Blog: The Daily Rind

March is Metal Month and who better to celebrate with than Nuclear Blast?! Not only can you find all your favorite Nuclear Blast face. melting. metal. at Spotify, you can also listen to Meshuggah's brand spankin' new record, Koloss – officially out this week. Additionally, the fine folks over at Nuclear Blast personally curated 3 fabulous ...

EW.com's Music Mix Blog is streaming Heavy Blanket's "Dr. Marten's Blues," the psychedelic fifth cut off Heavy Blanket's self-titled debut. Clocking in at a mere 4 minutes and 25 seconds the instrumental song exemplifies the guitar prowess and psychedelica one can expect to hear in full come May 8th. Formed ...

Barsuk Records has just announced the release of Nada Surf's The Dulcitone Files EP, a set of acoustic versions of tracks from their recently released seventh album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. The EP, now available for purchase through digital retailers across the US, is being highlighted on Billboard.com with ...

SiriusXM Files Lawsuit Against SoundExchange and A2IM, Alleging Licensing Interference Get Your Music on Google Play Without the Registration Fee via Fanbridge UK Music welcomes initial conclusions of Richard Hooper's digital feasibility study Sony/ATV offer EMI concessions in Europe, as Californian Attorney General takes an interest Live Nation Wins Summary ...

Imagine you are at BBC Studios in London and it's 2006. Your name is Imaad Wasif and you're guesting on guitar for a performance by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Top of the Pops. After filming is completed, you're in an elevator with your guitar in hand when all of ...

Gracie Productions has just released "Kolexxxion" by Bumpy Knuckles, a.k.a. Freddie Foxxx, and DJ Premier, an album both physically and digitally distributed through the Orchard. DJ Premier is one of the most prolific producers in the history of Hip Hop. He has made tracks for the likes of Jay-Z, Nas, KRS-One, ...

Recent rumors abound that Spotify is seeking a massive round of venture capital funding – a round that would value the company at a reported $3.5B. Initial reactions seem to be, essentially, "Wow, that's high." Indeed, $3.5B is a lot of money. But there are many persuasive arguments to the ...

Universal to Sell Music-Publishing Catalogs Worth $200 Million as Part of EMI Purchase Aspiro's WiMP: Does Success For Music Streaming Lay Farther Down The Long Tail? Pandora Says Rates Still Too Costly For UK Re-Entry How to Create A Profitable VOD Strategy

Sweden's extreme metal juggernaut MESHUGGAH has partnered with Scion A/V for exclusives surrounding their brand new release KOLOSS - in stores today - including a special concert ticket giveaway contest for their tour with BARONESS and DECAPITATED! Through the ScionAV Twitter page, @ScionAV, two winners will each receive a pair of tickets ...

You're an artist, you make music, you like your music, you sign with a label who likes your music too and you're about to release a new album for the world to hear that you hope will like it just as much or more. With their unique technology based on ...

As its merger investigation heads into phase two, EC outlines some of its specific concerns with Universal's EMI bid Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say Still no sale for MOG, but it does have a new iPad app Global recorded music sales fall almost ...

Rhett Miller has announced the release of his new self-produced album, The Dreamer, out June 5 on his very own Maximum Sunshine Records, distributed by The Orchard. The album features guest appearances by singers Rosanne Cash and Rachael Yamagata, as well as additional percussion by Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel). The band ...

Happy Spring, beautiful freeloaders! We know it's been a while, so to make up for the two-week recess we're jam-packing your Friday with some pretty sweet music from a collection of our friends. Setting things off, we suggest you check out free tracks like MESHUGGAH's "I Am Colossus," Heavy Blanket's ...

Brooklyn quartet Dinosaur Feathers have debuted a new track, "Beatcha," from their upcoming album Whistle Tips, out on April 10 on Ernest Jenning Records (pre-order it on iTunes now!). The band is currently on a tour of the U.S. with Built To Spill, Battles, Of Montreal and many others. With the release of Whistle Tips, ...

We are proud to welcome Danish superstar rapper L.O.C. to The Orchard! As one of the judges on The Voice in Denmark (Danmarks største stemme) alongside fellow Orchard artist, Sharin Foo of The Raveonettes, L.O.C. has established himself as the biggest selling rapper in his native land with no less ...

A Timeline of Spotify's Attempted Journey Toward Becoming the 'OS of Music' Bloc Party sign to Frenchkiss Records and Cooperative Music for new album The music business week in five – 23 Mar 2012 MPAA, RIAA, Major ISPs Preparing 'Graduated Response' To Piracy

It has become my custom to complain in these blog posts about how "tough" my life is... I wouldn't dare disrupt the trend this month! My latest adventure are the two nights I spent in Amsterdam as part of my responsibilities as Vice-President, France and Benelux for The Orchard to ...

Denmark's own dynamic duo, The Raveonettes, are set to release a brand new EP Into The Night on April 24th (April 23rd in the UK). The four track EP is a delightfully damaged ode to the letdowns of lost love, with dreamy harmonies that only Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin ...

Introducing Candice Scrivanich, Program Manager I'm very excited to join you all as a Program Manager within our Product team. I received my B.S in Marketing and Finance at Montclair State University. During college, I interned for Epic Media Group and became a Product Manager upon graduation. After a few ...

Streaming music not cannibalising download sales says Universal Music Musician Ryan O'Neal On Spotify, Kickstarter & Leaving Interscope To Go D.I.Y. FanFueled Attracts Major Music Clients To Their Social Ticketing And Fan Engagement Platform 'Music and tech industries must stop self-interested propaganda' Spotify to Unveil 12 New Apps Thursday, Including ...