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artistspaid: hartleymanages: cosmopolitan-moral-loss: NIRVANA...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:59 -0500

hartleymanages:

cosmopolitan-moral-loss:

NIRVANA - BLEACH (DELUXE EDITION)

A lot of the days this is my favourite Nirvana album, it also comes with an exclusive live recording of an entire set at Pine Street Theatre from 1988 (ithink)

20 years since its release and just as relevant as ever.

Commercial music needs something REAL in its light…..only a matter of time, give it 5 years and all this crap thats out now (HAIRMETAL back then) will become eclipsed. The underground will always produce the new material and the mainstream will always adopt it and manipulate to sell.

2009 will be known as the Reissue Year for sure.

that being said, I want this.

Photos: The Jaguar Club at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:52 -0500

Photos: The Jaguar Club at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase:

The Jaguar Club played perhaps the best set we’ve heard from them yet at our CMJ showcase. Above and below are photos from the show (with more available on Flickr):

Real Estate – Suburban Dogs via gbabuts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:33 -0500

Real Estate – Suburban Dogs

via gbabuts

Photos: Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:17:58 -0500

Photos: Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase:

Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers played a ferocious set at our CMJ showcase that pretty much blew everyone watching away. The photos above and below are from their set (with more…

TheMusic.FM covers The Jaguar Club, My Teenage Stride, and Shilpa Ray at the StereoactiveNYC CMJ showcase

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:38:43 -0500

TheMusic.FM covers The Jaguar Club, My Teenage Stride, and Shilpa Ray at the StereoactiveNYC CMJ showcase

viaaudio: PLEASE vote for Via Audio to be on FearlessTV www.fearlessmusic.com two week in a row. We...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:11:34 -0400

viaaudio:

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Photos: Locket at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:58:19 -0400

Photos: Locket at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase:

Locket took to the stage on Saturday night at the Delancey to play what we consider the best set we’ve heard from them yet — that it was at our CMJ showcase made it all the more…

Photos: Mama Bear & The Power Bottumz at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:38 -0400

Photos: Mama Bear & The Power Bottumz at the StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase:

Mama Bear got things off to a great start on Saturday night at our official CMJ showcase at the Delancey. Their energetic, spirited set of twang-tinged rock got the sizable group of…

More on 'Quit MySpace Day'

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:03:40 -0400

yvynyl:

Earlier, I linked to the Music Think Tank article without any of my own commentary, but it seems to be generating a lot of discussion so I wanted to add a few thoughts.

While I like the idea of everyone spontaneously quitting MySpace as it exists today, it simply isn’t going to happen. The gist of this ‘Quit MySpace Day’ piece is right on, though. MySpace doesn’t know what it has going for itself and the team there simply can’t capitalize on the unbelievable asset it has developed. Maybe the threat of people quitting will get their asses in gear.

Several of you folks have called for bands to simply abandon MySpace and head for a better service like Bandcamp or SoundCloud. One big problem with that. No one on earth knows about these services yet, save, what, a few thousand savvier nerds? Don’t get me wrong, I love these services - they do so many things right. But c’mon. If you’re a band, you have to be where the people are and MySpace has the audience (see my previous post on this subject here).

Another really important thing to remember - MySpace doesn’t require any ‘learning curve’ by the general public. Pretty much everyone knows how to operate it - and everyone knows how to find and connect with bands there. That alone is a huge deal. Even though it hurts to say it, you want to make connecting as smooth as possible, and MySpace give bands that opportunity.

Many of us are simply yearning for the MySpace Music team to take the greatness they have (audience) and start building more functional, open and clean tools for band promotion and management within that structure. The potential is so obvious and so huge anyone even remotely connected with web and music can see it plainly. Why can’t MySpace?

good thoughts.

CMJ 2009: Day 5 - Photos by Maryanne Ventrice for Prefix

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:03:31 -0400

CMJ 2009: Day 5 - Photos by Maryanne Ventrice for Prefix:

include photos of Mama Bear, Locket, and Marie Stella at our showcase.

Kittens Ablaze // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:51:19 -0400

Kittens Ablaze // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview:

Kittens Ablaze are five musicians that equal one giant ball of energy and enthusiasm. Every time we’ve seen them live, we’ve wondered about how much coffee they must consume to put on…

The Binary Marketing Show // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:21:30 -0400

The Binary Marketing Show // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview:

The Binary Marketing Show has been a real favorite of ours lately. They were first recommended to us by a friend earlier in the year and we finally saw them live in September. If forced…

The Jaguar Club // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:23 -0400

The Jaguar Club // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview:

The Jaguar Club is on a hot streak of late with a well-received and excellent album recently released and a successful tour they just recently returned from. And it’s all well-deserved….

Mama Bear // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + photos

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:23 -0400

Mama Bear // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + photos:

Mama Bear is Victoria Sounthavong and Dale Pittner (former bassist for Mistakes and current bassist for The Five Cents), joined live by the Power Bottumz – J. Cook, R. McNamara,…

CMJ '09: Friday's Best Bets // Pop Tarts Suck Toasted

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:26:41 -0400

CMJ '09: Friday's Best Bets // Pop Tarts Suck Toasted

yvynyl: “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:53 -0400

yvynyl:

“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” Steve Earle

“I’ve met Bob Dylan’s bodyguards and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table, he’s sadly mistaken.” Townes Van Zandt

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hearincolour: genius. (via catnipforhipsters via ilovecharts).

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:15:57 -0400

hearincolour:

genius.

(via catnipforhipsters via ilovecharts).

My Teenage Stride // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + 2 new mp3s

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:02:50 -0400

My Teenage Stride // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + 2 new mp3s:

My Teenage Stride has become a particular favorite of ours over the last year or so. Their eMusic single series earlier this year was great and their live shows serve up a highly…

chopshop // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:16 -0400

chopshop // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview:

chopshop is a band that writes and performs solid, thoroughly arranged music ranging in tone from more upbeat indie-pop numbers to somewhat dirge-like contemplations. We’ve put together a…

Marie Stella // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + mp3

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:16 -0400

Marie Stella // StereoactiveNYC CMJ Showcase Preview + mp3:

Marie Stella is a band from Portland, Maine. We came to know of them because the band features Bryan Bruchman, formerly of Man In Gray, on guitar. And after seeing them play up in…