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Home » music industry

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Posted inFilm

Vox Lux and The Mule present two very different responses to our nation’s ills

by Ben Sachs December 21, 2018August 18, 2021

While one finds only despair, the other argues that we’re still capable of kindness, despite the terrible things we do.

Posted inBlogs

Conductor James Levine accused of sexual misconduct during his time as Ravinia’s music director, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Jim DeRogatis asks why the music industry has given R. Kelly a free pass despite numerous sexual misconduct allegations.

Posted inBlogs

Matthew Santos on “The Interview Show”

by Mark Bazer February 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Singer-songwriter Matthew Santos stopped by “The Interview Show,” hosted by Mark Bazer at The Hideout, to perform and talk about his new CD (“This Burning Ship of Fools”) and more. PART ONE PART TWO

Posted inBlogs

Spotify, Soundcloud, and the web’s leaky music infrastructure

by Sasha Geffen November 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Taylor Swift just sold more than a million albums the same week she yanked all her music from Spotify. What’s the state of streaming for everyone else?

Mixtapes aren't just a rap thing anymore—they're beginning to reflect the diversity of pop music. Clockwise from top left, several artists who've had successful mixtapes recently: A$AP Rocky, Ryan Lewis & Macklemore, Jeremih, and Charli XCX.
Posted inMusic

Why mixtapes don’t hit the charts

by Miles Raymer May 30, 2013August 19, 2021

Billboard and the RIAA are ignoring mixtapes, which just happen to be outside music-industry control.

Young Chicago garage rockers Twin Peaks prove that old-fashioned music-biz wheeling and dealing still happens at SXSW.
Posted inMusic

Why South By?

by Miles Raymer March 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Given that South by Southwest’s influence is on the wane, should upstart bands still bother playing the festival?

Eleven-year-old Mae Yae Carter Ryan, whose voice has been compared to those of Mahalia Jackson and Sarah Vaughan
Posted inMusic

Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan

by Anne Ford March 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Eleven-year-old Mae Ya Carter Ryan has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.

Posted inMusic

Still alive at five

by Miles Raymer September 8, 2011August 19, 2021

Permanent Records may not be permanent yet, but Lance Barresi and Liz Tooley are celebrating an anniversary that nobody would’ve guessed they’d see

Posted inBlogs

I wonder how many really send the money

by Monica Kendrick January 17, 2008August 19, 2021

Feeling bad about downloading music for free? Make amends to your favorite artists at Dear Rockers.

Posted inBlogs

Sub Pop shifts to “digital vinyl”

by Miles Raymer January 11, 2007August 19, 2021

Buy Sub Pop vinyl and download a free digital version.

Posted inBlogs

Plugging the leaks

by Miles Raymer November 13, 2006August 19, 2021

The death of the release date.

Posted inBlogs

Beck’s sticky wicket

by Miles Raymer October 10, 2006August 19, 2021

Beck can’t chart in the UK because he wants you to play with stickers.

Posted inNews & Politics

Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge

by Steve Albini January 27, 1994August 20, 2021

Bill Wyman: The opening paragraph of your Year-in-rock recap [Hitsville, January 7] is one of the most brilliant bits of ass-forward thought I’ve seen in years. If I read your heavily parenthetical English correctly, you are making the case that Liz Phair, Urge Overkill and the Smashing Pumpkins are somehow unique in rock music because they […]

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