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November 15, 2006
Congrats To KUCI And Cold War Kids...
..for honorable nominations in this year's Plug Awards. Wha Plug? Indie backpatters sez: PLUG is different from all of the institutional accolades for the music industry – the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, GRAMMY Awards, Teen Choice Awards, MTV Music Award ... More >>
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June 6, 2007
R.I.P. CDs
A recent article from The Lefsetz Letter site waxes foreboding about the CD's imminent demise and the inevitable restructuring of the music industry. Reading it induces a bit of schadenfreude in anyone who remembers when record companies introduced the format in the early '80s. Major-label moguls pr ... More >>
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July 23, 2007
For Sale: Sympathy for the Record Industry
After putting in 19 years and releasing over 750 records, Long Gone John is fixing to sell his Long Beach-based label, Sympathy for the Record Industry. He’s asking for $650,000, which is a downright steal, if you take into account the rich back catalog. The price includes all of SFTRI’s assets ... More >>
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September 4, 2007
Rick Rubin: Music Biz Savior?
The New York Times Magazine's Lynn Hirschberg ponders this crucial matter and concludes that Rubin, the Def Jam impresario/producer (Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash and 17,000 others) who's now employed by Columbia Records, just may be the mensch to prevent this Titanic from ... More >>
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October 1, 2007
Radiohead to Release New Album, Shift Paradigm (Possibly)
The New York Times Magazine's Lynn Hirschberg ponders this crucial matter and concludes that Rubin, the Def Jam impresario/producer (Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash and 17,000 others) who's now employed by Columbia Records, just may be the mensch to prevent this Titanic from ... More >>
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February 11, 2008
The Grammys: Drunk on Winehouse
Every year the Grammy Awards ceremony proves—among other things—how far out of step my tastes are with mainstream music, a state of affairs with which I came to terms, oh, in the early '80s. It also reveals the dearth of imagination/adventurousness of the nominating committee. Most of the music ... More >>
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June 10, 2008
What a Bunch of Knobs
Dynamics—they used to be a given in recordings cut during the analog era. Now, apparently, we need an organized body to notify the music industry's tastemakers and consumers weaned on MP3s that a song not compressed to hell is not fatally flawed. What the fucking fuck?! Read all about this trag ... More >>
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June 20, 2008
Vinyl Considered Groovy—Again
An employee at a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon mistakenly ordered vinyl LPs of R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate, instead of the CD-DVD version, and a funny thing happened: 20 of the vinyl copies sold the first day they were put on the shelves. Now this retailer is going to stock the format t ... More >>
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June 29, 2000
Napster Up Your Asster
An employee at a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon mistakenly ordered vinyl LPs of R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate, instead of the CD-DVD version, and a funny thing happened: 20 of the vinyl copies sold the first day they were put on the shelves. Now this retailer is going to stock the format t ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
LowBallVideoChatter: LynnMarie & the Boxhounds, "Squeeze Box" (plus Grammy rant)
God, I hate the stupid fucking Grammy Awards, an annual music industry wank-off that I've seriously been railing against ever since I was 12 -- in 1980, the year wus-pop icon Christopher Cross swept all the big awards, beating out classic recordings like Pink Floyd's The Wall (which somehow flew und ... More >>
Music
September 18, 2008
The End Times Are Near, and the Race to Hell Tour Hurries Them Up
God, I hate the stupid fucking Grammy Awards, an annual music industry wank-off that I've seriously been railing against ever since I was 12 -- in 1980, the year wus-pop icon Christopher Cross swept all the big awards, beating out classic recordings like Pink Floyd's The Wall (which somehow flew und ... More >>
Music
April 2, 2009
Del the Funky Homosapien Gives It Up for Free
God, I hate the stupid fucking Grammy Awards, an annual music industry wank-off that I've seriously been railing against ever since I was 12 -- in 1980, the year wus-pop icon Christopher Cross swept all the big awards, beating out classic recordings like Pink Floyd's The Wall (which somehow flew und ... More >>
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August 7, 2008
[Aural Reports] Garden Grove-Based Online Shop Smartpunk Serves the Savvy Punk/Metal Fan
God, I hate the stupid fucking Grammy Awards, an annual music industry wank-off that I've seriously been railing against ever since I was 12 -- in 1980, the year wus-pop icon Christopher Cross swept all the big awards, beating out classic recordings like Pink Floyd's The Wall (which somehow flew und ... More >>
Music
November 4, 1999
A Week of Bad Manners
Oh, and the well-mannered Derailers, too
Music
September 13, 2007
Aural Reports
The Past Is Prologue: Bill Davidow readies for the Next Big Thing
Music
June 21, 2007
Royalty Pains and Net Prophets
As online radio faces possible financial doom, Pandora thinks outside the box
Music
May 24, 2007
Trying Not to Cough It Up
Fishbone
Music
March 29, 2007
Working-Class Heroes
Radio Saints claim to be the peoples band
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April 23, 2009
Medusa; LD & Ariano; Hochii
Radio Saints claim to be the peoples band
Features
December 28, 2006
It Was Free Cuz I Stole It
WEB EXCLUSIVE!: The Year In Unfair Shares
Features
October 20, 2005
Best Mogul
Long Gone John
Music
January 8, 2004
To Major-Label Hell and Back
Handsome Devil are much happier now
Music
September 25, 2003
The Fly Life
Club Detour spurs the OC hip-hop revolution
Music
September 25, 2003
KaZaA Kiddie Porn?
