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Indie Bands Reach New Sales Heights Through iTunes

Fans of indie rock bands like the Shins and Arcade Fire are doing something peculiar: they're buying downloadable albums online. Amidst a dismal first quarter in which album sales in all configurations are down nearly 17%, the ...READ»

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iTunes' Hefty Fee Locks Out Indie Label LPs

When Apple announced its multimedia album packages, dubbed iTunes LPs, some hailed it as the return of the album-as-object. But some indie labels who've tried to create their own LPs on iTunes are dismayed over the $10,000 production ...READ»

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I Want My MTV: Video Design for 2009

Sean Pecknold is a self-taught animator/director and auteur of visual soundtracks for bands like Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear. Both bands feature a lo-fi sound that is echoed in Pecknold's dreamy, ambiguous aesthetic that combines ...READ»

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Fast Talk: Band Plays a Brand-New Game

Jonny Dubowsky Lead Singer and Guitarist, Jonny Lives! New York, New York Jonny Dubowsky, 29, has exploited corporate partnerships to get exposure for his indie band, Jonny Lives! The band debuted its single, "Get Steady," on ...READ»

Analyze This

Many tech-analyst blogs read like a symposium of you most boring college engineering and economics professors. Here are three exceptions.READ»

Filtering the Filters: The Top Ten "Best Album" Lists

In the two days since the Grammy Awards, I've been surfing the web for "Best of 2006" lists with a more musically adventurous bent. One thing I noticed is how many "Best of" lists are filled with text about the albums but don't ...READ»

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Why David Byrne, Arcade Fire, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are Psycho Marketers, Q'uest-ce que c'est?

After David Byrne and Brian Eno self-released their album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today last August, they generated profits equivalent to a label advance. How? Software marketing, of course. We’ve all seen a ...READ»