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The Ween Abidesnew
Ten reasons Ween is better than your favorite band.
Riverfront Times |
Jordan Harper |
10-19-2007 |
Music
Tags: Ween
Musicians Play it Again at Live Looping Festivalnew
Musicians schlepping guitars, horns, cellos, high-hats, pedals and racks of electronics from Turkey, Singapore, Norway, Italy, Germany and Brazil, will all converge for the Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Wagner |
10-18-2007 |
Music
How SMC Recordings Built an Indie Rap Empirenew
In the past five years, Will Bronson, 25, and his partners Ralph Tashjian, 59, and George Nauful, 56, have built an impressive roster of hip-hop talent, hosting regional sensations looking to make a wider impact and major-label castaways no longer deemed profitable by the suits.
South Florida Creates its Own American Idolnew
Catapulting off the success of other televised vocal competitions, The Next Pop Star is in its first year of production and in the early stages of auditions.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
10-16-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Next Pop Star
Two New Detroit Labels Have a Taste for the Bizarrenew
Enter Ponk Media's Tiny Tim and GG Allin releases and Elevation Records' ex-Dirtbomb and pro hockey player albums.
Metro Times |
Mike Ross |
10-16-2007 |
Music
Punk Vets Teddy Duchamp's Army Reunitenew
Teddy Duchamp's Army became one of Pittsburgh's most respected straight-ahead punk bands, alongside the likes of Anti-Flag and Punchline.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
10-15-2007 |
Music
Tags: Teddy Duchamp's Army
Roundtable: The Digital Reality of Musicnew
Five Madison-area musicians talk about how they use the internet to promote, sell and even pen their music in the MySpace age.
Montreal Remembers Joe Marteknew
Martek, a pioneering punk rock promoter whose contribution to the development of Montreal’s post-1977 cultural scene cannot be underestimated, died of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the age of 48.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
10-12-2007 |
Music
Viva Mariachi!new
The Mexican-born musical genre is claiming more territory in Texas schools.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
10-11-2007 |
Music
Creating a Sound Echo Systemnew
Organizer brings biodegradable fest to Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Ross |
10-11-2007 |
Music
Victory Records' Poison Pennew
To understand how Victory has earned the ire of some of its best-selling bands, one need only look at its contracts. They're not what you'd expect from a company that constantly touts its artist-friendly, "anti-corporate" ways.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-10-2007 |
Music
Victory Records: The Corporate 'Anti-Corporate' Labelnew
Label owner Tony Brummel is notorious. Ex-employees say he's a maniac. Bands like Hawthorne Heights and Taking Back Sunday accuse him of withholding royalties.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-10-2007 |
Music
Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' Leads to Digital Goldnew
San Francisco producers, label heads, and distributors say the biggest music story of the year isn't taking place onstage at the Fillmore or in the racks at Amoeba Music this week. It's happening on everyone's computer at Radiohead.com.
Tags: In Rainbows, Radiohead
The Battle to Make Conscious Hip-Hop Coolnew
Soul Genesis hopes to reengergize hip-hop by lending it a life-affirming purpose.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-09-2007 |
Music
Limerick Records Wants Your Ears, but Not Your Moneynew
The the thing that separates Limerick Records from other labels is that it does not sell records — or tapes, or CDs. Instead, it gives away digital downloads of all its artists' music for free.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-03-2007 |
Music