Club Detour spurs the OC hip-hop revolution
Music
September 4, 2003
Confabulous!
Club Detour spurs the OC hip-hop revolution
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October 17, 2002
Downloaded
Club Detour spurs the OC hip-hop revolution
Music
March 28, 2002
Falling Up
Ubiquity Recordings at 100
Features
June 28, 2001
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
If its the last thing the Dibs ever do
Columns
March 15, 2001
Your Rainy-Day Reader
Too much time on your hands? Clone Bukowski from barf
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February 22, 2001
Cashed Out
Too much time on your hands? Clone Bukowski from barf
Music
May 18, 2000
What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County
Too much time on your hands? Clone Bukowski from barf
News
February 24, 2000
The Launching Fad
The music revolution will be launched on MP3
Music
December 23, 1999
House in Motion
Club 369 to relocate
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October 19, 2000
Ways Record Companies and Bands Rip You Off
Club 369 to relocate
Blogs
June 9, 2009
High Profile Ex-OC Prosecutor Launches Private Practice
Defense Attorney Brian GurwitzBrian Gurwitz, a former top local prosecutor, announced this week that he is opening a solo private practice for both criminal defense and civil clients.While in the Orange County District Attorney's office for 13 years, Gurwitz worked on numerous high-profile cases inc ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
The Thing About the North Park Music Thing
The thing about the North Park Music Thing, explains founder Kevin Hellman, is that he wants the two-day festival in San Diego to be as regional as SXSW. And some day, maybe bigger. "The first year it was called North by North Park, but the folks in Austin (home of SXSW) threatened to su ... More >>
Music
November 4, 2010
Know Fearless Records
The OC label that first signed Plain White T's has a plan for keeping the next big thing from bolting to the majors
Blogs
December 2, 2010
WTF of the Week: The Grammy Noms
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyEminem, nominated for 'Recovery'WTF:Despite the fact that the way the world listens to music has changed radically over the past decade, the Grammys ostensibly continue to reward bands based on a model en vogue 50 years ago. This year's list of nominees reflects that ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Lily Allen Starts Label Through Sony Music
The 25-year-old actress/musician Lily Allen is launching new boutique label "In the Name Of," which will receive financial backing from Sony Music. The first signing for the label is Brooklyn electro-pop duo Cults, whose debut album will be released later this year.
Blogs
March 4, 2011
Why is Lil Wayne a Genius? We Explain His Appeal (Plus, His New Video for 'Six Foot Seven Foot!')
www.myspace.com/lilwayneLil Wayne is a genius, and not simply because he spends seven days a week in the studio, recording some of the most lyrically intricate, metaphor-laced verses in the history of the rap game off the top of his head, no pen, no pad.
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Lupe Fiasco, 'Lasers,' and Artistic Freedom
lupefiasco.com Lupe Fiasco's Lasers, one of the most embattled albums in recent hip-hop history, finally finds its way to shelves and digital downloads today. It took a fan organized protest deemed "Fiasco Friday" back in October to force Atlantic Records to preemptively announce a release date f ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Young the Giant
House of Blues
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May 27, 2011
Lady Gaga: DNA Perfume, Camera Glasses, a Laptop with Her Face on It--the Best Slices of Her 360 Deal
This whole week we've been inundated with everything Lady Gaga. (Seriously, I've read more stories about Born This Way's album release than the tornado in Joplin.) From Amazon's 99-cent download to GagaVille to appearances on American Idol and Letterman, it's hard to go on the Internet without seein ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
How 'Born This Way' Went All the Way to No. 1 Told in Lady Gaga Gifs
Lousy album cover aside, Lady Gaga's sophomore release Born This Way sold 1.1 million copies in its first week and is No. 1 on the Billboard charts, the biggest since 50 Cent's The Massacre.
Blogs
June 22, 2011
I MiX What I Like! An Interview with Jared Ball (Part II)
Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Jared Ball, author of I MiX What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto, where the "Funkinest Journalist" talks about the politics of hip-hop and popular culture. Read the first part of the interview with Jared Ball here; in this second installment ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
Mid Year Music Sales Numbers Are In--and Up
Nielsen Soundscan's mid-year numbers are in, and despite the economic doom and gloom being reported by news outlets across the land, it would seem Americans have a lot to be optimistic about. Soundscan is the music industry's data information service and tracks sales at the point of purchase. It' ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
[UPDATE With Comment From Polyvinyl Owner Matt Lunsford]: Rioters Torch Sony Warehouse and Burn Many UK and Ireland Record Stocks to the Ground
BBCUPDATE, August 10, 2011, 2:41 p.m.: Sony issued a statement today regarding its plans following Monday's disastrous warehouse fire set by London looters which destroyed significant quantities of independent label merchandise. According to the statement, the company is operating from a new co ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Google Music Store Rivaling iTunes Expected To Be Unveiled This Afternoon
Google is expected to unveil a new online music store featuring songs from three of the world's four biggest music companies today, according to reports.
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November 10, 2011
The Bangles
House of Blues
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February 6, 2012
[UPDATED with Protest and After Party] Musicans Call Out Elimination of Grammy Award Categories as Racist
UPDATE, FEB, 6, 1:56 P.M.: Presente.org and Grammywatch.org, which has its own petition in circulation, are joining forces in calling for a protest this Saturday over the slashing of Grammy Award categories. The Facebook page for the protest, which encourages supporters to bring their instruments ... More >>
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