Hearing “What You Won’t Do For Love” on the overhead speakers in the deli across the street today absolutely made my morning. Then finding out that we have a significant chunk, if not all, of Bobby Caldwell’s entire discography made my week. And THEN finding these youtube clips pretty much made my whole [...]

Eighteen years ago today 2 Live Crew’s album ‘As Nasty As They Want To Be’ was banned in their home state of Florida on grounds of obscenity. Following a ruling from Judge Jose Gonzalez, selling the album, released the previous year, was declared illegal. The ruling was overturned by the United States Court of [...]

So there’s not a whole lot of consistency in this post — just a shout about two records that I’ve really been into lately that I fear will slip through the cracks: EMC’s The Show and Children of Bodom’s Blooddrunk.

Time to share my Muxtape. Thursday last week I was DJ-ing at Lovelife, a night put on in Camden’s Lock Tavern by my friend Anna-Marie. I was part of a four-woman DJ team, consisting of Anna-Marie, myself, Marianna and Annabel. Given the similarity of our names we called oursleves Les Annaquites. We were briefed to [...]

So the Plug Awards show is over, the winners have been announced. Here’s my wrap up of the proceedings with pictures as clear as I could muster with my tiny digital camera from my spot 20 feet back from the stage.

I first attended the Plug Independent Music Awards in 2005, shortly after I had moved to New York and joined the ranks at eMusic. I couldn’t think of a better event to mark the beginning of my employment at a company that is so focused on the passionate spirit of music.

So to answer the question on everyone’s mind: the new Stephen Malkmus will be here. Hopefully by tomorrow. We had a slight glitch that kept it from being posted today, but all systems should be ‘go’ for tomorrow’s delivery.
In the meantime, here’s a quick roundup of some titles that did arrive today, many of which [...]

A relatively quiet day for New Arrivals on eMusic, but the few we do have are noteworthy. Side note: Todd was supposed to write this post, but he’s been camped out since 10am in front of the Best Buy across the street for a Janet Jackson meet & greet (That’s him with the brown [...]

And legal even! Amplive and Radiohead have mutually agreed to allow people to download this remix album. It sounds a little choppy at times, but that is understandable considering they likely only had the stereo mixes as source material. Plus Del the Funky Homeosapien!
From the Amplive site:
“Rainydayz Remixes is composed exclusively of [...]

So not to distract from the fantastic Breathe Owl Breath and High Places, but thought I’d give a shout to some other new arrivals I’ve been enjoying.

So the excellent Madlib/MF Doom collaboration Madvillain came out almost four years ago, but turns out Stones Throw is still digging up gems. Below is a video for “Accordion” that features Doom in all his metal-masked glory, back when he was still making records and showing up for things. Oh, we were all so innocent [...]

I was checking out the Orbital live album that showed up recently (which is retailing new for a whopping $39.98 at another on-line retailer’s store!) and it led me to another act I hadn’t heard of before. Long Range is the brainchild of Phil Hartnoll of Orbital and Nick Smith, and its pretty freakin [...]

Okie dokie, it’s Rough Trade on eMusic. (And a bunch of other stuff too.)

A BUNCH of new releases came in yesterday – and I haven’t listened to one of them! But with Yancey out with a ping-pong injury and Joe hurriedly getting ready to leave the country (don’t ask!), it’s up to me. Check below the fold for a review-tastic compendium…

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Not a Tuesday to write home about…

While I’m by no means implying that other days around here are merely ho-hum, today is kind of a big deal at eMusic. Not only do we have a whole host of exciting new releases — Beirut! Kevin Drew! Les Savy Fav! — but today also sees the launch of our new audiobooks service. We [...]

Don’t you just love happy coincidences? While researching a label for a future 17 Dots post, I came across something that I’d never seen before, downloaded it and have been listening to it all day.

Not much worth recommending today, but we’ve been slack on these lately, so let’s flex that muscle.

New albums from Aesop Rock, Angels of Light, Wiley and Kathryn Williams (among others). To borrow a phrase from Barton Fink, “Let’s spit on our hands and get to work.”

Photo by Karen Hoffmann
Four days late and thousands short, here’s a look at some of the best titles to hit eMusic this week.