This weekend, DJs from across the nation will be gathering in D.C. for the Million DJ March. The event will feature a panel discussion, a celebrity basketball game, and performances on and speakers on the National Mall. The organizers hope the event will help unify DJs to assert their rights in the entertainment industry. What [...]
This morning I got a promo package in the mail–an album by a band called Colourmusic. This mailing was a nice, old-school gesture on the promo people's part. It is rare getting an actual promo CD. So yeah, thanks Colourmusic! I celebrate your whimsical, vaguely psych-folk stylings! In fact, you can use that as a [...]
In my previous post on the future of listening to music, Futurist Magazine senior editor Patrick Tucker commented on how rapid advance of technology would ultimately lead to an evolution of cochlear-implant-like devices, and that content would be directly beamed to these devices in your head. During a WFS Annual Conference session on the End [...]
I attended the World Future Society's annual conference this past weekend at the Washington DC Hilton Hotel. Seminars and panel discussions ranged on a variety of topics (PDF of the conference program), from examinations of emerging energy technologies to the future of the religious right. One panel in particular, the End of the Written Word, [...]
Thanks to the folks at Idolator for letting us know that "Rockin' in the Free World," Dusty Horwitt's in-depth story about the trials and tribulations of the Rockville band Hotspur, received an honorable mention in this year's edition of the Best Music Writing series. Horwitt tells a heck of tale, and I'm not just saying [...]
We reported recently that Liz Phair will be coming to the 9:30 Club in late August to perform Exile In Guyville. We wrote that tickets go on sale this morning. Well I checked in with the 9:30 Club. The show wasn't listed on its website. I checked in with Ticket.com. The show was listed on [...]
It's about the polar opposite of dropping by a local record store to pick up some analog goodness, but at least it's not iTunes: eMusic, the DRM-free, indie-label-only download service, got a serious overhaul today, adding integration with various Web 2.0 sites to its user interface. Now, related Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia content show up [...]
From Friday's Reuters story, Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand:
It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all [...]
I know, I know...I'm supposed to give my business to local independent record stores. And I do. But when you work downtown just below Dupont Circle, and you need to grab a CD on your lunch break, what choice do you really have besides the Borders Books & Music at 18th & L?
Thus it was [...]
With the release of the Faraquet singles compilation, Dischord has announced that it will offer the record in a digital format and expects to launch a full-on digital site soon:
"This album will represent the first Dischord release to be available in the digital MP3 format directly from the Dischord Records website. Our new "digital" website [...]
