Hot Sugar heats up spike hill
Better go get this now.If you want a one-URL "major" vs. "indie" battleground -- what defines and/or divides them, which lifestyle brand the discerning-legal-downloader demographic really prefers -- you could do far worse than eMusic, the excellent monthly-subscription MP3 service (which empl ... More >>
One fear, as fine digital purveyors like Rhapsody and eMusic expand and mutate and more frequently generate fine music criticism of their own, is that they'll shy away from, well, criticism -- as they are literally in the music business, they'll be loathe to talk trash even when trash-talk m ... More >>
According to Last.fm, anyway. No real surprises--we listened to way more Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jay-Z, etc. than did the rest of the world. Plus we basically stole Phoenix from France and Girls from California. For a kind of smug satisfaction, watch as music crops u ... More >>
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Julianna Barwick photo by Claire TitleyBrooklyn one-woman choir Julianna Barwick makes ambrosial symphonies using just her voice and a loop pedal. With her church upbringing and punk rock attitude, ... More >>
A Rolling Stone reporter charts the doomed path from Thriller to Internet-based horror
'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>
Rupert Murdoch's pride and joy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not
Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism
After the court decision, file shares and mixtapes float on
Napster revives the freedom to explore, but will it dent Apple's now iconic market hegemony?
Corporations vainly scheme to the beat of a different DRM
A German TV network uses a marathoner to win the anti-convention footage race
The Music Industry Makes Peace With Big Softwareat Dial-Up Speed
Little Johnny and Big-Biz Music Duke It Out Over Peer-to-Peer Software
The Politics of Napping
The Pop Solution to Downloading
Music Industry Report Projects Huge Losses to Web Piracy
At Pho, a Thousand E-mails a Month Track the Great Digital Debate
