Deerhoof have released a few details about their forthcoming album, ‘Offend Maggie’. The fourteen-track album is set to hit store shelves October 7 and will include title track ‘Offend Maggie‘. The band has also mapped out a lengthy tour in support of the new album. The tour is set to kick off in Los Angeles on October 3 and will continue throughout several major cities including San Francisco, Seattle, New York and Washington before wrapping up on November 13 in Tempe, AZ.
Deerhoof Posted on Jul 30th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
With the millions of bands out there and hundreds of music related stories it’s impossible for us to report on everything that’s going on in music, so we’ve
created rockonthestreet.com.
Rockonthestreet.com allows you, the
user, to
submit your
stories (music related) from whatever source. So whether it’s tour news, upcoming shows, album releases, or you want to tell people about your band go ahead and post your links! and let the community vote for them. It’s a great way to promote your band, blog, or website. Head over to
Rockonthestreet.com for more information and join now and
post,
read and
vote!!!
Posted on Jul 27th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Early today we put the finishing touches on our own
user generated music site,
Rock On The Street. You the user get to choose what’s important to you in music.
Discover and share music
content from anywhere on the web and
vote it
up or
down. Grab links from your favorite music sites and blogs and put them up for
vote. Check it out at
Rockonthestreet.com.
VOTE NOW!!!Posted on Jul 15th, 2008 by Carlos | 1 Comment »
In yet another example that artists no longer need music labels, Music-streaming service Last.fm has begun paying unsigned artists royalties for every song played on its service. Over 70,000 artists and small music labels have signed up for the program bringing the total number of uploaded tracks to over 450,000. Last.fm’s move gives musicians and indie labels an alternative to the official royalty-collecting organization for musicians, SoundExchange.
By removing
SoundExchange (the middleman) from the process
Last.fm says artist who sign up will receive more than twice the royalty rate they normally would if their material was played on commercial radio. So how much are artists getting paid? Well that depends on where you track is played (see
FAQs below) but it can be as much as “10% of the Share of
Last.fm’s Net Revenue from the free radio service.” What
Last.fm has done is further prove to up-and-coming artists and indie artists (in some cases small labels) that they don’t need a record label to succeed.
Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
The Filter, a media recommendation engine backed by
Peter Gabriel, has launched. The site, which makes recommendations on movies, music, and online video, is now open to the public at
Thefilter.com. We would write a review of the website but
Techchrunch already wrote a great
review:
The idea of the Website is the world of entertainment filtered for you. We go out and find lots of information, and filter that according to your taste.
Posted on Jun 9th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
As yet more evidence that DRM is dead, Napster, once the world’s most popular music site, has unveil their new DRM-free music store. The store offers over six million MP3’s including music from all major labels and they are all without digital rights management (DRM). By removing DRM from the tracks, users will be able to play the MP3’s on all portable music devices including the iPod. Both Apple’s iTunes and Amazon’s music store offer DRM-free tracks as well.
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Are you a fan of music/ Flickr mashup service site MyPlayList.biz? Well now you have a chance to own a major stake in the website. The site, which allows you to search for artist and create your own playlist which can then be embedded on any website or social network, is on the market for free. The owner, Agent Blue, is looking to give a majority stake (51%) to any person or company who can give the site a good home and continue to grow it.
Posted on Apr 28th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
