
So, after a lot of procrastination and seeing a LOT of other lists, I finally took up the courage to start sharing my list with you guys. It's always a lot of work, but in the end very fulfilling. First start with my young talents list. Last year, I predicted a bright future for Mumford and Sons, and I turned out to be a visionary man (The year before Bon Iver was my number 1). I must admit that I'm not that sure about this year's artists or this year's number one. there aren't any artists that will [...]
There's a bit of a battle taking place in the US between The Arizona Daily Star and the Awful Truth ; a judge has ordered an injunction against the band using a photo from the paper on their sleeve pending a full consideration of the copyright issues. What makes this interesting is it's not, for once, about the money, but about the rights of an artist (in this case, the photographer and the newspaper) to not have their work used in a way which harms them. The picture is off two policemen kneeling over the body of [...]
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Local punk bands looking for a way to offend people in the Internet age will do just about anything that might bring them some sort of publicity. (Short of actually being interesting or good, that is.) So, it probably should have surprised no one here in Tucson that local punk act The Awful Truth was willing to use a photo of a dead local police officer for its album art less than a year after said officer was killed in the line of duty. And adding to that controversy is the fact that the picture was [...]
Ok I swear this is the last post about Idaho folk artists for at least a week! I briefly mentioned The Awful Truth a little while ago and I wanted to spotlight a little more of his material. Maybe Just Maybe was released last July but since it's probably new to your [...]