Musebin Searches Twitter For Music

Even though you might not be able pronounce it’s domain name (♬.ws), Sawhorse Media’s new Twitter music search engine lets you track down messages about your favorite bands, and Tweet whole band search results quickly and easily to your own Twitter account with a click. The site is also reachable via musebin.ws, and every artist page has links to LaLa, iTunes and Amazon. Read more...

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Upcoming Releases: Grizzly Bear, Mr. Oizo, Au Revoir Simone

Grizzly Bear on Warp Records, Mr. Oizo on Ed Banger Records, and Au Revoir Simone on their own label Our Secret Record Company, check out their next releases! Read more...

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Spotify Gets Hacked, User Info Stolen From Music Site

If you use the music service Spotify, beware. The Swedish company says that hackers were able to break into the service at the end of 2008, and steal users’ personal details. The security breach was only discovered last week, and the company has issued a formal apology and promises users that it will make efforts to ensure the violation is not repeated. Read more...

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Theory States Listeners Prefer Mp3 Quality over Vinyl and CD

A theory developed by Jonathan Berger, Professor of Music at Stanford University, California, says that music fans are getting used to mp3 quality on their iPods, even though producers say that the sound quality is lacking. Continue reading...

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YouTube and Universal Set to Strike Video Deal

Universal Music Group and YouTube/Google are a few weeks away from an agreement over the label’s video rights. YouTube will be responsible for creating a new site, Vivo.com, which would distribute Universal’s video content, and step up advertising revenue with new strategies. Continue reading...

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Phish Releases Live Recordings For Free

After Phish announced their reunion in January, now they are making their live recordings available for free! The jam band will distributing all of its reunion concerts available for download in high-quality mp3 format at livephish.com. Read more...

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The Pirate Bay Trial Ends: Innocent or Guilty?

After two weeks of fast paced litigation, the Pirate Bay ‘Spectrial’ has come to a close. In the final days of the trial this week, the prosecution called for jail time for the defendants, which the defense lawyers refuted in their closing statements. Continue reading...

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Youtube Symphony Orchestra Musicians Have Been Chosen

Musicians for the Youtube Symphony Orchestra have been selected, and all their videos are posted on YouTube, organized by instrument section. Winners from 30 countries will travel to New York to participate in a three-day classical music summit, and then perform at Carnegie Hall on 15 April under San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. Read more...

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Music That Makes You Dumb?

CalTech grad student Virgil Griffith has conducted an interesting (albeit somewhat unscientific) study relating music preferences with SAT scores. While SAT scores are criticized for not accurately determining intelligence, the results show that the “smartest” students’ favorite musician is Beethoven, with an average SAT score of 1371, and at the other end of the spectrum is Lil’ Wayne, with an average score of 889.

Other bands at the top of the scale are Counting Crows, Radiohead, and Sufjan Stevens. Check out the full image of the results after the jump: Continue reading...

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Glastonbury Plans Historic 40th Anniversary

The Glastonbury Festival marks its 40^th anniversary in 2010, and organizers are planning to book 40 bands from the past 40 years to play live performances at the event. Radiohead, Blur, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley, The Cure and Massive Attack are just a few of the thousands of artists that have graced “Glasto’s” stages. Continue reading...

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Neil Young Supports Warner Music Against YouTube

Neil Young has voiced his support for Warner Music Group’s policy of muting and deleting music videos on Youtube, after negotiations between the two media giants failed. We’ve covered Warner’s draconian tactics in the past, and now Neil Young defends that Warner needs to be better compensated by posting the following on his site:

“You Tube was in its fledgling stages when Warner made an early deal to work with them. Today, other labels have made more lucrative deals for their artists at You Tube.”

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MGMT Sues French President For Copyright Infringement

U.S. indie band MGMT has threatened to sue French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party for using their song Kids without permission. It’s one of those ironic, rare moments when a politician’s plan backfires, because Sarkozy is one of the leaders of the “fight against piracy”, having implemented, in France, the first “three strikes” law that gets a user disconnected based on three formal copyright complaints. Continue reading...

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RIAA Cutbacks, Brits at SXSW, UK File Sharing Survey

It's been another busy week in the music industry. As ever, at Noripcord we've summarised the highlights for you. The RIAA reports lay offs, the British representation at this year's SXSW, and a UK survey about file sharing and music sales. Read more...

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Coda.fm Combines Torrents with Amazon

Coda.fm is the newest torrent search engine site that separates itself from the pack. By hosting only music related torrents, and offering the option to actually buy the album of what you’re downloading, the site is looking to revamp the common notion that torrents are the internet’s dark secret, hidden in the depths of questionable advertising and members-only access. Continue reading...

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