Recently, Jamie McGrath sat down with the lead singer of Canadien alternative rock band Default, Dallas Smith. They discussed touring, the state of the music industry and Default’s latest album, Comes and Goes.
Rockstars are notoriously hard to control. Think of Axl Rose or Kanye West. Legendary artists play by their own rules: showing up late to gigs, mouthing off to fans, or fighting record label execs for getting in the way of music. Which makes it especially odd that Apple, for its new music social network Ping, would release a 9 page book of guidelines for artists planning to join the service. Here are some of the rules: Posts should not include advertisements or links to sites outside of iTunes. Posts should not contain links to other content providers. URLs should not… Read more »
Sunday night marked the 25th annual Video Music Awards and there were few surprises as MTV pretended that music is the network’s number one priority for one evening.
Five years ago, it was a fresh-faced Jesse McCartney who was an MTV Video Music Awards virgin. He was up for Best Pop Video for “Beautiful Soul,” and says that even though he didn’t win, it was an exciting moment for him in his burgeoning music career.
While Travie McCoy fans are no doubt excited to see him perform at the VMAs, we wondered, who does he most want to see perform at the awards show on Sunday?
Josh Madden is heading to Chicago to DJ some shows at Lollapalooza 2010. However on tonight’s show, he’s bringing you the music from the cancelled Lollapalooza 2004 festival. Tune in at 8pm EST every Thursday nights for First Person with Josh Madden – only on idobi Radio.
U2, AC/DC, Beyonce, Bruce Springsten and Britney Spears are among the musicians who earned the most money in the past year, according to a new Forbes list.
With record sales continuing to decline, concert ticket sales have kept the music industry afloat, but now even the concert business is hurting.
Three dates remain on My Favorite Highway‘s Storytellers Acoustic Tour. Be sure to check them out if you’re in Atlanta, Orlando or Ft. Lauderdale. We’ve posted two songs from the tour in the media section: A new song called Pleasure of Your Company and a cover of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi. For more information, visit the band’s website at myfavoritehighway.com. Jun 17 – Atlanta, GA Jun 18 – Orlando, FL Jun 19 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The terms “raw” and “glam” are seldom used to describe the same band, but they suit New York’s queer-core Semi Precious Weapons quite well.
