2024.04.15-20 Digest
DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS
The indie-centric partnership will help Merlin’s dynamic membership gain access to Audiomack’s global audience of engaged listeners, expanding the digital footprint of Merlin members’ music. The agreement also includes Audiomod, a new …
CINCINNATI CITYBEAT -OH
Cincinnati radio station Inhailer Radio is launching a new event that will celebrate both independent radio and music. Inhailer Radio’s Indie 500 countdown will not only play tons of great indie hits, but it will also pay homage to the legacy and history …
BLOG PRESTON
Sound Check is a training programme built by the live music industry, for the live music industry Pic: Robin Clewley Preston’s legendary grassroots venue The Ferret is launching a live music industry training programme …
DAZED AND CONFUSED
Dave Yeager spent his teenage years making mixtapes for his friends and early adulthood as a DJ. Now he is reinventing music discovery as the founder and CEO of Showcase Ventures Inc. “One of my favorite pastimes was reading through liner notes and …
DAZED AND CONFUSED
Every generation has its musical icons – artists that shape pop culture and live on as the era’s immortal, audible representatives. But in 2024, music execs are reportedly in crisis mode over their inability to create them. It’s not that the …
THE VERGE
Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as anything other than background noise, it means that artists have to win the …
FAR OUT MAGAZINE
If the shutdown of the cultural sector during the pandemic taught us anything, it was the vital importance of live music scenes, both for local economies and for the mental …
FAR OUT MAGAZINE
Rowan Music Group (RMG) is a 501c3 student-run non-profit organization. Founded in January 2017, RMG serves as a professional student-run record label located within Wilson Hall on the main Glassboro campus. Once music industry majors take the …
FAR OUT MAGAZINE
This Saturday, as is the case every April, record shops around the UK, America, Canada and Australia will be participating in a celebration of analogue music. Record Store Day has become a pivotal moment in the …
IRISH EXAMINER
“We hadn’t given it much thought at all, and then the pandemic came along,” confides Gurranabraher man Ricky Dineen on the beginnings of Cork post-punk duo Big Boy Foolish. “We were creating at home, exchanging bits of music, …
TOP40-CHARTS.COM
Alternative rock group The Early November has shared "The Fool", the second single from their forthcoming Self-Titled album. In tarot, The Fool symbolizes the embrace of new beginnings and the willingness to take risks …
SPIN
Forget marquee festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra, Governors Ball, and even Burning Man. They share similar lineups and have become bloated, inaccessible, and extortionate, making attending more of a challenge …
THE EMORY WHEEL - GA
Little Five Points, which their website proclaims is Atlanta’s “hub for culture and creativity,” has displayed the city’s counterculture since the ’70s. With its streets lined with record shops, thrift stores and funky bars, …
RIVERFRONT TIMES - MO
What musical act was the American equivalent of the Beatles? The Byrds? Dylan? The Beach Boys? The Aerovons? Wait. You’ve never heard of the Aerovons!? Well, I guess you can be forgiven since the Aerovon’s prodigious 1969 debut album was lost for …