Archive for June, 2008
M.I.A. Cancels European Tour
At least that’s what she said last night on stage McCarren Pool in Brooklyn. Why? We don’t know. Is it because she is planning a wedding? Be that as it may, too bad Europe.
More photos after the jump.
Playing The Building
I’m going to “Play The Building” today. I’m talking about the David
Byrne sound installation in a cavernous building near the Staten
Island Ferry. Read more here:
http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/playing_the_building/index.php
What do you do if your release date is 2 months away and someone in your camp has leaked your new album to the interweb? It happens alot. All the time. Your label has spent 6 months staging a marketing campaign and now everyone UMICH is downloading your creative genius faster than a greased […]
Do you skateboard? Do you listen to Bad Brains? Did you get beat up for wearing a black satin MTV jacket at night in Lincoln Park in 1984? Are you Black? Well then this is the event for you.
Even if you don’t meet all the criteria above this is a really great event. In full […]
It’s not particularly a secret. In fact every artist and producer knows about it. Most every artist uses it. And some artist try to shine a spotlight on what has become known in the industry as the “Cher” effect. This week in the New Yorker Sasha Fere Jones breaks down exactly what the digital audio […]
W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E video
Another country heard from in the long list of Justice D.A.N.C.E. remixes. This video from last summer’s 100 Miles And Running mixtape from Fools Gold’s DJ Nick Catchdubs. Wale is coming from D.C by way of Mark Ronson’s AllIdo by way of Interscope records. And we know sometimes Interscope doesn’t always handle hip hop […]
My Morning Jacket plans to debut their upcoming album “Evil Urges” on the internet jukeboxes in dive bars nation wide one week before it becomes available in stores. This does seems like a new and interesting way to promote a new release. We thought that The Hold Steady would have beaten them to the punch […]
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