
HEALTH drop their new album, Get Color , on September 8th ( pre-order here - the LP or CD or MP3 comes with a tshirt, totebag, pins, poster, and sticker - and all purchases get instant access to mp3s) through Lovepump United . The band is also doing a 66-prize winning ticket Willy Wonka -style contest that could land you a free trip to L.A. and Six Flags with the band. [...]
The wide availability of free and cheap music on the internet means that, these days, it isn't enough for musicians to just make music - they have to give fans something else if they're going to sell any records. It used to be posters and specially written liner notes and "multimedia content"; now it seems to be entry into a wacky personalized competition. Earlier this year, Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese offered personal phone calls, a taste of his wife's lasagna and the keys to his car to fans willing to stump up big bucks [...]