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It’s Internet Week 2012. Here Are Some New Beastie Boys Stats
Musicmetric of London sent us an early morning Monday message stating that they’ve handily put together stats on the online interest and response to Beastie Boys (RIP MCA) for the last week. Here’s the breakdown…
Good Morning, You Are Now Suing Apple
This morning I’ve received a delightful notice with the subject line “In re Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation“, oh stand still my beating heart, this is quite preferable to those emails that someone is suing me. The gist of the note is about a class action lawsuit against Apple that is currently going forward in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The “class” is all of those who have owned an iPod between a 2006 and 2009, and the crux of the argument of the “class” is that when Apple released a software update in 2006 that would only allow users to use their iPod with music purchased from iTunes (also an Apple product in case you are reading about this world for the first time) thereby effectively resetting the part of your music library that was not purchased directly from Apple…
Seattle Rapper Katie Kate’s “Uh…No” Video Premiered Today
She’s a classically-trained pianist turned a one-woman dynamo rapper with a sassy smirk and contradictory charm. Rapper Katie Kate’s got stark lyrics and a swagger that works so well in this black and white video for song “Uh…No”.
Twin Shadow to Release ‘Confess’ on 4AD; North American Tour Follows July Through September
Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis Jr., will release his second album, ‘Confess’, on July 10th via 4AD, with his “Ton Up” North American Tour to follow from mid-July through September.
Now Streaming: CocoRosie’s “We Are On Fire”
Following on the announcement of their single’s album art and tour dates, CocoRosie goes live with their track “We Are On Fire.”
Iceage Side Project Vår Releases Video; Play First US Show at Northside Festival June 17th
The project can be described as haunting, lo-fi electro with a limitless, multimedia angle. Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt and Loke Rahbek of Sexdrome, co-owner of Posh Isolation, is Vår, once known as Danish duo WAR.
Dynasty Electric Screens “Eye Wide Open” Video at Norwood; Album to be Released June 24th
Electro future-pop NYC duo Dynasty Electric, fronted by the compelling and colorful Jenny Electrik and featuring the instrumentation and production of Seth Misterka, unveiled the video for their single “Eye Wide Open” on Tuesday night at the swanky members-only club, Norwood.
Tom Vek’s Latest Track, “You’ll Stay” Posted Today
London’s “say it as it is” prolific one-man band/musician Tom Vek has just released a blunt beauty of a track, “You’ll Stay”.
THEE…NESS an evening with Genesis Breyer P-orridge and Morrison Edley
We recently met up with one our very favorite counter-culture icons, Genesis Breyer P-orridge, to glimpse her latest visual pieces, on display at the Lower East Side boutique, Salvor Projects. The party was thrown by Salvor in conjunction with Invisible Exports and idontlikemondays.us (whose creatively-charged PR empress, Sarah Maurer, worked the eventually too-crowded floor with impressive ease). Besides the most beautiful woman in the world and her Psychic TV co-member and dj partner, the illustrious Morrison Edley, spinning a perfect set of industrial to psych to acid music on into the night…
Blood Orange Debuts “Champagne Coast” Video in NYT and it’s Awe-Inspiring
Not only does Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, have the voice of an angel, he also has amazing future-perfect taste, as you can see from his latest video for the song “Champagne Coast”.
