Archive for the ‘ Week In Review ’ Category
[via] Music News Hypebot reports the latest study results on teen’s relationship with music and piracy, this time from the UK. Ben Hewitt has a chat with FRS hero Peter Hook. “That was the wonderful thing about Joy Division. From its inception to its demise, we never earned a single penny. We started it broke [ READ MORE ]
Music News Kyle Bylin explains why I find music so disposable these days. Also makes frequent and distracting use of italics and bold type. The Stranger notes albums are getting shorter. Anyone who has tried to listen to a recent Manic Street Preachers album in one sitting will agree this is a positive development. Captain [ READ MORE ]
Music A bad week for dead tree music journalism as Christopher Weingarten said it’s dead (read Andy’s excellent analysis here as a companion piece), ex-Blender writer Jonah Weiner said it’s dead, and John Vanderslice not only said it’s dead, but also said he’s not authorizing any print advertising and is now relying on mp3 blogs [ READ MORE ]