independent music News Archive

01-Aug-2008

 

  • RECENT ITEMSť (Filter Magazine)
    If you're itching to hear the new Walkmen album and would like to help battle cancer, well then keep reading. The New York five-piece have joined forces with Amie Street , an independent music online marketplace, for a three-week early release of You & Me for just $5, with all proceeds going to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center .


  • Rap concert benefitting Boys & Girls Club (Abilene Reporter-News)
    Independent rap and R&B is emerging on the Abilene music scene.


  • On the Bus, and Off It: The Initiation of a Young Rock Impresario (New York Times)
    For Sean Carlson, taking his independent music festival on tour was a chance to have fun, to make his name and, he hoped, to leapfrog to the next level of the music world.


  • Morninglory Music in Santa Barbara to close for good after 38 years (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
    The folks at the independent music retailer say August 25 will feel like "the day the music died."


  • Exotic Erotic Ball Partners With Sonicbids to Offer 3 Prime Gigs to Indie Bands (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
    The 29th annual Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, the internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fetish, and Fantasy, and -- according to E! Entertainment TV -- "The World's #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party," has renewed its longstanding commitment to promoting independent music by offering three prime-time, full-paying gigs exclusively to Independent bands through an alliance with Sonicbids. The ...


  • Singer uses dramatic past, soulful voice to connect (The Pantagraph)
    "Listen, I'm the one you're gonna want in the foxhole with you," advises Janiva Magness, one of the headliners for this weekend's Seventh Annual Nothin' But the Blues Festival.


  • KOCH Records/Doggy Style Records to Release Debut Album From Emerging West Coast Rap Group Dubb Union (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
    KOCH Records and Doggy Style Records proudly announce the release of the debut album from emerging West Coast rap group Dubb Union. The album titled "Snoop Dogg Presents Dubb Union" hits stores everywhere on September 2, 2008 and features appearances by Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt, Dion, BJ, Traci Nelson and Uncle Chucc.


  • Making it to the 'big leagues' Lawrence teen accepted into elite music program (The Eagle-Tribune)
    LAWRENCE ? Berklee College of Music, the world's largest institution for independent music, has a reputation for being a highly competitive school that accepts only the most qualified of musicians into its programs of study.


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