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Music promotion, PR, and marketing is an ever-evolving beast. There’s always a new “thing” or avenue with which musicians and labels latch onto as the new and most effective way to promote an artist or event, and that new avenue almost always comes with gatekeepers and tastemakers who make the ...Continue reading  » Read More

Recently, the Beatport Group marked a significant shift in its leadership, promoting Matt Gralen to President and Helen Sartory to Chief Revenue Officer. This strategic move reflects Beatport's commitment to expanding its horizons and cementing its place as a pivotal player in the global music ...Continue reading  » Read More

Marco and Giampaolo "Jack" Parisi, the Italian brothers behind PARISI, are set to dazzle a packed audience with their exhilarating performance alongside Mathame. Their journey, deeply connected with the innovative Seaboard, is more than a tale of musical evolution; it celebrates boundless ...Continue reading  » Read More

"Content is king..."  "Your music must be more than sound..." "Successful artists must wear many hats..." These are all phrases and nuggets of wisdom we've heard repeatedly. Still, they set an impossible standard for anyone trying to move the needle in the competitive music industry, ...Continue reading  » Read More

Suffering through shitty unpaid gigs doesn’t necessarily build character, but it can at least provide some perspective (or some enduring inside jokes) for bands who make it out of that phase. During Infant Island’s own infancy as a “DIY band of broke motherfuckers,” guitarist Alex Rudeinshold convinced his mates to participate in a University of Mary Washington talent show,  » Read More

There’s been talk of an Amy Winehouse biopic for years; it honestly started not long after her death in 2011. In 2015, the same year that the Oscar-winning Asif Kapadia documentary Amy came out, Noomi Rapace was in the running to play Winehouse in a movie.  » Read More

Last year, shoegaze pioneers Slowdive released everything is alive, their first album in five years. Their peers Drop Nineteens returned with Hard Light, their first LP in thirty years. Today, to join the revival of the fuzzy genre, Ride are announcing Interplay,  » Read More

London-based quartet Whitelands are gearing up for their opening slot on Slowdive’s UK tour next month. Today, they announced their debut album Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day and shared the single “Tell Me About It,” which has guest vocals from Dottie of fellow UK dream pop act deary.  » Read More

Boy George’s memoir Karma is out stateside this week, and in the book the English musician recounts a negative experience he had with Janet Jackson back in the ’80s. “When it comes to me and Janet, let’s wait a while,” he wrote before going into detail about meeting her “without my face on.”  » Read More