Today eMusic launched a full site redesign incorporating a whole big bunch of social media tools. From the release:
Beginning today, eMusic customers will not only see album information and tracklisting on the page, they will see imported content from YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia for the artist whose music they are exploring.
It also includes Flickr […]

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Today marks the US debut of Black Kids new album, Partie Traumatic.
Stream the entire album here.
If you missed their Minneapolis gig in May, well..you suck. Try Letterman on Thursday.

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Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride loves him some Yoga. In fact, he loves it so much, he’s re-launching Nutone Records with a fix on “music from the realm of devotional chant, world beat and beyond…a new genre within today’s musical landscape.” More info here.
The newest members of the Nutone roster […]

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The first “official” record by the entire Doomtree crew — a self-titled monster boasting 21 tracks and featuring all nine members of Minneapolis’ own hip-hop collective — comes out July 29.
The CD Release Party is set for Friday, August 1 with I Self Devine and Kill the Vultures at First Avenue.

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Reunited pop/rock group Sixpence None The Richer is prepping for first Christmas album, The Dawn of Grace, to be released Oct. 14th, but they’re sharing “Angels We Have Heard on High” now.
Because you know, it’s 10 p.m. in Minneapolis right now, and it’s still 80 degrees.
Sixpence None the Richer : “Angels We Have Heard on […]

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I got an e-mail from the folks behind BetterThantheVan.com and checked it out:
We wanted to make a very simple site that allows bands to meet fans and bands to meet bands for a practical purpose. You can join the site for free as either “offering a place…” or “needing a place…” to stay. Bands can […]

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Check out the first single from The Faint’s upcoming album, Fasciinatiion (Label: blank.wav), out August 5th here.
As one of only five bands for which I get tour alert e-mails from Pollstar, I CANNOT BELIEVE the Omaha band known for their energetic, multimedia live shows are skipping Minneapolis on their huge tour:
July

27 Des Moines, […]

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Psyche-indie pop band Sunny Day Sets Fire, whom we first told you about last February, teamed up with 10 different directors to create a series of 10 brand new videos in anticipation of the July 8 release of their debut LP, Summer Palace.
Each video showcases the director’s interpretation of a different song off of […]

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To celebrate the launch of Counting Crows‘ summer tour, the band is using the tried and true poster design contest tactic, with the winning prize being a poster printed and sold on tour.
There are three rules:

The poster must be 18″x24″ portrait or landscape.
Your artwork must be at least 300 DPI and be transmitted through the […]

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You may already be familiar with Podington Bear, a solo artist who releases a new song every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in podcast form. In 2007 he set out to create three songs a week for a year.
Along the way he ended up licensing tracks to Rocketboom, This American Life and Paul Frank. It’s good […]

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