The News Review:
- Music Games for iPhone Give Artists New Spotlight
- Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
- Fewel Project: 421 – Music Review
- A Short Column About Music 12.19.08: The Jam – All Mod Cons
Music Games for iPhone Give Artists New Spotlight
New York Times United States
“We absolutely feel these games could be the next big Rock Band or Guitar Hero” said Cynthia Sexton a vice president at EMI Music worldwide. Sexton said she viewed the expansion into games and other outlets as a natural evolution of the music industry though that revelation was not necessarily an easy one. “For a moment we hid our heads in the sand and thought this was the end” she said. “But it’s not.
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Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
guardian.co.uk UK
13 GMT n-demand TV site Joost has signed a distribution deal with nine independent music labels and two major aggregators to boost the editorial content section of the service. The deal adds 18000 music videos live performances and interviews to the site including Lightspeed Champion and the Last Shadow Puppets from Domino Records Bad Religion and the ffspring from Epitaph and Plain White Ts and the Morning Light from Fearless Records. Dance music label Defected punk labels Hopeless and Victory world music label ESL hip hop specialists Stones Throw and the eclectic Sarathan Records from Seattle are also offering editorial content via Joost. In addition the site has partnered with music community site Last. fm specialist site 88HIPHP and video interview site Uncensored Interview. com for editorial content. The new deals will make content from most labels available worldwide though Epitaph Hopeless Fearless and Victory as well as the Last.
Fewel Project: 421 – Music Review
HotIndieNews.com NY
It’s a bit gray in that area. Doesn’t really matter as the first track “We Want ur wn State!” is just a mess and by mess I mean crap. It’s just simply bad annoying and irritating vocals as well as really horrible guitar work and a rattle? What is up with that? I expect uncleanness from Punk. I don’t know what this is it’s TRYING to be punk. I find myself Goddess help me not hating “Where Are The Bombs” too much at least when they get to the chorus. I’ll go out on a limb and say I think those poseur hippies in 8th grade will dig this stuff thinking they’re showing their support against Big Brother and I’m sorry to say they will be wrong.
A Short Column About Music 12.19.08: The Jam – All Mod Cons
411mania.com TX
The scene died down towards the end of the 1960s but reemerged a decade later with the Mod revival. The music of the Mod revival took the R&B inspired rock of the 1960s and combined it with punk and new wave as well as other influences like reggae and soul. While British punk music was creating a buzz in America the Mod revival bands didn’t make much of an impact across the pond; instead one such band became one the most popular rock bands in the country. The Jam developed into one of the great British groups of all-time with some amazing pop-rock songs and records. The band was formed in 1975 by guitarist Paul Weller along with bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler. They started out playing American rock music from the like of Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Eventually Weller would become influenced by the mod lifestyle and music most notably the works of The Kinks and The Who.