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Wolfgang's Vault to Release 160 Grateful Dead Concerts, Hundreds More for Digital Download
Wolfgang's Vault, collector of vintage concert recordings, has started to make more of its vast archive for online purchase, starting with the Grateful Dead's May 5, 1970 show at the Fillmore.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWarner Music Re-Allows YouTube to Feature its Videos
Take a spin with us in the way-back machine, to ancient history: December of last year. Eleventh-hour negotiations between Warner Music Group and YouTube broke down, and Warner decided to pull (or mute) all their music on the video-sharing website. Now, this had more to do with YouTube's enormous popularity than any specific beef; musicians and record labels account for a huge percentage of pageviews on the 'Tube, and record labels don't see too much ad revenue in return.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLast.fm to Expand to Terrestrial Radio in October
The London-based scrobble-meisters at internet-radio station Last.fm have grander designs than simply providing a way for people to chart how many times they've listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps." (Full disclosure: according to his Last.fm profile, this writer has an embarrassingly high playcount for Young Jeezy's "My Hood.") With the internet-radio market basically cornered by big names like Rhapsody and Pandora, Last.fm has decided to devote four HD radio stations in the U.S. to a terrestrial-broadcast initiative.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPavement Reunion Will Officially Begin on Sept. 21, 2010
Two events this week truly showed the world the power of these very interwebs.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlockbuster to Shutter More Than 800 Stores by 2010
Blockbuster, the once-great behemoth of the movie-rental business has been struggling to dominate the industry for a couple of years now.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPavement Reunion Gets a Tentative Date
The story of a Pavement reunion has developed further as Pitchfork this morning set an exact date: Sept. 21, 2010.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU.K. Proposes to Shut Off Internet for Illegal Downloaders
U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported Tuesday that this British government is considering harsher laws to crack down on illegal filesharers. Penalties reportedly on the table could require ISP's to ban access to certain download sites, slow broadband connections and even cut off internet access to repeat offenders.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMySpace Confirms iLike Acquisition
Confirming the rumors buzzing around the blogosphere this week, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta issued an official announcement yesterday that his social networking and music promotion site had purchased online music service iLike. Van Natta declined to disclose details about the terms of the agreement, though initial murmurings on TechCrunch listed $20 million as the price of the acquisition.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMySpace Plans to Acquire iLike
Web-hound blog TechCrunch is fueling a rumor that by the end of the week, MySpace plans to acquire one of its competitors in music social networking, Facebook-favorite iLike.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsRadiohead Officially Acknowledges, Releases New Song "These Are My Twisted Words"
It's official. Radiohead has released a new song.... read more
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B.O.B. - Put Me On
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Moon Song
Punch Brothers - Punch Brothers at CMJ
Anya Marina - Whatever You Like
David Bazan - Hard To Be
