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  • Dâm-Funk to Release New Single, Drum Machine

    Aug 27

    Tomorrow, August 28, synth-funk wizard Dâm-Funk will release a new 12" "maxi-single", I Don't Wanna Be a Star, via Stones Throw. Above, listen to a cut from that release, a cover of Prince's "17 Days".On the same day, Dâm and Bleep Labs (who designed Neon Indian's neato pocket synth tied in with the release of Era Extraña last year) will release the Dam-Drum, a handheld drum machine and sequencer featuring sounds selected by Dâm himself. Check out more info about the drum machine here, and...

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  • Fresh Off Spin Magaizne Purchase, BUZZMEDIA Buys 4 Top Punk Rock Sites

    Aug 27

    With music magazines shutting down and music sites rolling up, is music journalism loosing the diversity and independence that fans expect? Today, BUZZMMEDIA which recently acquired Spin Magazine, added four punk rock sites including Under The Gun Review, Alter The Press! and PropertyOfZack to their expanding online music portfolio. The three will be rolled into BUZZ's top rated AbsolutePunk. The company also just acquired Punknews.org, and will include it as part of a new online punk music...

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  • Watch Crystal Castles Perform New Song "Wrath of God" at Reading Fest, Plus More Album Info

    Aug 27

    Photo by Ryan Muir Crystal Castles have a new album on the way this fall, and a tour to accompany it. They've already unveiled one new song that could be on the LP, "Plague", and now video has surfaced of the duo performing another new one, "Wrath of God", at the Reading Festival this past weekend in Reading, England. Watch that below. In addition, the band has provided some more new info about the record. "Oppression is a theme, in general… A lot of bad things have happened to people close...

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  • Onesheet Expands To Become LinkedIn For Music & Entertainment Industry

    Aug 27

    Onesheet has announced today a major expansion for their artist profiles. While the current pages are simple, easy to set up and automatically managed to pull in content from all over the web, the company feels they can work better as a professional profile – a place where LinkedIn may fall short for musicians and where artists can be professionally represented and connected. This new Onesheet will be a place for musicians to list the projects they’ve worked on, the people that...

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  • Kanye West Gets "Stronger" Lawsuit Dismissed Thanks to Friedrich Nietzsche and Kelly Clarkson

    Aug 27

    Photo by Rodrigo Ferrari In 2010, Kanye West was sued by musician Vincent Peters over a copyright dispute regarding similarities between West's Graduation single "Stronger" and a song that Peters had sent John Monopoly, a business associate of West, back in 2006. Last year, a federal judge dismissed the claims, so Peters filed an appeal. As part of their fight against the appeal, Kanye's legal counsel referenced the works of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose maxim "that which does not...

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  • Promote Your Music with YouTube Playlists

    Aug 27

    A YouTube playlist is a group of videos that play in succession. If you have a YouTube account, you can create a playlist and add any video on YouTube to that playlist, not just your own video content. This comes in handy when multiple people have uploaded content that relates to your band (concert footage, interviews, mini-documentaries, etc.) and you want to herd it all together for fans. When the viewer plays a video from within a playlist, the rest of the videos are displayed in a queue...

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  • New Research From BandsInTown Profiles Today's Social Concertgoer

    Aug 27

    Facebook concert discovery application Bandsintown recently commissioned the research firm Insight Strategy Group to study the behavior of concertgoers nationwide and identify trends in how they kept informed of live music events. The online survey polled around 1,800 music “enthusiasts” (defined as people who have paid to see live music in the past year) ages 16-59 that are active Internet and Facebook users, and the research aimed to explore musical engagements that uncover genre...

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  • Baroness Members Released From Hospital, All Future Shows Canceled

    Aug 27

    Baroness hospital photo via Facebook Baroness have posted another Facebook update regarding their recovery from their August 15 bus crash in England. Guitarist/vocalist John Baizley has now been released from the hospital; drummer Allen Blickle and bassist Matt Maggioni have returned to the U.S. (Guitarist/vocalist Pete Adams was released August 16.) The band added that all 2012 tour dates have been canceled. Here are the canceled dates: 08-29 Brooklyn, NY - House of Vans 09-01-02 Los...

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  • Neil Young and Crazy Horse Announce Second New Album of the Year, Psychedelic Pill

    Aug 27

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced an October release for their first album of new original material since 2003, a double album titled Psychedelic Pill, as Rolling Stone reports. According to a news update on the band's website (the "Neil Young Times"), the album was recorded just following the band's covers record, Americana, which was released in June. It will be available on 2xCD, 3xLP, download, and Blu-ray formats, with videos coming to accompany each track. On Psychedelic...

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  • The DIY Daily Podcast #197 - August 27, 2012

    Aug 27

    Today's Topic: Seven Powerful Ways How 'The Alchemist' Can Change Your Life. Today's Featured Song of the Week is Letting Me Down Again from the band Black Tea House, from Melbourne, Australia. Visit Black Tea House online at www.blackteahouse.com.

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