Killing Itself To Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It’s Own Demise

Killing Itself To Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It’s Own Demise WORLD WIDE WEB (Hypebot) – Throwaway culture, while, perhaps, not limited to commercialized music, appears to stem from highly and quickly popularized songs that are file-shared and listened to for a short period of time. And are, then, later deleted or ‘disposed of’ [...]

Concert Stage Collapse in Russia

Stage Collapse Puts Kibosh On Siberian Metal NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that a stage collapse forced the cancellation of the June 20th stop of the Scorpions tour in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The collapse reportedly occurred mere hours before the start of the sold-out festival that was [...]

Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy For Success, Pledge To Stay Indie

Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy For Success, Pledge To Stay Indie SEATTLE (Hypebot) – 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 200K+ selling debut album. As much music as musicians can hear, that [...]

Phil Spector Sentenced to 19 Years

Spector (AP) Spector Gets 19 Years LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years ago, Phil Spector was barely a blip on the American celebrity radar screen. Although his music lived on, his name and face were only dimly recalled by rock music aficionados until a shooting at his Alhambra mansion propelled him to notoriety. Now he [...]