The National's High Violet to Begin Streaming Friday
Bad news for The National, good news for fans: a low-quality leak of the quintet’s upcoming release is making its way around the internet. Not content to introduce High Violet to fans in the form of a tinny leak, the band will be streaming the new album in its entirety via the New York Times starting Friday.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGuns N' Roses Chinese Democracy leaker gets arrested
Seems like a few times a week now that we're reporting the latest in intellectual property news. But no matter how common the vicious leak-indictment-arrest-release cycle gets, it's, well, a cycle, which means it just keeps going 'round and 'round. It's like the world is stuck in a Ratt video.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhunter adds tour dates, Microcastle to iTunes
Poor Bradford Cox. All he wanted to do was give away some free music, as he often does via his blog, and what happens? The "Virtual 7" No.4" he intended to pass along to fans somehow morphed into the passage of his entire MediaFire account contents, including many unfinished demos and Weird Era Cont., what was supposed to be a surprise bonus disc included with the upcoming release of Microcastle.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBradford Cox accidentally leaks new Deerhunter, Atlas Sound material
[Above: Deerhunter performs at Atlanta's Vacation Gallery, 8/15]Bradford Cox's uncensored blog posts can be informative, whiny, excited, grateful, often apologetic, and frequently (very frequently) include free downloads of mix tapes, virtual 7" singles and individual tracks from one of his two main projects, Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. The site reads like stream of consciousness, letting every fan in on his every musical and emotional move.... read more
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