music industry

“The reasons for these closures—the rising real estate prices, zoning pressures, increasing operating costs and financial risks, noise complaints, and licensing problems that small venue owners face—are, if anything, more acute and more worrisome today.”

As you may know, the worldwide album release day will now be Friday, rather than the previous system where albums came out on Tuesdays in the US, Mondays in the UK, and other days in other countries…

After being talked about for a while, Billboard confirms that Friday will be the global release date for new records starting this summer. It’s an amendment to the current system where albums become available at different dates in different countries (the US release day is currently Tuesday)…

I put together the weekly Upcoming Metal Releases at Invisible Oranges. Not to get too first-world-complain-y, but it can be a pain. With staggered release dates across the world (UK: Mondays, US: Tuesdays, Black metal: DGAF), my Excel tracking sheet ends up looking like a string board on The Wire…

Originally scheduled for October 1, there will be a special meeting of the Austin Music Commission today (10/8) at 10:30am (City Hall, Rm 1101, Boards & Commissions, 301 West 2nd Street) to discuss several items in relation to the current noise ordinance and its impact on the ‘Live Music Capital of The World‘, as well as other music-related issues…

If you’re like me, you’ve already been sent this article at least ten times, but did you read the whole thing yet? Or the 546 (as of this posting) comments…

Billboard: IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE’VE SEEN A NEW KISS ALBUM. ANY PLANS TO GET BACK INTO THE STUDIO? Gene Simmons: The record industry is in such a mess…