Bloc Party‘s new album, A Weekend in the City. I believe The Prayer will be the first single, but Uniform is my fave track by far. This is cd is both more sparse and more layered than their debut. newuniversal, a new take on an old series, this time with Warren Ellis at the helm. […]
Read more "3 awesome things that kick off '07 nicely…"a critic in The New Yorker finds love for Radiohead.. includes details of new tracks they’re working on
Read more "..Reassessing Radiohead.."from PhysOrg Coming to Britain first cellphoneonly music single “Stop Me” by the Anglo-Italian dance group Planet Funk is to make a bit of music history when it becomes the first single in Britain to be distributed solely by mobile phone. British cellphone operator 3, a wholly owned unit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa group […]
Read more "..Coming to Britain first cellphoneonly music single.."from BBC NEWS Download heads for history books Crazy by Gnarls Barkley has been tipped to make music history this week by becoming the UK’s first number one single based on download sales alone. Until this month, download sales could only count towards a chart position if it was also available to buy in stores. […]
Read more "..Download heads for history books.."But the MTV empire today is a staple of the media Establishment and faces a slew of new threats. After all, it’s the iPod era, a broadband world, and the online generation is defining for itself what is edgy and new. Ratings may be strong for many of the channels, but the original MTV isn’t the must-see it was. “We watch it because it’s there,” says Marie McGrory, a Manhattan 10th grader. Can McGrath keep her empire cool enough and nimble enough for Marie’s generation and beyond?
Read more "..Can MTV Stay Cool?.."This Is Not Spinal Tap: A Concert Film by Fans – New York Times But as the Beastie Boys set out to commemorate a concert at Madison Square Garden, the hip-hop group had a different idea. Why not smash the model? They decided to lend hand-held video cameras to 50 fans, told them to shoot […]
Read more "BBoys make concert film with the fans"Microsoft announced today that it will be teaming up with the music channel to create a new online music service, which will be integrated into an upcoming version of the Windows Media Player
Read more "..Microsoft, MTV team up on music service.."my favourite source of mashups has incurred the wrath of the RIAA.. bastards! from Boing Boing RIAA targets mashups MashupTown, a site that hosts and distributes mashups (two or more songs ingeniously mixed together to make a third) has taken down all of its files after complaints from the RIAA to its hosting partner. Mashups […]
Read more "RIAA is teh sux0r.. now targeting mashups!"What podcasts I’m listening to now..
Read more "podcast reviews"So, last night we got caught a freaking rain storm, and headed for shelter at this bus stop. And what do we find there? But a free ringtone!! Very cool form of advertising, I reckon. Give the ringtone away, as loss-leader to sell the single.
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 