New Music
Broken Record: Fixing The Music Business
Five years ago, Kyle Murdock’s MySpace-fueled rise to major label status was the stuff of dreams. Today, he runs solo. But Murdock has fans, funding and enduring credibility- everything the majors promised but couldn’t deliver. How did he do what an established, prestigious major label couldn’t? A peek into the fall of the record business and what’s coming next.
TMM Recommends: Panacea’s 12-Step Program
Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, commitments, sincerity and intentions. 12 Step Program from Washington, DC’s Panacea is a welcome step back to a time when hip-hop was the most authentic art form out there.
TMM Recommends: BRMC
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s sixth album, Beat The Devil’s Tattoo, is partially inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Devil In The Belfry. In that tale, a methodical, boring and quiet little borough is devastated by the arrival of a devilish figure playing a big fiddle. This figure comes straight down from a hill, goes into the belltower, brutally attacks the belfry-man and rings thirteen o’clock, to the horror of the town’s inhabitants.
TMM Recommends: Surfer Blood
Right now, as you read this, I am in the process of joining the Mile High Club. Not the one you may have joked about with your friends. I’m talking about the NEW Mile High Club, where the intimacy you share with strangers doesn’t happen in a cramped bathroom, it happens right there in your seat!
TMM Recommends: 5 Great Albums From 2009
Sure, the industry will cry about how they’re losing money, but smart acts are pushing the envelope more than ever before, challenging themselves to produce unique, high-quality work that makes them stand out. This is a quick glance at five such artists from 2009.
TMM Recommends: People Under The Stairs, Carried Away
People Under the Stairs (PUTS) are an underground hip-hop group from Los Angeles, California. Their seventh album, Carried Away, was recorded entirely on reel-to-reel with a well-thought out arrangement of jazz, rock and disco samples.
