outlets will all go black for all or part of the day.
In between the silence, many outlets will be playing announcements explaining the protest and asking listeners to write their senators or representatives.
That is what Live 365 will be doing. It is an Internet radio site that aggregates ten thousand independently programmed channels.
Johnnie Floater is Live 365’s general manager of media. He says listeners have supported the fight against the rate hikes. He also says Live 365 is willing to forego its advertising revenue because the royalty increases do not take into consideration the value Web radio offers the music industry.
“We have to look at what Internet radio does for the music industry. Beside coming up with royalties, it comes out with an immense amount of promotion for a wide amount of artists that are not heard anywhere else,” says Floater. “You’re going to silence one of the most powerful tools for music and that’s what you’re going to hear tomorrow- silence.”
Several public radio stations will also shut down their music streams to protest the rate hikes that are set to take effect July 15.
The new rates were imposed by the Copyright Royalty Board, a three-judge panel established by the Library of Congress to oversee royalties in the digital domain.
The new rates are based on a per song, per listener formula. The old rates were based on a percentage of Webcasters’ revenue.
The burgeoning Internet radio industry has collectively argued that those rates will put many Webcasters out of business.
At a recent conference on digital media, Kurt Hanson, executive director of the Digital Music Association, says silence is what listeners can expect if the new rates go into effect.
“Silence may become pervasive on the Internet if the royalty rates stay in effect or go into effect on July 15,” says Hanson. “I think the goal is to do get people to do something to get the Webcasters to stay on the air.”
Those supporting the royalty increases say the money goes to musicians who are creating the content for the Webcasters.
John Simson is the executive director of SoundExchange, the organization created by the recording industry to collect royalties from Internet radio outlets.
“The absence of music will happen when performers are not adequately compensated fairly for creating,” Simson says. “I think in their own back-handed way they are proving our point, which is performers need to compensated so we will have wonderful works being created.
Congress has already gotten involved in the royalty fight. There are two bills making their way though the House and Senate to roll back the rates.
Webcasters and National Public Radio, on behalf of its member stations, have also asked the Circuit Court in Washington, D.C. for an emergency stay of the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision.
Both sides say they are open to a negotiated settlement to the royalty issue outside of the courts and Congress.
– NPR
I don’t really know when the music industry and big record labels will wake up and realize that they need to embrace the changes in technology and learn to adapt. Of course I am not really sure why I am surprised when I still hear music from 2004/2005 playing constantly on main stream media. Personally I can’t stand having the big record companies and main stream media tell me what I should be listening to. But I am beginning to see that they are simply eliminating the options and our right to choose, kind of like brain washing tactics.
Jun
22
Beirut New Album & Tour Info.
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Oh yes this was music to my little ears…Yesterday Beirut announced via Pitchfork all the details on their 2nd album and a handful of U.S. tour dates…Drum role please…The album, which has yet to be titled will be released on October 9th on Ba Da Bing!
Album Tracks:
00 A Call to Arms
01 Nantes
02 A Sunday Smile
03 Guyamas Sonora
04 La Banlieu
05 Cliquot
06 The Penalty
07 Forks and Knives (La Fête)
08 In the Mausoleum
09 Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)
10 Cherbourg
11 St. Apollonia
12 The Flying Club Cup
In an interview last month with Pitchfork Condon explained what to expect on the new album, “I was listening to a lot of Jacques Brel and French chanson music– pop songs shrouded in big, glorious, over-the-top arrangements and all this drama…very much throwing myself in the world of classical pop music”. Ok I am just going to come right out and say it, I am really excited!
Tour Dates:
06-22 Dublin, Ireland – Tripod
06-24 Pilton, England – Jazz World Stage (Glastonbury Festival)
06-26 London, England – KOKO *
06-28 Malta, Poland – Malta Festival
06-30 Istanbul, Turkey – Radar Festival
07-03 Paris, France – Trabendo *
07-05 Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof *
07-08 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-10 Athens, Greece – Vrahon Theater (Gagarin Open Air Festival)
09-23 Princeton, NJ – Terrace F Club #
09-24 New York, NY – Society for Ethical Culture (Wordless Music Series) #
09-26 New York, NY – Delacorte Theater #
09-30 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa #
10-02 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall #
10-04 Chicago, IL – Portage Theater #
10-08 San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theater #
10-09 San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theater #
10-10 Los Angeles, CA – Avalon #* with Dirty Projectors opening
# with Colleen opening
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mp3 Expired: Scenic World (full band version)
Lon Gisland EP 2007 (Ba Da Bing!) GET IT
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