If you’re in New York and happen to own an iPod, count on paying an ‘iTax‘ for every song you download.
The Guardian reports that Governor David Paterson has slapped a 4% tax on “digitally delivered entertainment services” next year to help tackle the financial crisis. Music, video and e-books will be hit with higher taxes as part of a larger effort to close the state’s $15.4bn budget gap.
Brian Eno has reportedly signed on to do the score for the new Peter Jackson film, an adaptation of the Alice Sebold’s novel Lovely Bones, starring Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, and Saoirse Ronan.
The film is mostly set in heaven, so it’s plausible that Eno was brought on for those scenes, to provide his renowned expertise in creating sound.
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Weezer plans to digitally distribute six Christmas songs that were originally recorded for the iPhone app ‘Tap Tap Revenge Christmas With Weezer‘.
Although the tracks were recorded specifically for the application, high demand from non-iPhone users has prompted the band to make the songs available for purchase online. Christmas With Weezer is here on iTunes and here through Amazon.
In an open letter to Guns N’ Roses fans about his band’s latest album, Axl Rose responded to criticism that claimed “Chinese Democracy” is a self-centered effort and hinted at future projects.
Read More...“I didn’t make a solo record,” he claimed. “A solo record would be completely different than this and probably much more instrumental.
I wrote about Jamie Lidell's newest album Jim. Check it out!
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Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist for The Faint answered some questions about the band’s current tour and newest album Fasciination. Petersen also is Broken Spindles, for which he writes music for between touring with The Faint.
The album is available for digital download at their homepage. The full interview is after the break!
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Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock said in an interview with The Quietus that there is a possibility the band will record a new album in 2009.
Read more...“The Sex Pistols? We’ve done our bit this year…we’ll meet again in the New Year and see what we want to do,” he explained.
I wrote about Flight of the Conchords, Kaki King, and Autechre on this first part of Noripcord's Top 50 albums of 2008.
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