Spotify login screen Originally uploaded by bertop I’ve finally got it with Spotify - the Stockholm-based music streaming programme that’s been widely touted as the future of radio … as it allows others to create playlists and them share them over the internet. Awful name I know (m...

Music of 2008 A series of posts Music of 2008: #25–#11 Music of 2008: Top ten 10. Stereolab — Chemical Chords This is more or less what you would expect from Stereolab. Fantastically jaunty and slightly idiosyncratic pop songs. This is hardly Stereolab’s best album (and I say that ...

Image: Amazon If you haven’t heard of it yet, get ready to be really excited. Dark Was The Night is a compilation being put out to benefit the Red Hot Organization–an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. This album will ...

  David Byrne sarà in Italia con un imperdibile tour di quattro date: il 19 aprile a Senigallia, il 20 a Verona, il 21 a Milano e il giorno dopo a Modena. Continua a leggere David Byrne: nuovo al bum con Brian Eno. E quattro date in Italia... Commenta »...

There are two things I must do on my next trip to Cleveland. I’ll talk about one of them today. The first order of business is a Thursday night stop at Major Hooples for a free performance by Glenn Schwartz. I first learned of Glenn via David Byrne’s blog and, in particular, this Byrne s...

Amazon MP3: 50 2008 Albums for $5 Each: Quite a few of my favorites: David Byrne and Brian Eno, M83, Cut Copy, and Portishead....

Hey Folks! I hope this finds you well. Before I dive in, there are a few things about my top 10 records list. Firstly, I have purposefully omitted some of the bigger guns/scene darlings. Everybody loved Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Cut Copy, etc… myself included. Okay, not everybody. However, there ...

David Byrne At the Fillmore Miami Beach Well, I saw David Byrne back at the old Cameo Theater on Miami Beach in the late-80s, and that was an amazing show, no doubt. But since then, I've seen him perform on TV from time to time, and he's always good and all, so I was expecting a pleasant and enjoyab...

Christian Walz The Corner Sony BMG Småsvängigt, men kallt från Christian Walz. Barry Manilow The Greatest Songs of the Eighties (album) Sony BMG Smör-Barry sjunger hits från åtti och lyckas nästan få det att låta som det dessutom är producerat på 80-talet. Ostigt är ett ord som kommer up...

Count me among those instantly skeptical of any new business startup that has anything to do with the music industry, particularly as 2009 approaches. Heckfire, I was instantly skeptical of these nebulous businesses in the late '90s, when, as a music industry professional and a musician, I was bomba...