Music sites Daytrotter and Wolfgang's Vault unite :: Music News :: Articles

[Above: illustration of The National by Johnnie Cluney of Daytrotter.com]

Daytrotter.com, the two-year-old indie music website with a purist philosophy, changed primary financial backers recently. Classic rock connoisseur site Wolfgang's Vault bought out a controlling share of Iowa's Daytrotter from previous investor Bob McIlwan, according to the Des Moines Register. The Wolfgang's Vault home page now features a direct link to Daytrotter, offering its specialized, older audience the direct means to access new, younger artists' work.

Both parties, which offer free downloads as well as a slew of other content, assert that Daytrotter's product will not suffer from the financial change. In a statement on the Daytrotter site, CEO Sean Moeller writes, "We’re thrilled to begin working with those at Wolfgang’s to continue on our mission to help these incredible artists of the current landscape – those you know about and those who we think you should – showcase their art ever more broadly and into enough ears that they can do more than just get by."

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