Musical Chairs
As reports come in, well-respected A&R veteran Ashley Newton will be staying in the Sony Music family, transitioning from RCA to Columbia Records. We were alluding to Newton in our Aug. 20th post:...
View ArticleEndless Summer…
Monday night at Spaceland was like a good ole’ label brew-ha of days past, with A&R posses from around the league filling the room to catch The Drums (those keeping score may remember a couple of...
View ArticleIndie Dispatches: L.A. gets Waved Out & Dangerbird’s Signing Spree
The balmy Los Angeles weather had a whole stack of music fans and industry folk checking out bands on the rise, eating bacon-wrapped hot dogs and generally hanging out in historic Echo Park for the...
View ArticleOut and About: Week in Review
The theme for this week was firsts… Monday night at Silverlake Lounge saw a smattering of industry and early-adopters out for the Pittsburgh band 1, 2, 3 who will see their second single released this...
View ArticlePlace Your Bets: The Shuffling Artist Deck at Majors and Indies
Who’s signing where, and what does it mean? Indie acts going to majors, major label artists aligning with indies, and both systems vying to nab the same unsigned bands… Looking back at recent months...
View ArticleThe Plot Thickens: Executive Reordering at Warner Music & EMI Leads to More...
News from Warner Bros. Records made industry waves yesterday as it was announced that Tom Whalley is exiting his post as Chairman and current Chief Creative Officer Rob Cavallo will be taking the...
View ArticleIndie Dispatches: Wilco goes their own way with The Whole Love – will others...
In the indie sector, this week qualifies for landmark status, as the much revered and critically acclaimed band Wilco officially turned their back on the major labels with the release of their new...
View ArticleIn Through the Out Door: Rick Rubin & American Recordings done at Sony?
Among the many industry plot-lines running through the major record label sector at the moment, is the uncertain future of Rick Rubin as co-chairman of Columbia Records. To many observers it seems he’s...
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