Mon Apr 30 2007 by Maura
Today’s bit of surprising news in music retail: The CEO of the the London-based online merchant Caiman–which now owns all the branding related to the liquidated record-store behemoth Tower Records–has announced that his company will revive the brand, even opening (gasp!) a few brick-and-mortar record stores:
Online merchant Caiman Inc., which acquired the bankrupt Tower Records’ logo, Tower.com and the company’s intellectual property for $4.2 million in a March bankruptcy auction, has big plans for the brand. More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Brian Raftery
No matter how tricky your Coachella experience was this weekend–and we all know how hard it can be to find that rental Corolla when it’s 1 a.m. and the entire parking lot is covered with dust and other rental Corollas–just be glad you don’t live in Serbia. A few months ago, organizers announced that a giant three-day summer festival would take place this in the famously troubled country, with such acts as Metallica and Foo Fighters near the top of the bill; but as Pollstar reports, someone forgot to do the paperwork–a lot of paperwork:
The event, which was originally slotted for June 28-30, began as Road Fest To Peace Through Music and then morphed into Pure Fest To Peace Through Music.
It’s been dogged by controversy since Vujin announced a lineup including Iggy & The Stooges, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Jamiroquai, Deep Purple, Underworld, Motörhead, Tricky, Joe Cocker, and The Cult at a February 12 press conference at Belgrade Sava Centre.
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Mon Apr 30 2007 by Brian Raftery
(Ed. note: Once again, we present “Indecent Exposure,” a ranking of the artists who are receiving the most dangerously high levels of popular-culture exposure. It’s an anecdotal chart that takes into account such factors as media appearances, blog hype, playing-in-the-background bar music, and overheard subway conversations, and it is 100 percent statistically sound.)
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Mon Apr 30 2007 by Maura
- Mary Timony on recording in her attic, writing for kids, and the scene in Washington, D.C. [New Music Nation] – The C & C who headed up C & C Music Factory mix up 1992’s biggest club hits. [Dalston Oxfam Shop] – Lil’ Mama gets under Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Maura
Fred Durst’s quest to be taken seriously–which includes ditching his red baseball cap, claiming that he doesn’t “kiss and tell” when asked about his Britney tryst, picking up women at bodegas, dragging his son to Soho House, and directing a movie film–made it to the New York Times Sunday Styles… More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Brian Raftery
Mandy Moore’s Wild Hope leaked all over the Internet this weekend, a good two months before its scheduled release date. More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Brian Raftery
- T-Pain was arrested for arguing with police after his Saturday-night performance in Miami was shut down early. No word yet on whether he made P-role. More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Maura
PICK: The Sky Drops – You Don’t Crawl [more info] Beyoncé – Still In Love (Kissing You) [more info] The Divine Comedy – Bad Ambassador / Note To Self [more info] The Hellacopters – Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial / Toys And Flavors [more info] Mandy Moore – Extraordinary [more… More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Brian Raftery
Time for another installment of the Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files, where we raid our archives in search of a lost gem. More »
Mon Apr 30 2007 by Maura
Just when we thought MTV was getting back to its senses, they have to go and do things like this: MTV has narrowed in on a name for its struggling Total Request Live show, or TRL: the more Web-friendly YouRL. Oh, we love it! It’s so zeitgeisty, only for, you know, the zeitgeists of 1999 and 2006. More »
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