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Music News: FKA twigs Returns
We haven’t heard much from FKA twigs since 2005’s stunning M3LL155X. She’s back.
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4AD Gave Us Some FLAC!
Thank you, 4AD.
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Icing On The Axpona Cake
I always wanted to do this but I never got around to actually doing it. Well, all that’s changed because I just did it.
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Music News: Sky Ferreira’s New Single
The ever-alluring Sky Ferreira has released a new single “Downhill Lullaby”, her first new music since 2013’s Night Time, My Time. Listen here (hint: it’s alluring):
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News: Qobuz & USA, It’s A Date!
French hi-res streaming service and download store Qobuz (pronounced “co buzz”) officially launched its US service today. For music lovers, the date could not be more appropriate.
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Is It Live Or Is It Memorex? Sharon Van Etten at the Beacon
One of the more popular half-baked notions in hifi is the idea that a recording can rival a live performance. The unbaked portion being there’s nothing to look at when we listen to a recording. There’s no person there.
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Warp Boxing Day Sale – 50% off all digital formats!
Are you a WARP fan? I am as their roster includes Aphex Twin, Oneohtrix Point Never, Boards Of Canada, Clark, Autechre, Flying Lotus and many more. Bleep & WARP are offering 50% off, that’s nearly 1/2 price!, digital downloads from the WARP catalog for Boxing […]
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Bandcamp’s Best Albums of 2018
Are you starved for new music? While there are lots of lists floating around this time of year, I’m really enjoying Bandcamp’s “Best” 100 albums of 2018 because I’m finding lots (and lots) of music that’s new to me.That’s the kind of list I like!
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Deerhunter Drops New Single
Songcraft can be a beautiful thing and Atlanta’s Deerhunter is capable of crafting and carrying a tune to surprising places. Their new single, “Death In Midsummer”, from their forthcoming album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? on 4AD, drives this point home.
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Bandcamp Daily: Julia Holter
I’ve been a fan of Julia Holter’s work since 2012’s Ekstasis. She has a new record coming tomorrow, Aviary on Domino, so Bandcamp spent some time talking to and about Julia. It’s worth the read.
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MusicAnswers Celebrates Improvements to the MMA
The News: the Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) has passed the Senate and looks like it’s a green light for approval. You can read all about MMA but in brief, the Bill creates a new entity, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which will be responsible for […]
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SiriusXM vs. Everyone
We know that technological progress can outpace the law. The music industry is one such poster child where existing copyright law is as old as the hills, with some legislation dating back to 1909. The last major re-visit occurred in 1998, which is still B.S. […]
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Marc Ribot and Tom Waits Team Up Against Fascism
Tom Waits has been quiet these past few years. Thanks to Marc Ribot, Waits has broken his 2-year song silence by appearing on Songs of Resistance 1948 – 2018, Ribot’s new album of protest songs. “Bella Ciao” is as Italian anti-Fascist folk ballad and Waits […]
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Pitchfork’s 200 Best Albums of the 1980s
Music lists, you gotta love ’em. Pitchfork has just posted their picks for the 200 best albums of the 1980s, in descending bestest order. And it goes a little something like this:
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Free Music: Cecilia “Charity Whore”
“Cecilia is the dissociative metamorphosis of dj/producer BABI AUDI (NYC, Montreal) known for unsettling yet cinematic Club Dead LTD (Hoss Records), Mommy Dust (self-released), 6 page letter ( DIS magazine). Her new EP “Charity Whore” is out now on the new Imprint GROOMING Label. “Charity […]