Is Transparency The Music Industry’s Next Battle?
A report on the music industry from Berklee College of Music offers recommendations for ensuring that royalties make it to their rightful owners.
Category: Music News
This Indie Record Label Is Charging Women Less Than Men — Because They Earn Less Than Men
Brett Lyman isn’t timid about calling himself a feminist. He’s openly identified as one since “always,” he says. “Who wouldn’t be…
Goodbye, Music Tuesday: Starting Today, Albums Come Out On Friday
Around the world, new albums will now be released on Fridays. While the change is meant to help keep music from leaking early online, it could create some new headaches for music sellers.
Wale Says He’s Working On A Go-Go Album With Tinashe, Chris Brown
No one could say that Wale, D.C.’s most successful rapper to date, has forgotten where he came from. The major-label artist out of…
Trillectro Announces 2015 Lineup, New Venue
The 2015 edition of D.C.-area hip-hop and electronic event Trillectro takes place Aug. 29, and today organizers announced its lineup…
D.C. Festival News: Trillectro Is Coming, In It Together Fest Announces More Bands
This post has been updated with more information from Trillectro co-organizer Modi Oyewole. This summer will bring the second edition…
The Cost Of Independence: Economics And Labor In DIY Music
The final installment in a series by punk musician David Combs, formerly Spoonboy, about issues facing DIY musicians. Read Part…
The Fort Reno Concert Series Is At Risk, Again
This post has been updated. Last year, new requirements from the National Park Service almost shelved the annual concert series…
Joe’s Record Paradise Is Moving (Again)
Joe’s Record Paradise, the vaunted Maryland record store that’s been in business since 1974, is moving out of its downtown…
Red Onion Records Is Relocating To U Street This Summer
D.C. record shop Red Onion Records is moving to U Street NW. Shop owner Josh Harkavy calls the cozy storefront at…
Welp, That’s Over: Makeshift Shelters Has Broken Up
“We’re breaking up because whatever.” And with that explanation from Makeshift Shelters bassist Phil Edfors, one of D.C.’s most promising…
Looking For D.C.’s Most Interesting Music? Try The Library.
Who’d have thought that the cutting edge of D.C. music could be found in a library? “Obviously, at first, music…
Apple’s New Music Streaming Service Under Antitrust Scrutiny
Investigators want to know if music companies are colluding with subscription services such as Apple Music to squeeze out free, ad-supported streaming.
Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85
The American jazz saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan at age 85.
Finally: A Tribute To Skywave, The Shoegaze Band Virginia Ignored
Northern Virginia wasn’t ready for Skywave. At least not from 1995 to 2003, when the noisy shoegaze trio was active…
Apple Announces Music Streaming Service
The tech giant, whose iTunes store is the recording industry’s largest retailer, finally unveiled its streaming service, which will cost $9.99 a month for unlimited access to music.
Daniel Bachman Wants You To Hear This Traditional Virginia Music
Guitarist Daniel Bachman comes from Fredericksburg, Virginia, a town known for its Civil War history and its biggest college, the…
A List Of Cultural References Ian Svenonius Made On ‘The Kojo Nnamdi Show’
WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi Show graciously gave D.C. instigator/autodidact Ian Svenonius an hour of airtime on Thursday to discuss rock…
Petition Calls For Dischord To Sign Foo Fighters, With Goal To Destroy Foo Fighters
This post has been updated with a comment from the petition’s owner, Grayson Currin. The petition started today has a…
D.C.-Area Rappers Shy Glizzy And GoldLink Make XXL’s ‘Freshman Class’
Every year, XXL publishes its Freshman Class issue, trumpeting what the magazine considers the most promising up-and-coming hip-hop artists —…