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Wilco’s frontman talks to Wired News about how leaking Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on P2P networks (after their label refused to release it) saved their career. Oh yeah, their new album? At number 8 on Billboard.

Congrats to TCM Client Granian on a superb review in the New York Times! Yes, that’s right. That New York Times. For everyone who’s going to send me an e-mail asking how an independent artist got some column inches in…

What are you doing today that will someday get folks to wait in line for you?

Is this an unfortunate publicist’s typo, or are the MTV Europe Music Awards really being shown in North America on… MuchMusic?

From the European perspective, The Economist pegs the failure of major labels on their inability to focus on anything longer term than #1 on TRL. It also looks at ways managers are staking a claim for their clients, to keep…

Last week, while I wasn’t looking, Derek Sivers and the CDBaby crew crossed the threshold of $10 Millon in checks cut to working musicians. Woo!

Another broadcasting legened signed off today. John Peel is another of that breed of disc jockey who took an almost pathological interest in making sure new music got represented on the airwaves. We can only pray to hear the likes…

We’ve blogged before about the fact that record stores are lousy places to sell records, and how Starbucks is toying with ideas to change that. The next phase of their rollout is about to hit Seattle and Austin, in addition…

Looks like legal crusader Eliot Spitzer has the RIAA back in his sights… this time he’s investigating the practice of greasing station playlist through indie promoters. Feels a little late, though. Because we’re moving to the practice of infomercial-style ads…

I’m not necessarily opposed to either lip-synching on television, or using tracks. There are legit reasons to do both, although sometimes a lazy artist will use this technique to coast. What concerns me about the Saturday Night Live incident is…

Daphne Clarke has either lost her marbles or is about to radically redefine the landscape for emerging artists. She’s just launched a “virtual law firm,” with a pre-paid plan of $125 for ALL the consultation you might need for a…

The Music Lab wants to learn how folks form opinions about music…