New Sound Now - Music 1.0, Maxim, RIAA, and SXSW
This week, it’s all about the filth that we as a music-loving audience have to deal with when it comes to governments, journalists, corporations, and billionaires. Owen Pallett gets his OHIP taken away, Maxim magazine is making up articles, the RIAA is raking in billions, and Music 1.0 is apparently dead. But all is not lost. South by Southwest (SXSW) is fast approaching, and the site has put up its yearly mp3 grab bag, this year containing more than 700 free mp3s.
All this and videos by the Smashing Pumpkins, Nicole Atkins, and The Terrordactyls on a brand New Sound Now.
News Links
Owen Pallett has his Ontario Health card refused because he travels too much
Maxim fabricates CD review, sort of apologizes.
48 percent of teenagers bought no CDs at all last year.
Music execs decide that ‘music 1.0′ is dead
Turns out, the president of the RIAA is a billionaire.
But the news isn’t completely depressing. For the third year in a row, SXSW has put up a torrent containing singles from every band performing, over 700 in total.
Video links
The Terrordactyles - Devices
The Smashing Pumpkins - SuperChrist
Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight
Six-word reviews of SXSW bands helps both everyone and no one « New Sound Now - music news, videos, and buzz said,
March 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm
[...] the festival. This number was in the OMG range of digits: 763 free singles. I Spotlit it on my show three weeks ago, and since then I’ve been trying to make my way through the exhaustive list, picking and [...]