Perhaps unsurprisingly, artists are getting nervous about the PRS-Google dispute. Beth Orton has come out in favour of royalties: "Certain people can’t just make money from gigs, can they?" she told BBC 6music. She added: "You should get money from recording, because record deals are different now...

You can talk about genres, artists, albums, or even songs, but sometimes what keeps us coming back to music is the discovery of the transcendent musical moment. For me, “the moment� is the part of the song that fully and utterly engages me; the reason that I keep coming back to it. I’m not nec...

Barack Obama campaign rally or live music show?  Hmm, hard to tell.  On the other hand, anyone who expects a Billy Bragg show to be just music without any social or political commentary has found themselves a nice, isolated cave to live in. Billy was on a west coast tour swing in support of his ne...

I mentioned a couple of months back that I’d bought a ticket to see Billy Bragg at the Sage Gateshead. Well, last night was the long awaited show, and this is my long awaited report on it! I went for a bit of a walk after work, as there wasn’t really time to make it worth coming home jus...

:: Ashlee Simpson , Bittersweet World (Geffen) :: Atmosphere , When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers Entertainment) :: Barry Adamson , Back to the Cat (Central Control) :: Billy Bragg , Mr. Love & Justice (Anti) :: Blind Melon , For My Friends (self-released) :: The ...

AND BEING WELL-READSOMETIMES MEANS A GUY'SBETTER ENDOWED ELSEWHERE,TOO... OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- She wasn't going to respond because the guy was, well, a Grade-A douchebag of a chachball, primped and waxed and reeking of overpriced cologne. "I dunno. I guess I'm just into, ya know, more real guys now....

Andrew Baron has decided to sell his Twitter account to the highest bidder (hat tip to Chris Brogan for the info). On offer through Ebay are his account, login and his 1387 followers. Bidding is currently just under $500, which works out at around 30 cents (14p) per user. Baron’s Ebay Auction ...

Saturday afternoon began for me with a touch of déjà vu, as I once again started my day at Cedar Street Courtyard for the kickoff of day three of the Filter throwdown there. I didn’t know it at the time, but I’d be bookending my day parties with Filter on this day. Kicking things off in a mann...

Blogging ping-pong: Billy Bragg calls for a slice of the Bebo cake; Michael Arrington responds on TechCrunch; and then econsultancy responds to the response. eConsultancy's views - and sympathy - sits with the major labels. It rails against Arrington for suggesting that recorded music's value is sli...

Or, They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek. I noticed a couple of months back that I'd fallen off Clive Davis's Speccie blogroll. Serves you damn well right, Laban, I thought. He's been posting there for months and you're still linking to his old site. And have you considered the possibility th...