Arctic Monkeys became the first independently-released group to score five consecutive U.K. No. 1 albums yesterday (Sept. 15). The Official Charts Company reports that “AM” (Domino) sold 157,000 last week, second only for an opening week on the artist chart this year to Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” (Columbia/Sony), which sold 165,000 in May. Meanwhile,…

Earl Sweatshirt recently spoke about his impression of Drake. In an interview with The New York Times, Sweatshirt called Drake “grandma nice” and spoke about an argument that he witnessed between Drake and Tyler, the Creator’s mother. In the interview, Sweatshirt also spoke about his impression of Canada. “It was crazy,” Sweatshirt said when asked…

Avid has taken digital audio workstation controllers to the next level with its introduction of the new S6 family, which could prompt many mixers who are used to mixing with a mouse to reconsider. The S6 offers a modular approach that can be mixed and matched to your way of working or application, or two…

Steinberg has updated Cubasis – its mobile DAW for iPad – to version 1.6, introducing an improved audio engine and more.Here’s what’s new in Cubasis 1.6: New pristine audio engine with extended sample rates (44.1/48/96kHz) and bit rates (16/24-bit)* Real-time playback of arbitrary audio file formats (44.1/48/96kHz and 16/24/32 bit) independently of the project’s sample…

When news arrived in February that the members of Stone Temple Pilots had fired their mercurial frontman Scott Weiland after years of difficulties, hardly anyone was surprised. What was unexpected, perhaps, was the addition of Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington as STP’s new singer, and the subsequent announcement that the newly branded Stone Temple Pilots featuring Chester Bennington will…

It was announced last week that radio station group Clear Channel Communications and major record label Warner Music Group (WMG) entered into a “historic” agreement where the label and its artists would finally be paid for airplay performances on Clear Channel’s 850 terrestrial broadcast stations. The United States is one of the few countries in…

What do you think of when you hear “We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus? Twerking, teddy bears, tongue … doo-wop? New York composer and musician Scott Bradlee and his project takes current Top 40 hits and re-imagines them as coming from older eras of popular music. For instance, ‘s “Get Lucky” turns into an ,…

Lakeshore Records will release the FRUITVALE STATION – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on September 24th and on CD October 15, 2013. The soundtrack features original music by Ludwig Goransson (TV’s COMMUNITY, NEW GIRL). “Working on any of Ryan’s [Coogler, writer/director] movies is very challenging because of how real they feel,” said Goransson. “It was…

  The Standuino microGranny is pocket sized handmade granular sampler. The microGranny uses microSD card to store samples. You can adjust many parameters of the samples and trigger them by MIDI. Here’s a video introduction:…

Mandisa made her Billboard debut shortly after competing on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. Seven years later, she is enjoying the biggest chart success of her career, with a No. 1 album and a single that has spent a collective 18 weeks on top. That title track from her album Overcomer is poised…