New Indie Music - Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now, with Royal Bangs, Generationals, Surf City, Mazarin, Aztec Camera. This week's curator: Mara Schwartz of Bug Music.
By Mara Schwartz Every two weeks, titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week: Mara Schwartz of Bug Music. My life features a soundtrack of near-continual music, whether I'm deciding which of our company's artists to suggest for an upcoming film, checking out new songwriters we're considering signing, or just listening for pleasure. Here are five that stood out from the unruly pack and made me want to listen again and again. 1. This Nashville-based electro-indie trio takes all the cool hybridization of dance-punk bands like The Rapture and !!!
Listen: "Poison Control" 2. Last year's debut from New Orleans act Generationals (which rose from the ashes of the indie-pop band The Eames Era) is all over the map, careening between '60s-inspired boy-group pop, wonderfully twee bounciness, and guitar-laden indie rock. Listen: "Nobody Could Change Your Mind" 3. Listen: "See How The Sun" 4. This 12-year-old singer will amaze you with her level of talent. Listen to Indie Rock on Presto.fm - Free Streaming Music Online. The Problem With Music :Negativworldwidewebland.
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While some of the information and figures listed here are dated, it is still a useful and informative article. And no, we don’t know how to reach Steve Albini. -Negativland The Problem With Music by Steve Albini Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. Every major label involved in the hunt for new bands now has on staff a high-profile point man, an “A & R” rep who can present a comfortable face to any prospective band.
Lyle Preslar, former guitarist for Minor Threat, is one of them. These A & R guys are not allowed to write contracts. One of my favorite bands was held hostage for the better part of two years by a slick young “He’s not like a label guy at all,” A & R rep, on the basis of such a deal memo. Gross retail revenue Royalty: [13% of 90% of retail]: Net royalty: $ -14,000. Richie Castellano.com. Man plays every instrument and sings every part of Bohemian Rhapsody. Frenchkiss Records. Talented Teen Does the Impossible: Makes LMFAO Listenable. Think guitars could sound like this? [VIDEO] Wait for it..
John Moxey. Jim Earp. Blackberry Smoke. Eels: Official Band Website. 'Walk Off the Earth' Gets 50 Million YouTube Views in a Month. Meet Walk off the Earth, the ultra-talented quintet that turned its version of a sleeper hit into a viral phenomenon on YouTube and earned itself a record deal.
The Canadian indie band posted a video covering Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" last month, and it has since been viewed on YouTube nearly 50 million times. The clip shows the band playing on a single guitar. One strums the guitar while the others tap and pluck along. Now the band — which has been together for nearly six years — has earned itself a record deal with Columbia Records. The captivating video caught the attention of Russell Crowe and Alyssa Milano, who tweeted the cover to their Twitter followers, and the band recently performed on Ellen. "I know who to ask for help with acoustic versions of Somebody: Walk Off The Earth. Gotye's original version — uploaded to YouTube in July 2011 — is still beating out the cover with nearly 65 million views. Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music video. 9-year-old boy on banjo and his brothers will get your feet tapping and hands clapping - The Feed Blog.
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