With the almost frightening popularity of mobile ringtones, it was clearly only a matter of time before a company stepped up to the plate and enabled musicians to profit off the trend. Pocket Fuzz allows anybody to upload an MP3…
Continue Reading →Podbop is a neat little utility that lets you type in a city and get band listings with MP3's of groups that are playing shows in your area. Right now the database is fairly small, with only 1622 artists and…
Continue Reading →Think you've got a hit? Need a quick and easy distribution outlet on to the iTunes music stores in US, Canada, Japan, The U.K., Europe, and Australia? TuneCore seems to have a pretty nifty service that lets you get your…
Continue Reading →In honor of all things Ben Gibbard (Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie) related, I have to mention the new single, "Grow Old with Me", Postal Service has written for Amnesty International's Make Some Noise campaign. In classic Postal Service…
Continue Reading →Since it's Valentines day and all I figured I had to have at least one Valentine-related post. L.A. based design studio Exopolis created a homage to the old school mix tapes people used to make for each other on Valentines…
Continue Reading →Curious George opens today, and although I've loved that little monkey since I was 3, I am much more excited about the soundtrack to the film, Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies, which I picked up yesterday. Written and sung by Jack Johnson,…
Continue Reading →Uncrate has been doing a fairly good job with their music section lately. They have the patience to sit through shows like The O.C. and listen for the good tunes, something I can't bring myself to do. Thanks for not…
Continue Reading →I've been listening to just about everything that involves Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service front man Ben Gibbard. This is nothing new, but last week I got turned on to the CD "Nothing's Lost" by Beglian-based electronic group…
Continue Reading →Leading indie hip-hop label Stone Throw Records isn't new or anything, but I wanted to mention it because of something that I noticed on their website. Look below the giant '10' logo (congrats on the 10 year anniversary, guys!) on…
Continue Reading →I wouldn't have ever imagined that the instrumentals from artists like INXS, Eurythmics, Aha, and Def Leppard would ever blend so well with lyrics from 50 Cent. Dj Swindle kicks off 2006 with a mash-up that pits 50 Cent against…
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