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Terminal 5, Bowery Presents’ new factory-like behemoth in Hell’s Kitchen, ended up being an oddly perfect venue for a Sunday night noise freakout.

There are a host of new additions from the weekend that we will tackle soon (Jay-Z, the new Black Dog LP, Gui Borratto, that Justin Thomas Earle that we slept on last week), but for now I’d love to offer an unqualified recommendation of Black Heart Procession’s debut, 1, arguably the best thing they ever [...]

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I’ve been a little harsh towards Tangerine Dream in the past: “stupid hippy nonesense” would be one the politer phrases I’ve used to describe them. However, in conversation today with my Secret Krautrock Source I was informed that not only had two hard-to-find krautrock classics arrived on eMusic, but they were by Tangerine Dream and [...]

First off, jumping on the whole Muxtape bandwagon, I made this mix this morning, just songs I’ve been hooked on. If you have made one, please post in the comments. Would love to hear.
Second, there have been quite a few notables the past couple of days, including, of course, McSweeney’s and the David Murray catalogue. [...]

Some stories are so vibrant, so dramatic, so engrossing, that they just seem made to be read aloud. Luckily for us, it turns out that the archives of McSweeney’s are filled with tons of such stories. So when the indie publisher mailed a microphone to five of its most audacious writers to record pieces for [...]

When we decided to launch audiobooks last year, we immediately began brainstorming how to make them more “eMusic,” if you will. Discovery, independence, prestige — these are the qualities that we prize on the music side. How could we maintain those same characteristics with books as well? One name kept coming up: McSweeney’s, the incomparably [...]

This morning I read with some surprise in USA Today that Amazon is “No. 2 in digital [music] sales since opening nearly six months ago.” Amazon’s entry into this market last year was an important milestone in the continuing irrelevance of DRM and the overly restrictive and anti-consumer policies that the music industry has foolishly [...]

A totally not-bad Wednesday for new stuff!

Here’s a little bit of online, interactive, nonsensical fun, courtesy of Cornelius.
http://www.mercedeath.com/cornelius_remix/
Enjoy!
(sniped from the ANP blog)

A few choice goodies hit the site today, including a new album from the criminally unknown Soltero.

They’re back! They’re demonic! My Teenage Stride follow up their 2007 sleeper hit Ears Like Golden Bats with five new songs, only on eMusic. More info below the cut.

Not every viral phenomenon is a winner, but any bespectacled art-popper should at least get a chuckle out of this Archie-fied play on that towering indie anthem: Pulp’s “Common People.”
Although you can’t find “Common People” on eMusic, Pulpophiles might want to check 1996’s Countdown: 1992-1983, a collection of “sleazy singles, lurid B-sides and pervy album [...]

The recent album by Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto has been getting a lot of love on 17 Dots the past few days. And I’m glad to third (?) that emotion. So if you’re into it, I’d like to take a quick moment to point out some of the stuff that we have on the [...]

This past week has been a busy one for me. As eMusic’s resident librarian, I’ve had the pleasure of sifting through the nearly 600 audiobook titles that are newly available on the site. I’m especially pleased to see offerings from some of my favorite authors ever: Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, and Junot Diaz. Find your [...]

So, ironically, after SXSW where I saw about 100 bands in four days, I’m not really sure what to listen to, and I’d love some help. I’m really liking the Ponytail record, but that’s so mood-specific; the She & Him is strong, but I think I’ve already listened to it too much; and I really [...]

“Tell me what’s on your mind.”
Remember a year or so ago, when we asked you to send in questions for Ted Leo? Well, we’re doing it again. Ladies and gentleman, Dan Bejar is in.

By far my favorite set of SXSW was put on by Luke Fishbeck, aka Lucky Dragons, at the Upset The Rhythm Party on Friday afternoon. Luke was just in NYC last week, installing for this years Whitney Biennial. He also had a performance at the Park Avenue Armory last Tuesday that I was [...]

Yancey insists the subject line for this post is too obtuse.

It isn’t often a major band and their record company decide not to tell anybody about a forthcoming album until a week before it’s due to be released, so I was surprised to say the least when one of eMusic’s bigger labels informed me that was exactly what they’d done. Have I heard it? No, [...]