Wow. When great talents collide… Kyle Weir has some amazing photos of Robyn Dell’Unto up on his site. No idea when they were taken, but they’re new to me! (He took photos at a gig I played with Robyn back in January too, and was kind enough to let me […]
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I stumbled upon a cool music video last week by The Get Out Clause. What’s cool about it, you might ask? Well, they were tight on cash, so they decided to film it on Manchester’s CCTV video surveillance system and then obtain the video footage using the Freedom of Information […]
Trent Reznor gets it. The latest Nine Inch Nails album — The Slip — has been released online and it’s available entirely at no cost. It’s also, once again, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license (almost free); the multi-tracks are available here. Reznor announces the album on his blog: […]
I just bought this and so should you. I’ve written about Sean Pinchin before: Sean plays lap-style guitar with a slide for most of his tunes. The combination of his guitar playing and his voice is absolutely hypnotic… the sound is so full that you constantly get flashes of a […]
I’ve been eager to transition my music library from the proprietary patent-ridden MP3 format to Ogg Vorbis, and since my iPod died a few months back, I’ve decided to make the move. I’ve read up on Ogg Vorbis and learned that it’s best to re-rip my CDs, since converting from […]
Big news [Facebook] for Dispatch fans! Pete Francis and Braddigan are two of the three members of this legendary independent band. I flew to Boston to see their farewell concert (along 110,000 people from 20 countries) and to New York to attend one of the three sold out nights at […]
I’m pretty sure this isn’t an April Fool’s joke, because I’ve found it here, here and here (dated in March) and its even mentioned on PointDev’s website. Sony BMG has been accused of violating PointDev’s software copyright by installing unauthorized versions of its Windows administration tools on its computer systems […]
I just created an account on Amie Street after a recommendation from Robyn. The concept seems pretty cool. Artists upload their music, and users can recommend, discover and download it. The price of each song starts at $0, but as they become more popular it rises to a maximum of […]
I’ve written about the SAC‘s proposal to legalize music file sharing several times in the past, giving it mixed reviews. It’s not a new idea, but it’s one of the first times an organization of artists has proposed it, and some record companies are entertaining the idea as well. I’ve […]