Month: May 2014

Blue Note Records Launches iTunes Destination, Radio Station For 75th Anniversary

Blue Note Records launched an iTunes destination page Tuesday, making every in-print Blue Note title from its 75-year history available in one place. The site will also feature Blue Note Radio, one of the first label-branded radio stations on Apple’s iTunes Radio. The new service is part of the label’s 75th anniversary celebration that includes…


Inc — 7 Tips for Handling Rejection

When you’re in the early days of starting a company, rejection is a daily fact of life. It can come at you from all sides: your family, potential customers, investors, partners, and more. Now, you can view a “no” as an opportunity to change your approach, emboldening you to keep at it and stay positive. Or, you…


Portishead Take on the Weeknd for Alleged Unapproved Sample

Following accusations that R&B singer/producer the Weeknd had improperly used a sample of Portishead‘s 2008 single “Machine Gun” on “Belong to the World” last year, the latter group’s Geoff Barrow has posted a letter to Twitter allegedly showing that the Weeknd had requested to sample the track. Last year, Barrow had reported that the Weeknd…


Conan O’Brien Launches Comedy Record Label

Conan O’Brien is launching a record label.  The first release under the Team Coco comedy record label will be a stand-up album from comedian Ian Edwards, 100% Half Assed, recorded at the La Jolla Comedy Store on Mar. 8. The album will be released in June. The new record label is intended to shine a…


Slimkid3 Details Jay Dee’s Legacy, Talks Bizzare Ride Live’s “Welcome To Dillaville” Tour

Pharcyde members Slimkid3 and Fatlip, and producers J-Sw!ft and LA Jay are touring as Bizarre Ride Live. The group is performing with Slum Village on the Welcome To Dillaville tour, which is slated to stop today (May 5) at Hawthorne in Portland, Oregon. In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Slimkid3 says that after two decades, he has…


Meek Mill Loses Suit Over Philly Police Stop

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill lost his civil-rights case against city police Thursday over a 10-hour traffic stop that he called racially motivated. Mill, who trying to catch a flight to Atlanta to launch his debut album, was instead handcuffed and detained on Halloween night 2012 with his entourage: an Atlantic Records executive, an off-duty police…


New Music Monday: The Mi.Mu Music Glove

Musicians are always looking for new ways to control their instrument, with many over the years being attracted to the simplicity of the way the theremin works. Wouldn’t it be great if you could control your music just by a wave or gesture of your hand? Now that dream might be closer at hand thanks…


Nardwuar vs. Bun B

Nardwuar has one of his signature interviews with Bun B. [RealTalkNY]


Teenage Engineering Debuts New Synth At Moogfest ‘Future of Music’ Panel

Photographer and electronic musician Robert Pluma has shared with us some tantalizing photos he shot at the “Future of Music” talk at last week’s Moogfest, including some shots of what appears to be a new Teenage Engineering synth, the PO-12. Robert shares, “I wasn’t taking notes so I would suggest confirming details with TE, but…


Dr Pepper Builds L.A. Recording Studio, to Release EPs feat. RZA, Dave Sitek and Hood Internet

For several years now, brands like Converse, Red Bull and Sonos have established studio spaces where emerging and established artists could record and perform new music, free of the endorsement trappings one would initially associate with a branded studio. But Dr Pepper is taking the trend a step further, by establishing a new studio space…