Recording a record can be a costly endeavor. Finding a studio that can create a great sounding product is easier and cheaper than ever but long studio hours and hiring additional musicians can add up. This expense can stop some artists from putting out music that fans may be waiting for. Even bands with multiple [...]

If you love live music you should do yourself a favor and download the Bandsintown app. It’s a pretty slick app that scans your music library or Pandora and Last.fm and looks for live shows in your area by artists in your playlists. You can track specific artists or let the app suggest artists based [...]

Here are a few of our favorite albums from 2011… The Dears – Degeneration Street I’ve been a moderate fan of the Dears for a while but they never really grabbed me until this album. Lots of great tracks – in particular Blood really gets me going. Tiny Man is quite excellent also. Peter, Bjorn [...]

I just came across this great interview with John Grady from Crush Management, Nashville. Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin, talks to John about his history in the music industry, the current state of the business and on developing young artists. Crush Management represents the likes of Fall Out Boy, Train, Panic at the Disco, Wavves [...]

Properly applied, a thick layer of reverb can really set a mood. Dense, lethargic and psychedelic with a pulsating groove, like the part of a movie soundtrack where the protagonist visits an opium den and journeys to another perceptual realm. That’s the vibe of exactly half of the 4-song HoZac 7″ from The Band in [...]