Tera Melos releases free cover EP and announces US tour, Squarepusher makes available a free track from his latest EP; Slayer, Marilyn Manson and Opeth announce tour dates. Check out Beatcrave’s news round up: Continue reading...
31.1.09
Tera Melos, Squarepusher, Slayer, Manson, Opeth
British Government Wants Music and Film Internet Tax
After outlining a plan to extend broadband Internet connections to every home, now the British government is looking to propose a £20 ($28) broadband tax, which will be used to indirectly pay the record and film industries for their failing business models. Read more...
Spotify gets ‘Restricted’ by Major Labels
Spotify posted on their blog that their music catalogue will be reduced in quantity and some tracks will be removed for certain countries. The free streaming music service is being bullied by the major labels to restrict their distribution and although Spotify is compiling, they are not happy about it. From the blog:
Continue reading...“These restrictions are a legacy from when most music was sold on tapes and CDs and they have continued over into streaming music, our hope is that one day restrictions like this will disappear for good.”
30.1.09
Pendulum Tour, Fischerspooner, Mastodon Albums
Pendulum announces their American tour, Fischerspooner is set to release Entertainment later this year, and Mastodon reveals the artwork of their album and streams a free track online, all in the following round up: Read more...
29.1.09
RZA Diversifies, Quasimoto Toy, Joaquin Phoenix Hoax
Wu-Tang’s RZA tells Wired about his newest projects, Madlib’s character Quasimoto gets its own toy figure, and EW casts doubt on Joaquin Phoenix’s career change. Check out the round up: Read more...
28.1.09
Editorial: How to Support Independent Music in a Changing Industry
The music industry is changing, major labels have been losing money since file-sharing started cutting into their profits. Maybe we shouldn’t care, for most major label artists are heavily publicized, pre-packaged for the masses, and generally worse than our favorite indie bands. But how is the shift in industry affecting independent labels? Common sense says that indie labels suffer alongside the big players, but the change in the industry is shifting towards a diversification of music, with more and more people listening to what they really want to hear, instead of what is imposed by the mass media. How you can support indie music in our changing times, after the jump: Continue reading...
Multi-room Touchscreen Music Server
CasaTools is now shipping the CasaTunes XL Music Server, a multi-room music system that features a built-in touchscreen and a 250GB hard drive. The server can play stereo music in up to 48 rooms, as well as music from mp3 players and phones. Read more...
Newborn Infants Can Detect The Beat In Music
Using brain-signal detection and measurement, scientists have discovered a phenomenon called “beat induction” in two to three day old babies. Unique to humans, either innate or learned in the womb, beat induction is the ability to detect and synchronize rhythms, and is linked to the origin of music itself. Read more...
Thom Yorke goes Dubstep with The Eraser Rmxs
If you haven’t been able to get your hands on Thom Yorke’s The Eraser Rmxs, be prepared for the newest electronic music directly from Europe: Dubstep. Counting with remixed tracks from some of the best European dubstep composers, The Eraser Rmxs has been available in the past via mp3 download, and was released in Japan in 2008. Read more...
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Competes with iPod
The Nokia 5800 is literally changing the market. Since its European launch in October 2008, the Finnish manufacturer announced over 1 million units shipped, showing that mobile phones might soon be replacing popular mp3 players, like the iPod, for music listener’s needs. Continue reading...
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