For a streaming music service, I’ll admit it looks pretty impressive. Check out the video preview of MOG’s new All Access Music Service below. The folks over at TechCrunch are in love with this thing and they are currently giving away free one month subscriptions at their site. I haven’t tried it myself, but as…
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No Season 3 for “Spectacle”?
Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… Bono & The Edge Photo: Ken Warner Though the beginning of Season 2 is right around the corner, it looks like this season will be Spectacle’s last. According to a story from canoe.ca, Elvis indicated that he’s not interested in becoming the Charlie Rose of musical talk show hosts, even if…
iTunes Adds Live Nation Concert Video Downloads
As much as I dislike Live Nation, I guess I’m not ideologically opposed to them selling live concert videos on iTunes. Right now the selection is pretty weak though, we’ll see if it picks up in a couple of months though like they say it will. (Note to anyone out there in the Bowery Presents…
WNYC Relaunches WQXR as Classical Radio Station
I’m not much of a classical music aficionado, but I am a bit of a public radio geek, so I thought I’d pass along this announcement. Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 8pm marks the official launch of Classical WQXR 105.9, the new WNYC owned and programmed public radio station. The programming on this new station…
Fucked Up Releasing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Cover for Charity and Collaborating with GZA
Damian Abraham, aka “Pink Eyes” of Fucked Up told QTV’s Jian Ghomeshi that the band was planning on taking some of their Polaris Prize money and releasing “an all-star” cover version of Band-Aid’s 1984 famine relief anthem “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” You can hear more personal reactions to their big win, learn about their…
Rhino Records Gets Downsized
According to an article in yesterday’s Variety, Rhino Records cut between 30 and 40 staffers on Thursday. A statement from Rhino cited a “fundamental transformation of the physical new release and catalog business” as a reason for the cuts. The Company said Rhino will evolve into an entity that “handles WMG’s global digital catalog initiatives,…