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News: Interview

Interview: Indie Band Survival Guide Authors PT. 2

December 15, 2010

This is part two of my interview with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, who are authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician. As well, they're lead members of the Chicago band Beatnik Turtle. In part two of this interview, Chertkow and Feehan talk about the challenge that artists have ...

News: Trends

Why Are Some Records Outperforming Singles?

December 15, 2010

This post is by Katie Reilly of Intern Like A Rockstar. Follow her on Twittter. By now everyone knows the day that we will never forget is actually just the day The Beatles became available on iTunes. Big deal, right? The story may not be as newsworthy as Apple indicated in its teaser message. However, perhaps it ...

News: Video / DVD

Youtube Star Charlie McDonnell Explains Why File Sharing is Helping His New Music Release

December 15, 2010

Charlie McDonnell has released a D.I.Y. album and uses his promo video (with 809,00 views) to share his thoughts on file sharing. Mike Masnick of Techdirt pointed us to this and it mirrors his own thoughts on the subject: a) “file sharing isn't stealing, because no one's missing something," as in the comparison the video uses, ...

News: Radio

Video: Pandora Accepts 30% of Music Submissions

December 15, 2010

By now, we all pretty much know the general story of Pandora. Comparisions to rival web radio services aside, Tim Westergren is just interesting to listen to. He's like a music industry mascot with more fans than most artists. Fast Company interviewed him for their “Innovation Agents" series. I thought I'd share it here. Take a ...

News: Music Industry

Video: Real-Time Music Criticism on Youtube

December 15, 2010

HowToListenToMusic provides a glimpse into how real-time music criticism might work. This critic has taken to PowerPoint like slides that analyze the song while we listen. It was enough to make me listen to Ke$ha's “Your Love Is My Drug" against my will, asI grew curious as to what they'll say. The reviewer is semi-serious, with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Two Jazz Shows at Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge on Friday, December 17

December 15, 2010

Jazz pianist and composer Kevin Harris and his trio—known as the Kevin Harris Project—perform at the Jazz Club of the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Harris is a gifted composer whose influences range from Thelonius Monk and Keith Jarrett to ...

News: Recording

In the Mood for James Moody

December 15, 2010

On hearing of the recent death of saxophonist and flutist James Moody, many casual jazz listeners may be seeking out his music for the first time. One of my personal favorite albums of his is At the Jazz Workshop (GRP, 1961), recorded here in San Francisco, which I believe serves as a wonderful sampling of Moody's ...

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News: Video / DVD

John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard Again!

December 15, 2010

The group here showcases the new territory explored by Coltrane—with Trane himself on tenor, soprano, and a bit of bass clarinet (echoing earlier Dolphy), plus Pharoah Sanders on additional tenor, Alice Coltrane on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Rasheid Ali on drums. Click here for complete review.

News: Award / Grant

The Best of 2010: It's About That Time

December 15, 2010

By Pico Like mistletoe and egg nog, the “Best Of" lists has become a holiday tradition here. 2010 has been a very good year at Something Else, and not just because we got to listen to a lot of swell tuneskis: we added to our ranks someone whose writing we've admired from afar for a long ...

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News: Recording

Forgotten Series: Lucinda Williams - Essence (2001)

December 15, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Lucinda Williams brings a brave, riveting vulnerability to Essence—and, for me, it's her masterpiece. Yet you are more apt to find it in the big-box department-store cutout bin than at the top of most people's desert-island lists. Perhaps the sensual melancholy of Essence was too personal, maybe it held too much dark intrigue. ...