There has been much speculation surrounding Twitter’s purchase of We Are Hunted. It was a pretty good bet that Twitter was thinking about putting together their own music service. Well, they ended months of speculation today by revealing the service, as documented on ReadWrite: Twitter #Music Is Great For Artists; Less So For Fans. But, the review …
I’ve added a new feature to the site: Netlabel News. This is a new page that aggregates five publications from paper.li into a single page. Most of the publications update daily, but some update every 8-12 hours, so it’s good to check back often. It’s a great way to keep up to date on the …
I mentioned in a previous review that the whole genres as a marketing tool is very annoying to me. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the information for this release and saw that it marked ”indietronics”. I seriously wish we could put an end to the genre as a marketing method madness. Okai? Thx. Okay, setting aside my …
I have a generally leery attitude towards any release marked as being in the “lo-fi” genre. When I first encountered the genre, several artists had started by embracing the idea of returning to older recording methods, with minimal production to allow their music to speak for itself. However, as soon as their work had recognized, …
I have tried to decide what to do about Sunday. It seems like it is the perfect day to write something, but I really didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do. So, as I have thought about it, it’s just going to be a bunch of random notes and thoughts. The New CerebralRift …
Sergey Gabbasov is a Russian social anthropologist specializing in the Himalayan region. Under the moniker DubRaJah, he releases recordings in the genre he describes as “Roots Dub”. Some artists have been criticized for their attempts at fusing African and Asian styles into western dance music (for example, Toby Marks aka Banco de Gaia). Some critics feel …
