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News: Performance / Tour

Bee vs. Moth to Play Friday, October 8 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

September 9, 2010

Bee vs. Moth, an Austin-based “instrumental art rock combo" is coming to St. Louis to perform on Friday, October 8 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. The date is part of a Midwest tour supporting their new album Acronyms. The self-described “wild and brassy quintet" with “one foot in the world of jazz and creative improvisation, and ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #198: Theo Bleckmann

September 9, 2010

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is all by himself on his new solo recording, I Dwell In Possibility (Winter & Winter, 2010). In this interview, Bleckmann talks about why he wanted to record an album with only voice and toy instruments; how he approaches adapting the work of others; and the joys of feeling free to perform in ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Jerry Lee Lewis

September 9, 2010

Driving south out of Memphis on I-55 last Wednesday, I popped on Jerry Lee Lewis' new CD, Mean Old Man. Officially released yesterday, the album is a tour de force of little-known country and rock songs featuring Lewis on piano accompanied by a who's who of guests, including Mick Jagger, Merle Haggard, John Fogerty, Mavis Staples, ...

News: Recording

Weezer: Hurley Album Stream

September 9, 2010

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM NOW; HURLEY OUT EVERYWHERE SEPTEMBER 14 Weezer are now streaming their forthcoming new album, Hurley, in its entirety online at www.myspace.com/weezer. The album is currently available for pre- order at Epitaphstore.com, Amazon.com and iTunes.com and will be released everywhere on Sept. 14. The latest addition to Weezer's catalog features a much talked about ...

News: Award / Grant

Devo Win Moog Innovation Award at Moogfest 2010

September 9, 2010

AWARD TO BE PRESENTED AT MOOGFEST, OCTOBER 29-31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC The Moog Innovation Award celebrates pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog. Moog Music would like to congratulate DEVO on being the 2010 recipient of The Moog Innovation Award, to be presented to the band during MoogFest 2010 weekend, ...

News: TV / Film

Rush: 2112 and Moving Pictures in Classic Albums Series

September 9, 2010

VH1 CLASSIC BROADCAST AIRING SEPTEMBER 8 AT 9:30 PM AND SEPTEMBER 9 AT 8:30 AM AND 12:30 PM The latest edition of the award-winning Classic Albums series tackles not one, but TWO epic albums from progressive rock powerhouse Rush. Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures Classic Albums will be simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-ray via Eagle ...

News: Technology

Myspace Adds User Generated Video Channels

September 9, 2010

MySpace has just added a new feature that enables the creation of shared video channel based on vdieo content they've created individually or through their network of friends. Powered by Redux, the channel is viewed from the MySpace activity stream and plays videos that the user or a friend has shared, selected as a favorite, uploaded, ...

News: Technology

Last.FM Introduces Listening Clock Feature

September 9, 2010

And Incorporates Time Into Music Recommendations. Music recommendation is fairly straightforward, at a time, when our consumption habits clearly aren't. The general, algorithmic approach takes the stance that users who played a song in accordance with another in high volume will likely enjoy a song that other users have voted as being most-relevant in the progression ...

News: Trends

Amiestreet Closure May Show Where Amazon Thinks Music Ownership is Headed

September 9, 2010

Amazon was an early investor in AmieStreet, Inc. which until today owned AmieStreet.com and still controls Songza.com. That it was decided to shut down AimeStreet, abandon its dynamic pricing model and concentrate on Songza, may say more about the internet giant's music strategy than it does about AmieStreet's business model. In fact, Amazon's purchase of AmieStreet.com ...

News: Music Industry

Devo Says This is "The Best Time to be in Music."

September 9, 2010

In this interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO, he declares that this is “the best time to be in music." Due to the expansive cultural diversity and explosion of choice, Mothersbaugh relishes in the new media landscape; he thinks that it's great that artists no longer need the record industry to tell them whether or not ...