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Spotify reveals play counts for some of its biggest artists, rivals YouTube
Spotify has become a big deal, that’s for sure. But the fact is that no one was exactly sure of how big of a deal it was since so far there had…
Songkick unleashes Detour to all Londoners at The Great Escape
Songkick’s CEO Ian Hogarth presented the “Detour” project at The Great Escape 2013 in Brighton, UK and revealed that it is now available to all…
Mike Mills (REM): 'We have zero plans to reform'
Bad news for REM's fans still hoping to see the band get together. Bassist Mike Mills, indeed, was pretty clear and adamant, speaking to Rolling…
BMG closes purchase of Virgin Music and Famous UK Music
BMG has finally closed the acquisition of the Virgin Music and Famous UK Music songwriting catalogs from Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing.…
Franz Ferdinand announce new album 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action'
Franz Ferdinand have announced the release of their fourth studio album called "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action". The the follow-up…
UK gets a new indie label POP unLTD
The UK music market, the world’s third largest according to the IFPI’s 2012 global ranking, added another label to its canon with this week’s…
Cooking Vinyl cuts deals with UB40’s Ali Campbell, Seth Lakeman
UK indie label Cooking Vinyl Records, part of the CV Group of independent music companies, is offering worldwide label services to two popular…
Ty Segall announces new album called 'Sleeper'
After releasing three albums in 2014, Ty Segall officially announced his new album set to be out on August 20 via Drag City in the U.S. (and a…
Nine Inch Nails bassist Eric Avery left the band
Eric Avery (also founding member of Jane's Addiction and touring bassist for Garbage) left Nine Inch Nails.He unveiled his decision…
Parlophone acquisition by Warner approved in Europe
Warner Music Group's acquisition of Parlophone Label Group has been fully approved by European regulators on May 15 - giving Warner the final…
Google launches its on-demand All Access music service during the I/O keynote
Confirming earlier reports that dubbed the introduction of a Google-branded on-demand subscription service as inevitable – the company introducer it…
Jamie Cullum: the Rockol video-interview
Jamie Cullum's sixth studio album is set to be out on May 21 via Island Records; the title is "Momentum" and it's an album born from the need to…
Google reportedly about to launch a music subscription service at Google I/O
In the past few hours The Verge broke the news, subsequently confirmed by the New York Times, that Google is about to launch a music subscription…
Third Man Records joins forces with Sun Records for 7" reissues
Jack' White's Memphis-based label, Third Man Records, is joining forces with legendary Sun Records to release a series of reissues on 7" vinyl.<br…
Google closes deals with Sony and Universal for music streaming service
Google has closed licensing deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group to introduce an on-demand music streaming service that…
Daft Punk: listen to 'Random Access Memories'
Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" is set to be out in a week via Columbia, but it's already available online, streaming on iTunes.You can…
Superchunk announce their new album 'I Hate Music'
Superchunk is one of the cult indie/alt rock bands from the Nineties: they just announced an upcoming album called "I Hate Music".The…
Soundcloud is opening a new office in New York
Soundcloud unveiled its plan to open a New York office in the next months.The company already hired a former Pandora National…
