Sic Alps
Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, August 18th
Funky Frauleins: Female Beat, Groove, Disco, Funk in Germany 1968-1978 (Buy)
Label: Bureau B
Sic Alps – A Long Way Around To a Short Cut (Buy)
Label: Drag City
MP3: Sic Alps – Message from the Law
Fol Chen
Album: Longer U Wait (Download – Free Album)
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
MP3: Fol Chen – The Longer U Wait (ft. Simone White)
Roofwalkers
Album: Self-Titled (Buy)
Label: Taps and Dies Records // Lazyline Records
MP3: Roofwalkers – They Think They Own The Place
The Very Best
Album: Warm Heart of Africa 7″ (Download – Free)
Label: Green Owl
MP3: The Very Best – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
MP3: The Very Best – Yalira**
**Via – GVB
[Via- Emily Steel – WSJ.com]
“MySpace is in talks to acquire online music service iLike, according to a person familiar with the situation, as the social-networking site tries to stem steep declines in traffic and become a destination for entertainment content. The details are still being worked out, but a deal could come as early as this week, the person says. Technology blog TechCrunch reported the news earlier Monday.
iLike, run by brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi, lets users on social-networking sites share music. It was started in 2006 as an attempt to retool GarageBand.com, which had sought to create an independent music community for recording artists to promote themselves. iLike is popular on social-networking sites, including Facebook, Orkut and hi5, and says it has more than 50 million registered users. A spokeswoman for iLike declined to comment on the talks.” [Continue Reading]
1.) Soundtrack – (500) Days Of Summer
2.) Modest Mouse – No One’s First, and You’re Next
3.) Dead Weather – Horehound
4.) Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
5.) Yim Yames – Tribute to George Harrison
6.) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
7.) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8.) Amanda Blank – I Love You
9.) Yacht – See Mystery Lights
10.) Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
*Week Ending – 8/3/2009
[Via – Michael Arrington – Techcrunch.com]
iLike Just Launched Its Own Music Download Store
“Popular music recommendation service iLike launched a music download service this afternoon, offering users MP3 downloads for $0.89 to $1.29 per song. Previously the service only offered users the ability to sample 30 second clips of songs, or restricted full streaming via a partnership with Rhapsody (now phased out).
iLike says the first song purchased today was Get Away, Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. Music is available from all four major labels and “hundreds of indie labels, enabled via MediaNet.”
Rumors of the music store were first reported by CNET’s Greg Sandoval last month. Until now iLike has offered downloads from Amazon and iTunes. Those options remain.
The service is rolling out now on iLike (I was able to purchase a song), and should be available to all U.S. users by end of day, says iLike. iLike applications on iGoogle, Facebook, Bebo and other platforms will also be available “soon” says the company for U.S. user. Continue Reading
Big Pimp Jones – Cocoa Butter
Bentzon Brotherhood – Rappers Delight (Sugarhill Gang)
The Apples – Killing (Rage Against The Machine)
David Cross
Bootleg Theater
8/27: Dam-Funk and Master Blazter
The Echo
8/28: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
8/29: The Box Elders
9/11: Vivian Girls
9/12: Lazer Sword & Rainbow Arabia
10/1: The Cave Singers
The Echoplex
8/28: OS Mutantes
El Rey Theatre
10/4: Gil Scott-Heron
10/12: Great Lake Swimmers
10/21: Jay Reatard
The Music Box @ The Fonda
Pee-Wee Herman Show – November & December (Multiple Dates)
Spaceland
8/21: Benji Hughes
9/6: Nebula
10/10: Polvo
