David Emery OnlineDizzee Rascal Driving U.K. 'Bonkers'
Dizzee Rascal is set to score a big-selling No. 1 single in the U.K. on Sunday (May 24) with “Bonkers” (Dirtee Stank), his collaboration with DJ and producer Armand Van Helden.
…and it’s self released on his own label. Who says indie record labels are a dying breed? There’s still plenty of money to be made selling recording music, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise (just don’t count on selling as much as Dizzee).
Visit ➔Twitter - An application would like to connect to your account
Why on earth would I want universalmusic.com (I was signing in to Eminem.com) to be able to update my information on Twitter?!
At the very least make sure you have it coming up as the artist, as opposed to the big corp name, but also why are they asking for so much access? Of course, it’s because they really do want to spam your twitter given half the chance, which is why I’m inherently untrusting about using Twitter as a 3rd party site log-in system. My Twitter account is too important to be giving out to people willy-nilly, I might as well be logging in using my email account details…
Visit ➔'Photoshop Handsome' by Everything Everything
This is pretty darn awesome, in all sorts of ways:
Via Abeano.
Visit ➔Music is not like water
Well, it turns out every generation gets its own version of flying cars—a certain-sounding vision of future technology based on a vigorously embraced present technology, which passing time eventually reveals to be both laughable and impossible. At the end of the 21st century’s first decade, the internet seems particularly susceptible to the flying car syndrome, with all sorts of zippy schemes gaining traction within our net-addled culture.
With the music industry in conspicuous disarray, it’s no surprise to see flying cars promised as inexorable destiny. There are three particular models of flying car most prominently advertised these days by the music industry’s loudest and most insistent hucksters. These are: 1) The “Free Music” model […] 2) The “Access” model […] 3) The “Music-Like-Water” model.
A very interesting – albeit long – article on potential music revenue models. I’m not sure if I agree 100% with the conclusions – I imagine that most of these models will, while probably not becoming the dominant music consumption model, carve out a decent sized niche – but it’s well worth a read.
Visit ➔The Horrors - Primary Colours
Certainly a contender for album of the year, now in handy embedable form:
Visit ➔Discovery - Orange Shirt
Discovery is a little side project by Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Wes from Ra Ra Riot, and is totally the sound of the summer - the album is really something special.
From http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/vampire-weekenders-prepping-second-album-side-proj_066112.html
Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
From Sonic Youth’s forthcoming album The Eternal – more info: http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/04/20/sonic-youth-first-mp3-secret-show-in-london/
Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
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