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  • Blogs

    May 6, 2012

    Is vinyl still a viable format or as obsolete as pager technology in the age of smart phones?

    Today, the Denver Record Collectors Spring Expo is taking place at Ramada Plaza in Northglenn (I-25 and 120th). For a $2.00 admission, you can sort through a treasure trove of vinyl from over forty dealers from all over the country. While there will also be CDs, posters and other stuff available at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Review: The Darkness at Summit Music Hall, 2/16/12

    THE DARKNESS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 2/15/12If you are one of the four original members of The Darkness, a band that hit its peak in 2003 but never seemed to care, where in the set do you strategically place "I Believe In a Thing Called Love"? Saving your monster hit for last makes you a tease, but pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    The problems with SOPA and its sweeping side effects

    Remember that mixtape you made for your high-school sweetheart? Or that time you taped a movie off cable? Turns out you were breaking the law, pirating copyrighted materials without permission. While the statute of limitations has probably long passed on your crimes of teenage passion, entertainme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Pete Tong on twenty years at the BBC, relaunching FFRR and returning to Pacha

    ​Pete Tong (due at Beta this Saturday, October 15) has had a ridiculous year: In commemoration of holding down a slot at BBC Radio 1 for twenty years, he took over the station for twelve hours, plus he re-launched his Pacha residency in Ibiza and started a pool party residency in Vegas. We cau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Spotify finally launches in the U.S. What is it?

    ​It might not have been on purpose, but Spotify's constant delays in coming stateside have somehow managed to create an organic buzz for the streaming music service unlike anything that could have been done intentionally.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    R.I.P. Norio Ohga, the man who helped propel the music CD: a history of the technology

    ​Former Sony Corporation president Norio Ohga, the man widely attributed for pushing Sony into a new generation that led to the standardization of the Compact Disc format, passed away on Saturday from multiple organ failure. He was 81. While Ohga left Sony in 2000 to focus on music -- namely c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    What's killing the music industry? Auto-Tune? The Internet? American Idol? All of the above?

    ​The music industry has been marked for death for a long time now, but amazingly, nobody has managed to come up with a concrete reason as to why. Sure, it's easy to assign blame, but the real reason the music is dying is still a mystery to most people in the industry. Thankfully, plenty of sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    LimeWire shut down by permanent injunction

    ​Looking for WMAs of Third Eye Blind? You're going to have to look elsewhere. Effective immediately, LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, has gone the way of pagers, payphones and the Walkman. In 2006, the music industry filed a suit against the service for a "massive sca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    The French are fighting piracy in a new and interesting way, but could it work here?

    ​The French government has revealed a plan to combat piracy that could either be the most brilliant gesture ever or the most monumental waste of government resources of all time (okay, maybe not all time, but close). The proposal: French residents can buy a 50-euro gift card with which they ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2010

    Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder's Next Big Sound predict the next rock star?

    ​The French government has revealed a plan to combat piracy that could either be the most brilliant gesture ever or the most monumental waste of government resources of all time (okay, maybe not all time, but close). The proposal: French residents can buy a 50-euro gift card with which they ... More >>

  • Film

    September 30, 2010

    Who needs friends? Facebook's tumultuous infancy is exposed in The Social Network

    ​The French government has revealed a plan to combat piracy that could either be the most brilliant gesture ever or the most monumental waste of government resources of all time (okay, maybe not all time, but close). The proposal: French residents can buy a 50-euro gift card with which they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    It's 2010, and some members of the music industry still have no clue

    ​This magical Internet machine has been up and running for a while now, transmitting music from the ether to our ears using a mix of faerie dust and marketing panache. It seems, however, that there is still a decisive split on what this new mystery machine means for the future of music. You' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Five ways to stave off an iTunes store monopoly

    ​ With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we've been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    I Need That Record: The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store -- have you seen it yet? You should.

