“Every number, represents a human being who was a father, who was a mother a son or a daughter of this land…oh it ain’t worth my life…oh you are here today, tomorrow you are gone you don’t wanna be another number in the book” Luck Dube, “The Other Side” It is with heavy heart that […]
Via Reuters, we’ve seen that Led Zeppelin is finally going to release their music to be sold online. Page and Plant has previously indicated that they would only be releasing a 24-track sampler via iTunes, but that tune has now changed, with the announcement that “the complete Led Zeppelin catalogue will now be available digitally”, […]
In possibly some of the best news I’ve heard all year, Peter Hook has signed up Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown and Echo + The Bunnymen frontman Ian Mcculloch to form a new supergroup. The New Order bassist, Hook, formed Free Bass with former The Smiths bass man Mikey Rourke and Primal Scream star Mani after […]
Sigh. I can’t believe I’m mentioning her name in this blog at all, but given past posts, it deserves a mention. Found via Techcrunch, it appears that Madonna is (in a way) following suit. While she is not offering free to public music just yet (ala NIN and Radiohead), it appears that Madonna has dumped […]
While things are not set in stone now, it looks like the free release of music is sealing the coffin on the current incarnation of the record industry. Following on from his “Steal my shit” speech in Australia last month, Trent Reznor, via the NIN site, released the following statement: I’ve waited a LONG time […]
After much wait, “In Rainbows” is now playing on my computer as I type. There’s a feeling of ambivalence for me here. The problem, for me, is that in some parts, Radiohead sounds even… well… slightly generic. Recalling hints of Muse and other contemporaries in parts. Now, this is itself is not a […]
Just a short note to all you Radiohead fanatics… don’t forget, In Rainbows is released in a few hours. Forget? Who are we kidding? I mean… YOU didn’t forget, right?
Unfortunately this will have to be a quickie today (no matter how mature you get, that line always gives a twinge of a chuckle), but time waits for no man! So, quickly: The news has spread that Radiohead have placed a price on their new album, “In Rainbows”. The price? Whatever you want to pay […]