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Sell-Out: Is Music Licensing The Saving Grace For Artist Income?
posted: October 10, 2012
Let me just bypass the whole “record industry is failing” and “illegal downloading is on the rise” introduction. We all know that professional musicians need to get paid, but this means finding new means of…
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Relient K Finishing New Album
posted: October 10, 2012
Although it may seem like Relient K have been hanging in the background for a while, it turns out it’s been for good reason. The band recently announced that they’re finally putting the finishing touches…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Justin Rice Jumps Between Bishop Allen and The Last Names
posted: October 10, 2012
First you hear the hazy, languid tones of a young woman whose voice falls somewhere in the ethereal zone between Mazzy Star‘s Hope Sandoval and Cat Power. At times, a male vocal partner’s warm pipes…
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Taylor Swift Drops New Track: "I Knew You Were Trouble"
posted: October 9, 2012
On the latest cut released from her upcoming Red album, Taylor Swift continues her journey from idiosyncratic country songstress to sanitized pop megastar. While her twangy accent and southern charm have reappeared in small glimpses…
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Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard Streams Debut Solo Album
posted: October 9, 2012
Indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie‘s frontman Ben Gibbard has recorded his first official solo album entitled Former Lives. According to Rolling Stone, the singer/songwriter says that hese songs span from the past eight years…
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Ke$ha To Release Illustrated Memoir "My Crazy Beautiful Life"
posted: October 9, 2012
Ke$ha is not a pop star known for her autobiographical songwriting, unless she really did brush her teeth with a bottle of Jack. But that doesn’t mean that she hasn’t got a story to tell.…
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