    In case you haven't gotten your quotient of feel-like-shit yet today, check out I Need That Record! website, a documentary about the death of independent record stores. For a limited time, you can stream the doc for free in its entirety on Pitchfork or you can purchase it directly for eleven buck ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Randall Frazier faced some Massive hurdles running an independent promotions firm

    ​Being in the music business is tough these days. Ask Randall Frazier, who, as reported yesterday, recently shuttered Massive Music America, a fairly successful independent promotions firm he launched in 2003. "The digital music/iPod world that we are now living in has greatly changed the music in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Metallica due at Pepsi Center on November 4

    ​Being in the music business is tough these days. Ask Randall Frazier, who, as reported yesterday, recently shuttered Massive Music America, a fairly successful independent promotions firm he launched in 2003. "The digital music/iPod world that we are now living in has greatly changed the music in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Ten Reasons Ween's Better Than Your Favorite Band

    ​Being in the music business is tough these days. Ask Randall Frazier, who, as reported yesterday, recently shuttered Massive Music America, a fairly successful independent promotions firm he launched in 2003. "The digital music/iPod world that we are now living in has greatly changed the music in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    The Disorienting Post Modernity of Rutlemania and Other Assorted Goodies

    ​Being in the music business is tough these days. Ask Randall Frazier, who, as reported yesterday, recently shuttered Massive Music America, a fairly successful independent promotions firm he launched in 2003. "The digital music/iPod world that we are now living in has greatly changed the music in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Q&A with Carbon/Silicon's Tony James

    ​Being in the music business is tough these days. Ask Randall Frazier, who, as reported yesterday, recently shuttered Massive Music America, a fairly successful independent promotions firm he launched in 2003. "The digital music/iPod world that we are now living in has greatly changed the music in ... More >>

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    Home Alone

    Suburban Home Records gets pilfered. Again.

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    Home Stand

    A decline in sales forces Suburban Home Records to scale back.

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Flow Boys

    It's a jet-set life for these college dropouts.

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Room & Board

    Riders rest easy on The Block.

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    Warming Trend

    At long last, Edith Frost is done chilling out.

  • Music

    January 29, 2004

    The Beatdown

    For your ears only: You can listen to the music, but by God, don’t share it.

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    The Beatdown

    The second coming of the Lord.

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    The Show(case) Must Go On!

    The second coming of the Lord.

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Consumer Aborts

    Don't look for DJ Spooky's new CD in his slot at the record store. It's not for sale.

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    The Evolution Control Committee

    Plagiarythm Nation (Evolution Controlled Creations/Seeland)

  • Music

    September 19, 2002

    Backwash

    In a single bound, Accidental Superhero leaps to the top of the MP3 charts.

  • Culture

    August 8, 2002

    Do the Math

    The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    The Great Beyond

    San Diego's Pinback moves from science fiction to oblivion without getting lost in space.

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    Enter the Zen Arcade

    After a stint in the limelight as a founder of Hüsker Dü, Grant Hart is content to be quiet, independent and alone.

  • Music

    January 10, 2002

    Graham Slams

    New-wave pioneer Graham Parker is still squeezing out the sparks.

  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    Industrial Revolution

    Napster's gone, but the record industry's copyright woes aren't.

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Strange but True

    From the penthouse to the outhouse, the highs and lows of 2000.

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    Backwash

    Hemi Cuda's new CD is thick and tasty.

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Limp Bizkit

    Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (Interscope)

  • Culture

    November 9, 2000

    Ransom Notes

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their “free” music?

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    Backwash

    Lawyers rock and roll.

  • Music

    August 17, 2000

    Mann in the Middle

    After her career blossomed anew with Magnolia, Aimee Mann made a declaration of artistic independence.

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Backwash

    The downfall of Napster is wussifying the Web.

  • Music

    June 15, 2000

    Brothers Keeper

    The demonic duo of Dean and Gene Ween returns with a new studio album -- and a refined take on a twisted past.

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