Apple Inc. has just sewn up its contracts with the four major record labels Thursday for a cloud music service, with agreements from music publishers to follow on Friday, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Dubbed iCloud, the service initially will be offered for a free period to people who buy music from Apple’s iTunes digital download store, allowing users to upload their music to Apple’s computers where they can then play from a Web browser or Internet-connected Apple device. The company plans to eventually charge a subscription fee, about $25 a year, for the service. Apple would also… Read more »
Hey Bitch Slap Radio fans! Tonight is the last show of our Winter/Spring session. So were going out with a bang! Drew WHo-Lee-O Zac and JAmes will take to the mics to rock your world tonight We stroll down memory lane of all the stupid shit we did this session, we look back at mom fights, cougar cruise, the new Bitch Slap Record featuring Who-Lee-O the hippy! Also on tonight’s show we talk about 4/20 i mean it was yesterday so we gotta cover it. Then on worlds greatest Thursday who would be the one person in the musical world… Read more »
A collection of bands have come together to release a compilation of rare tracks to benefit the victims of the earthquake and its after effects in Japan. Artists that have contributed include The Wonder Years, Valencia, Title Fight, La Dispute, Man Overboard, Transit and more.
Last week, our very own Jamie McGrath sat down with the guys in A Lifelike Story.
Released digitally on November 22nd, first week sales of My Forever garnered the band a #6 debut on Billboard’s “Heatseeker Album Chart” and #96 on the “Digital Album Chart” as well as peaking on iTunes’ “Pop Album Chart”.
Google and Amazon had also pitched to secure The Beatles rights for their own digital music stores, according to industry sources.
Many times switching labels involves a jump to what many call a ‘major’ and the re-release of an album to a much larger audience, this is not the case with The Wonder Years.
Escape the Fate have just released their video for “Issues.â€
After losing a lead vocalist and drummer, many bands may decide to call it quits. For the members of Chiodos, giving up was not an option. Today, the band releases their third studio full-length album, Illuminaudio, on Equal Vision Records. On release day, idobi’s own Mike Skehan had a chance to chat with keyboardist Bradley Bell about the new album, replacing old members, fan expectations and more
In a decision that could affect the financial relationships between record labels and performers, a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday ruled that songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes store are not actually purchased, but are rather “licensed†by the ostensible buyer.
