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  • Hear Skrillex's Spring Breakers Soundtrack, Plus Albums From Clinic, KEN mode, and Deptford Goth

    Mar 6

    Harmony Korine's new film Spring Breakers features a score by Skrillex and composer Cliff Martinez (Drive). The soundtrack album, which is out digitally March 12 and physically March 19 via Big Beat/Atlantic, also features tracks by Gucci Mane (who stars in the film) Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, and Rick Ross. Oh yeah, and James Franco is on a track, too. Listen to the Spring Breakers soundtrack right now on Pitchfork Advance, our new immersive music streaming platform designed to emulate the...

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  • Baths Announces New Album Obsidian, Shares Track "Miasma Sky", Tours With the Postal Service

    Mar 6

    Baths: "Miasma Sky" on SoundCloud. Will Wiesenfeld is back with a new Baths album. Obsidian is the follow up to 2010's Cerulean, and it's out May 28 via Anticon. That up there is the album cover, plus "Miasma Sky", the first track he's sharing from the new LP.  In an interview with Pitchfork's Ian Cohen earlier this year, Wiesenfeld described Obsidian as darker, yet more pop and more hi-fi than his previous efforts. He also noted that he wrote the songs on the new album with the...

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  • Bands: Stop Using Flash On Your Website

    Mar 6

    Flash was once a hugely popular platform used to create streaming audio and video players, animations, and other multimedia content for websites. Now, its popularity is waning, as it struggles for relevance in a more mobile world. When reviewing websites for Bandzoogle at music conferences, I still see many artists using Flash widgets for important content on their sites, like music players, videos, and even for things like show calendars, bios, and press kits. If you’re an artist and use...

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  • CD Baby Partners with Shazam, the World’s Most Popular Music Discovery Mobile App

    Mar 6

    How to get your music on Shazam Exciting news: CD Baby is the first major independent music aggregator to partner with Shazam— and, more importantly, music by CD Baby artists can now be discovered using Shazam’s popular music IDing app. You know Shazam, right? It’s a magical mobile app available for iPhones, iPads, Droids, etc. How Shazam works: if you’re curious about a song that’s playing (in a bar, cafe, restaurant, car, etc.),  you just hold your phone or tablet up to the music source...

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  • Publishing And Selling Cover Tracks As Remixes

    Mar 5

    By Dan Adler (@EDM_Hero) of the indie EDM business blog EDM Hero. You’re interested in making a remix of a track you don’t own, and the original artist or record label is likely way too big to listen to a humble request to remix their track from a little indie producer like you. What do you do? How can you publish a remix, what exactly CAN you remix, how can you do it fully legally, how can you sell it, and what are the risks associated with going the bootleg route? First of all, there...

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  • Watch the Sci-Fi Video for Chvrches' "Recover"

    Mar 6

    Here's the polished new video for Glasgow synth-pop act Chvrches' "Recover", the excellent single from their upcoming EP of the same name (out March 25 in the UK and March 26 in the U.S. via Glassnote). It's a sci-fi clip not unworthy of a scene in Prometheus.  Read our recent interview with the trio here, and watch the clip below, via SPIN.

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  • Another Direct Payment Deal For Clear Channel: eOne Music

    Mar 6

    Radio giant Clear Channel today announced a direct deal with independent label, distributor and marketer Entertainment One Music to share revenue from digital and terrestrial radio. eOne's music library includes more than 45,000 tracks from DJ Drama, Faith Evans, Pop Evil, Jake Miller, Black Label Society, Joe Budden and others. Depending on your point of view, its either another blow to collective digital bargaining and collection, or an innovative way to help internet radio become...

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  • Listen: First Track From M83's Score for the Tom Cruise Film Oblivion: "Starwaves"

    Mar 6

    As mentioned last summer, M83's Anthony Gonzalez has scored the upcoming Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi film Oblivion. Now, he's shared its first piece of music, "StarWaves", via Rolling Stone. According to Rolling Stone, Gonzalez collaborated with Joseph Trapanese on the soundtrack; Trapanese previously collaborated with Daft Punk on the soundtrack to Tron: Legacy. M83 recorded a new track for the film as well, featuring the Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør. Oblivion is out April 19 with its...

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  • "Has Your Music Been Featured In The NY Times?" A Look At Automated Music Submission Services

    Mar 6

    There are many musicians that have been preyed upon by businesses. James Moore suggests staying away from one type of service in particular: automated music submission services. He believes that many of the services are misleading and has tested Beatwire. Read his thoughts about the service and other cautions he has for musicians on Music Think Tank. “Most musicians desire success, and the companies who know this take serious advantage of that fact, saying “Send your press release to us and...

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  • Listen: Danny Brown Disses MTV's "Hottest MC" List With New Track "#HottestMC"

    Mar 6

    Photo by Colin Kerrigan Danny Brown: "#HottestMC" on SoundCloud. Danny Brown has recorded a new one-off track in response to MTV's annual "Hottest MC" countdown, decrying big-ticket stars with a lot of money but "cheap rhymes". "Fuck a top 10 list ... nigga im the Greatest Rapper Ever," he wrote on Twitter. But what if Danny makes the list when MTV reveals its top 5 tomorrow? You never know. Listen to the Harry Fraud-produced song, which will not appear on his upcoming album Old,...

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