Intended to replicate an LSD or mushroom trip—or as much at that’s possible with music—the Psychedelic Rock of the 1960s was definitely a distinct genre. Its laundry list hallmarks including swirling ...
Last week, the latest in the Now! series (the 83rd, to be precise) became the fastest-selling "album" of the year so far. Nothing else is likely to beat it either, given that it shifted 295,000 copies ...
On Wednesday morning, the link for Cardinals at the Window, a flood-relief compilation of previously unreleased music from dozens of artists, went live on Bandcamp. The 136-track list has an ambitious ...
It started, as musical happenings sometimes do, with SoundCloud. About five years ago, Matt Sullivan, head of the indie label Light in the Attic, was turned on to a playlist that featured, as he ...
Although much of the music recording industry is struggling, it's a good time to be in the compilation business. NPR's Elaine Korry reports that for people too busy to explore the record store, ...
When you rip a CD in iTunes—or when you buy an album from the iTunes Store, Amazon, or other vendor—there are a number of tags you can set, such as the album name, artist name, and genre. But there’s ...