When Neil Young calls, people respond. So it is for Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie, who have been tapped to tour with him on his Fall North American Tour.
In tough economic times, the tough economics come a callin.' Muxtape is probably having a sit down with some RIAA lawyers or reps about licensing or royalties or infringement or any of the types of things that the RIAA would find worthy of discussing with a site like Muxtape.
The information popped out of the Sony web site in New Zealand before quickly showing up on SonyInsider. Sony may giveth and Sony may taketh away, but information on the web is forever, baby.
DubLab has launched Into Infinity, a crowd-sourcing, interactive project that seeks to combine visuals and audio samples into a collaborative remix project put together by Dublab and Creative Commons.
As 2008 begins its slow descent towards 2009, the viability of online music experiences like Pandora are struggling to scale. So what's crippling Pandora?
Peter Bjorn & John, the band that shares an acronym with Peanut Butter & Jelly, have announced the skinny on their upcoming album, Seaside Rock. There's an MP3, too. Listen now
If you've never been, this is your big chance. Dungen will hit the states for an unparalleled live show in support of their upcoming album 4. Check out the dates and sample a song from the album. Listen now
In a day and age when artists can make a better living by playing live shows than by selling albums, it should come as no surprise that artists will go out on tour more frequently to promote existing material.
Not the ones from Berkley, or Australia, or the conction of artist Henry Darger. These Vivian Girls make shoegaze-jangly pop songs with an echo chamber kind of feel to them. Vive le ninties! Includes live video and MP3 download. Watch and listen now
Tricky's backing his soon the be released Knowle West Boy with his first set of of North American tour dates in 5 years. Find out where he's playing and watch a video interview with Trickola-cola. Watch and listen now
The artist formerly known as Cotton Jones Basket Ride has subsequently changed his project name to Cotton Jones. I guess the basket ride is over with. Plus ... there's a new album and EP! Listen to preview tracks. Listen now
Suddenly, everything has become all Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. And that means that Bradford Cox is everywhere: tour dates have been lined up for the much anticipated release of Deerhunter's Microcastle, plus there's a new Atlas Sound album in the works. Watch & listen now
You know, if they just went through one of those $99 divorce deals, they could have saved themselves so much money. Sony and Bertelsmann AG have decided to end the relationship formerly titled Sony BMG.
David Byrne has announced a full set of tour dates in support of his Brian Eno collaboration Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. He did it with a video and is also offering an MP3 off of the album. Watch now
Pontiak make the kind of sounds that happen when you channel your guitar chord through thick, sludgy molasses on its way to the amplifier. Now they have 3 songs available for preview offf of their upcoming album on Thrill Jockey Records. Listen now
Their sound is a spirited mix of lo-fi dark 60's pop with a Chad Van Gaalen influence, which comes as no surprise since he helped record the album. Check out 2 MP3s from the upcoming album. Get MP3
The Boredoms and Gang Gang Dance are heading up an ambitious musical project called 88 BoaDrum, an event going down in both New York and L.A. on August 8th, the now infamous date of 08.08.08. There's lots of eights here, in fact, so try to keep up.
Brighton's Fujiya & Miyagi are coming stateside for a visit to a number of U.S. cities in October for experimental electronic music surrounded by accessible beats. Includes MP3 download. Get MP3 now
magine if Boards of Canada became spastic. They started listening to Black Moth Super Rainbow, inherited ADD, and became spastic, and then started making new music. Yhat's Tobacco. Includes a video and MP3. Watch now
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