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12.14.09

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim create powerhouse box set in Here Lies Love Boxed Sets, World Music | (0)
David Byrne, the clever and inventive world music impresario and former Talking Head, has joined forces with multi-instrumentalist and turntablist Norman Cook, better known to the world as Fatboy Slim to pursue an experimental new song cycle entitled Here Lies Love. The boxed set, containing the completed works, will be released on 23 February 2010 by Todomundo/Nonesuch Records. Contained in the set are 22 songs, each inspired by an examination into the lives of Imelda Marcos (the former first lady of The Philippines) and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas. The star-studded lineup of guest performances are said to ...
12.08.09

Sade releases single, Soldier of Love, from forthcoming album of same title. Easy Listening, File Under: Urban Adult Alternative, New Music | (3)
I'm not going to lie to anyone: this update is being written by someone who has always felt Sade could do no wrong. Being a fan of Sade's sultry voice and soul-searching music for many, many years, I've listened to this single, "Solider of Love" from her forthcoming album of the same title and... I'm not really ready to make comment on this one just yet. It's definitely a Sade track. That's the most I can say myself right now. What do you think of it?
12.08.09

Joy Orbison – BRKLN CLLN (Doldrums) Ass-Shaking, Electro | (0)
(Big ups @DISCOATTACK for the heads-up)
12.06.09

Apple to acquire Lala: the end of cheap DRM-free MP3 downloads? Mergers & Acquisitions, This Business Of Music | (3)
Money In our monopolistic world of online music, it seems bound to happen every time: just as another consumer-friendly strategy begins to take root, that strategy gets swallowed into oblivion through an acquisition. Such may be the confounding case of the little-known music retailer Lala, a company whose strategies and efforts I've long been a fan of personally. Apple, the New York Times reported on Friday, has agreed to purchase online music retailer Lala in what some analysts will see as a game-changing strategy on the part of Apple. Continue Reading...

Tagged: Apple, Lala, Mergers & Acquisitions, Music Business