In one of those random and yet surgically precise ways I electronically met Howard Wolfson yesterday. Wolfson was Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and is currently continuing his career as a political commentator for Fox News. He also runs a music blog, Gotham Acme, that I learned about by reading an article [...]
If this is just a PR stunt by Axl Rose’s handlers I have a feeling that the public image of the RIAA will once again be badly damaged. The story here doesn’t even make sense. It appears that a takedown notice was sent to Cogill in June and the songs were removed. Cogill was [...]
Radiohead :: “Tell Me Why” (neil young cover) from gorilla vs. bear on Vimeo.
It’s interesting that Radiohead (or at least Greenwood and Yorke) should perform Neil Young’s ‘Tell Me Why?’ at the Hollywood Bowl. This generations musical mavericks pay homage to one of rock’s elder statesmen who was himself a serious musical maverick. He recorded [...]
Seattle’s The Saturday Knights are adding yet another twist to the “get our album for free” idea. This isn’t one of those “pay what you like” deals, no they are just giving away the entire album….Read the message from their press crew- Howdy Ladies and Gentlemen! Wanted to get a hold of you and let [...]
Loxsly - Lamprey Eels from Garrett Johnston on Vimeo.
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Jon Wilde has some hilarious insights into why artists fail to talk about their shitty albums until it’s time to release a new one. His best example is Joss Stone talking about her album -
She waited until the release of her third album before conceding that its predecessor, Mind Body & Soul, had been “half-assed”. [...]
WHITE DENIM - Shake Shake Shake from ACIDBIRD on Vimeo.
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New Music Hour from 94.7 and a locals-only HD channel
I was chatting with 94.7FM Program Director, Mark Hamilton, the other day about FM radio and how it used to be the place for everyone to discover new music. It’s no exaggeration to say that today music fans have many ways to hear the latest and [...]