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New Music Review: Sufjan Stevens – The BQE

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by refe.

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October has been a big month for Sufjan Stevens (who I wrote about yesterday, if you missed it.) Run Rabbit Run dropped on the 6th, and today brings us the release of another Sufjan Stevens project – The BQE. Much like Run Rabbit Run, which is a chamber music re-imagining of Sufjan’s electronic sophomore album [...]

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Video Pick: Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone

Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by refe.

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The new Arctic Monkeys video is an entertaining exercise in tongue in cheek minimalism. Its three minutes and twenty five seconds feature nothing but Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, an old-school cassette deck and a blank white wall. Turner, clad in headphones and red sweater, croons at the camera while casually acting out the lyrics of [...]

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“An Old Man’s Perspective” on the Current State of Rock and Roll

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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I received this email yesterday from a man named David Sherbow in response to a comment I left on a post he had written. I felt like his perspective was worth sharing, so I’ve included his message in its entirety:

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Deconstructing The Week In Music 6.1-6.7

Posted on 06. Jun, 2009 by refe.

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Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story. Most Popular: Why the Music Industry still needs Taste-Makers - With so much new music flooding the system listeners are dying for [...]

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Tunecore and Amazon Offer Cheap On-Demand CD Distribution

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by refe.

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First of all, there are really only a few good reasons left to press physical CDs, yet the Amazon deal seems to negate just about all of them.

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The Unlikely Prince of Indie

Posted on 20. May, 2009 by refe.

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Greg Kot, in his new book Ripped, focuses on the story of an unlikely but high profile independent artist – Prince. While the diminutive 80’s pop star and his music may not seem relevant to many of you, it turns out he is actually an interesting example of an artist bucking the traditional system [...]

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Is Music’s Long Tail Really Dead?

Posted on 19. May, 2009 by refe.

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There has been a lot of noise across the internet recently about a new study by UK licensing organization PRS that seems to question the validity of the Long Tail theory. You’ve probably seen all sorts of catchy blog headlines declaring the ‘Long Tail’ deceased – the topic has quickly become the music industry’s Ivy [...]