As Record Store Day approaches on April 16, the fourth annual event continues to be an increasingly valued channel through which to sell music.
The number of stores expected to participate will be about the same as last year: about 1,400 around the world.
Record-store owners owe Apple iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It’s saving their skin right now.
The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead, and file-sharing, downloads and, most notably, Apple’s iTunes killed it. Yes and no.
Good Charlotte is heading out on tour with Forever The Sickest Kids, This Century and Runner Runner.
idobi Radio will be checking in with the band at their hometown show at the 9:30 Club. Stay tuned for the interview.
The Working Group has announced The Love Is All Around Us Tour, which features The Scene Aesthetic, He Is We, Carter Hulsey, and Plug In Stereo.
Hellogoodbye will be kicking off 2011 with a U.S. headlining tour. The band will bring out support from You Me And Everyone We Know, Gold Motel, Now, Now and Jukebox the Ghost.
My Chemical Romance will hit the road in January for their 2011 “The World Contamination” tour — a full-scale trek in support of their brand-new album “Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys,” which will be released by Reprise Records on Monday, November 22nd. The tour will launch on April 1, 2011 in Portland, OR.
Triple Crown Records is pleased to announce the signing of Portland, Oregon’s Plug In Stereo – also known as 17-year-old wunderkind Trevor Dahl. This jack-of-all-trades, multi-instrumentalist with a talent for crafting easy-going, down to earth acoustic melodies is excited for this next step in his career.
As Broken Bells prepares for Tuesday’s North American tour kickoff, James Mercer and Danger Mouse are already plotting the group’s second album. At the same time, Mercer is also planning to rekindle his other band, The Shins.
Lydia fans visiting the band’s MySpace page today were met with an unpleasant surprise in the form of the following statement from frontman Leighton Antelman.
3OH!3 Too Fast For Love Tour House Of Blues, Boston    | photo credit: Jessica Butler Haven’t caught this action packed show yet? Make sure you check them out, here’s the rest of the dates… 5.12 New York City, NY @ Roseland Ballroom 5.15 Chicago, IL @ The Bamboozle Chicago 5.16 Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom 5.18 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 5.19 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater 5.21 Denver, CO @ The Fillmore 5.22 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue 5.23 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort 5.25 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre 5.26 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 5.28 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield 5.29 San Diego, CA @ Soma 5.30 Anaheim, CA @ The Grove 6.01 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia 6.02 Phoenix, AZ @ TBD 6.04 Dallas, TX @ Palladium 6.05 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre 6.07 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle 6.08 West Palm Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 6.09 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues 6.11 Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier
