Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy For Success, Pledge To Stay Indie
One of the breakout indie bands of 2008 was Sub Pop's Fleet Foxes, and the band openly credits online piracy for providing both inspiration and a promotional boost for its. Continue reading
eMusic CEO Blames Indie Labels For Price Increase
When eMusic recently added major label Sony to its previously indie only music subscription service, it also increased prices per download. Still cheaper than iTunes and others, the reaction from. Continue reading
Video Interview: Ex- Judas Priest Rob Halford On His Record Label, New Band & More
Virgil Dickerson interviews Rob Halford, former lead singer of Judas Priest and current God of Metal who talks about NARM, his record label and what he has been up to.. Continue reading
Distributor Traffic Entertainment Taps The Orchard
(EXCLUSIVE) Massachusetts based music and video distributor Traffic Entertainment has moved to The Orchard for both digital and physical distribution, Christian Hedlund of Traffic and The Orchard's head of Physical. Continue reading
What Will A Record Label Look Like In 5 Years?
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Martin J. Thörnkvist is a music industry thinker and strategist who operates indie label Songs I Wish I'd Written and is one of the. Continue reading
Virgil’s Headed To NARM. Are You?
The Ongoing Adventures Of An Indie Entrepreneur Intrepid indie maven (Suburban Home, Vinyl Collective) and Hypebot columnist (You Can Always Go Back to School), Virgil Dickerson is packing his bags. Continue reading
Assembly Of Dust Offers Half Of Album Free
The new studio album by Assembly of Dust "Some Assembly Required" features guest artists on every track and is being promoted by free weekly downloads. The band will give away. Continue reading
iLike Grabs Exclusive Sonic Youth Advance
Indie rock pioneers Sonic Youth will debut their not yet released album, The Eternal, exclusively on iLike starting today. The week long online listening party is part of the pre-release. Continue reading
A2IM Elects Three To Board Of Directors
A2IM, the American Association of Independent Music, has announced the results of their 2009 Board of Directors elections as voted by theirlabel membership. New members are: Glen Barros (President, Concord. Continue reading
INgrooves Adds Physical Distribution With New #1 Crystal Method Release
Digital distributor INgrooves has added physical distribution to it offering with the new Crystal Method album "Divided By Night" released on May 12th. In its first week of release, the. Continue reading
Interview: CIMS’ Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) recently launched their ThinkIndie online download store. The site was conceived as an answer to the revenue lost to iTunes by independent brick. Continue reading
