Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 7, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYhrpA0tmBQ[/youtube] Sure, Atlantic City’s Bader Field might be playing host to Metallica’s forthcoming Orion Music + More festival, but it was once an actual airport. And while there are already some people wondering what the hell a Modest Mouse is, we think that for $75 a day, seeing the likes of The Sword, Avenged Sevenfold […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 17, 2009
Motley Crue was one of the best hair metal bands of the ’80s. That’s why a Greatest Hits album from the band was a good idea in 1991. The Crue’s Decade of Decadence came out 18 years ago, but the band’s still going strong, or at least medium strength, so for them to have another greatest hits […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on September 17, 2009
From the douchery files: music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are pressing iTunes and other online music stores to pay performance fees on 30-second song previews available when shopping for music, as well as individual downloads of songs and TV shows and movies featuring their artists’ music. Yes, this is insane, and it’s ASCAP and […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on August 20, 2009
Kittie’s Morgan Landers did a quick story with our pals at Noisecreep, dishing advice on surviving in the music industry. One one hand, she’s somewhat qualified: the band has been around since the Morgan sisters were teens. On the other hand, her advice is “have confidence”, “practice” and “don’t give up”, which if you haven’t […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on August 10, 2009
Hypebot reports all four major labels are working together to create yet another new format for digital albums, tentatively titled CMX. Scheduled for a soft launch in November, the “new” format promises liner notes, lyrics, artwork, video, et al (you know, the stuff you can find for free) in one single download. CMX sounds a […]
