Shaky Hands at the Crystal Ballroom
I wrote last week about Insound and its creative attempts to stay alive in the world of music retailing as it seems that retailers are going the way of the Dodo. Matt Wishnow who runs Insound wrote to tell me that Insounds‘ sales are not only up but growing.
From Matt: [...]

Portland band, Hockey, prepare to blast the Bay Area
As we noted in the Wal-Mart/Handelman story below, music sales are still in decline and haven’t quite found the bottom yet. Meanwhile retailers are getting creative at least. Insound.com is an online music retailer that focuses on alternative music mostly, if not exclusively, but I admit I [...]

Pictures and post from Nilina Mason-Campbell:
Last time Foals trotted over to the west of the US, they only played one show in Seattle, hometown of their American label Sub Pop. This time the journey was more extensive as they made their way up the entire coast, finally gracing Portland after a show in San Diego. [...]

There is no business more maligned right now than the music business so it’s always a surprise to me to find that brands and their agencies haven’t been following the story. Where once every college students dream was to graduate and land that much-sought-after job in the mail room at Warner Bros Records, I would [...]

Consisting of Johnny Whitney (vocals, piano) and Cody Votolato (guitar, bass) — both formerly of the Blood Brothers — and friend J Clark (drums, bass, keyboards), formerly the guitar wiz in the recently split Pretty Girls Make Graves, Jaguar Love bear some stylistic similarities to the trio’s old outfits but based on early live evidence, [...]

Ok, with all of last week’s Sasquatch madness this one got lost in the mix - here’s Nilina’s post:
Unlike their Sasquatch set two nights before, The Kooks weren’t an hour late onto the stage when it came time for their Myspace Secret Show set. Billed as an acoustic show, frontman Luke Pritchard made sure that [...]

Wired Editor in Chief and Author of The Long Tail, Chris Anderson has a new start-up called BookTour. It’s a 2.0-enabled site designed to connect authors, readers, and publishing industry types. The hype copy reads,“In just a few minutes any author can create a page showcasing their biography, books, and upcoming engagements. Listing new events [...]

Blue Scholars Live Video performance, Sasquatch 2008 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

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