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  • New all ages venue added in Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Place. "A staple in Des Moines' Sherman Hill...

    Jan 7

    New all ages venue added in Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Place. "A staple in Des Moines' Sherman Hill neighborhood, Hoyt Sherman Place offers a unique and intimate setting for concerts, theater productions, dance recitals, comedians, authors, and speakers." All genres welcome: http://ow.ly/gBOBI Indie on the Move » Hoyt Sherman Place

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  • Tyondai Braxton to Debut New Work This Spring, Including Multimedia HIVE Piece

    Jan 7

    On March 21, former Battles member Tyondai Braxton will premiere a new multimedia project, HIVE, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Braxton will play new compositions featuring modular synthesizer, sound design, and acoustic instrumentation alongside musician Ben Vida (Soft Circle, Bird Show) and percussionists Yuri Yamashita, Jared Soldiviero, and John Ostrowski. Each artist will perform atop a massive HIVE pod platform, designed and fabricated with Danish architect Uffe Surland Van...

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  • Welcome to Pitchfork Advance, a New Immersive Platform for Pre-Release Album Streaming

    Jan 7

    Pitchfork is happy to announce the launch of Pitchfork Advance, an immersive music streaming platform designed to emulate the classic album experience. Pitchfork Advance showcases an interactive listening environment featuring pre-release albums streams with dynamic graphics and a host of tools that will allow fans to engage with album art, lyrics, credits, track listings, artist info, and more while they listen. Pitchfork Advance debuts today with a stream of the Yo La Tengo album Fade,...

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  • The DIY Daily Podcast #282 - January 7, 2013

    Jan 7

    Today I talk about: Why fear helps you create kick-ass work + 8 Ways to Simplify the Pursuit of Happiness Listen and/or Download here: Today's Featured Song of the Week is "The Little Things", from Delbert and the Commotions. Visit them online at: www.delbertandthecommotions.com.

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  • Joey Bada$$ Teams With DJ Premier for Single for Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound

    Jan 7

    New York rapper Joey Bada$$ has partnered with Mountain Dew's record label, Green Label Sound, for a new single, out January 14. The track, titled "Unorthodox" and produced by DJ Premier, will be available to download at Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound website for free on its release date. (That's also the week of Joey's 18th birthday.) Check out a clip featuring Joey and DJ Premier at Premier's HeadQcourterz Studio in New York, in which they discuss influences and the creative process behind...

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  • Renman Live! Tom Kelly Broadcast – Monday, Jan 7th.

    Jan 7

    Renman Live is back ringing in the New Year on Monday, January 7th. We start things off with acclaimed songwriter, Tom Kelly, as we delve into “Songs, Songs, Songs…” Week!

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  • Creating Great Music on a Budget

    Jan 7

    [This article was written by guest contributor Jenny Beswick of dv247.com.] Affordable home recording and music production Let’s be honest; most of us dream of being big music stars or rock guitar legends. It’s an awesome career: not only do you get to party exceedingly, you also get to change your passport to read “rock god.” Sadly, it’s a killer industry to break into. For every talent discovered on YouTube (like Justin Beiber) you have thousands of others trying to just get noticed. For...

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  • BandsInTown Partners With Musician Logistics & Accounting Platform Eventric

    Jan 7

    Eventric's Master Tour app has just been upgraded to include compatibility with popular concert notification platform Bandsintown. Eventric's platform is used by 10,000+ artists including The Black Keys and Owl City to manage and communicate schedules, logistics, and accounting for bands on the road.  FREE WEBINAR: Death Cab for Cutie’s manager, Mahina Gannet, will join Brian Carpizo (Eventric) and Alexis Rodich (Bandsintown) for a free live webinar on Thurs, January 10th at 2pm CST,...

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  • iHeartRadio Takes On Songza With Thousands Of "Perfect For" Streams

    Jan 7

    This morning Clear Channel announced a new iHeartRadio music streaming service called “Perfect For.” In addition to 1,500 live stations and Pandora like user-created streams, listeners can now use  “Perfect For” to browse a menu of streams by moods and activities customised for a particular day and time. iHeartRadio vs. Songza Mood and location based playlists have helped Amazon backed startup Songza grab a strong audience.  Now iHeartRadio is offering thousands of alternatives in a...

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  • Nile Rodgers Says New Daft Punk Coming This Year

    Jan 7

    Photo via Nile Rodgers' website If you want to track the progress of Daft Punk's forever-anticipated new album, the person to consult is disco-funk icon Nile Rodgers. Rodgers, who's working closely with the French duo on their new album, writes in a new blog post (via NME): "The next time I set foot in Japan, my collaboration with Daft Punk would have started to hit people's eardrums." Rodgers spent some time in Japan in 2012, and sounds as though he's planning to return this year. "No matter...

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