AC/DC sign with Wal-Mart?

Rolling Stone reports that AC/DC will be following the path of several other artists by selling their new album exclusively through Wal-Mart this fall. By foregoing a deal with a record label, and instead going directly through a retailer, AC/DC and others are able to sell their albums to customers for $15, about $5 less [...]

The Glow in the Dark Tour: Kanye, Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco

Last night my brothers invited me to join them at the Glow in the Dark Tour in Salt Lake City. In truth, I’ve never been a major Kanye West fan, but the rest of the lineup sounded awesome, so I tagged along. Though the doors opened an hour and a half late and the set [...]

The Nation interviews Billy Bragg

Punk legend Billy Bragg spoke with Christine Smallwood at The Nation shortly after he published this op-ed in the NYT about social networking sites profiting off of artists’ music without paying the artists any royalties. In the NYT piece Bragg actually answers the question I posed in my Prince-Radiohead post about why an artist or [...]

Prince covers Radiohead at Coachella

“Radiohead to Prince: Hey that’s OUR song,” via CNN. Prince covered Radiohead’s Creep at Coachella, then his label blocked all fan videos of the rendition on youtube, claiming copyright violations. CNN dismisses these claims first because the videos are fan videos, and second, because the song actually belongs to Radiohead. While I have nothing to [...]