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Sound and Vision: Why Recording Artists Should Look on the Bright Side of Piracy

posted: March 30, 2012

I’m a music fan that didn’t have a lot of pocket money as a kid. I bought what I could afford and taped the rest off radio or made a tape from my friend’s copy…
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Superlatones: Best Hidden Talent

posted: March 27, 2012

Lately, it seems that we are hearing more and more from new and unexpected partnerships between artists of different genres. This is why, through Superlatones, we are creating our very own directory”a musical wish-list, if you will”of…
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Sound and Vision: Pop's Singles Scene — the Scores and Strikes of 2012 (So Far)

posted: March 23, 2012

During the early weeks of the year, 2012 sounded a lot like 2011, as Adele continued to rule Billboard’s Top 200 album and Hot 100 singles charts with 21, one year into the album’s life…
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Lady Gaga on Media Blackout

posted: March 19, 2012

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Oprah’s Next Chapter, Lady Gaga announced her decision to sever all communication with the press. “I do not intend to speak to anyone for a very long time,”…
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Can Mariah Carey Rise Again?

posted: March 16, 2012

Since the turn of the century, Mariah Carey’s once-seemingly indestructible career has twisted and turned, going up and down and back around like that roller-coaster ride in the video for “Fantasy,” one of her biggest…
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Sound and Vision: Why Lana Del Rey Might Be the Most Important Thing to Happen in Pop Since Adele

posted: March 9, 2012

On the subject of short-lived stardom, Andy Warhol said it best: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” Surely in 1968, when Warhol uttered that soon-to-be immortal prediction, he couldn’t have foreseen the…
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