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Apple announced this month that they’re breaking iTunes up into three apps in September. Over at Pitchfork, Marc Hogan answers some important questions about Apple doing away with iTunes, including, Continue reading Dying will be the death of iTunes
We like writing about the boys from Musket Hawk, as we’ve done several times before, so were game when they gave us a heads up that their new EP Upside Continue reading Musket Hawk is back again with “Upside Of Sick”
The UK band Asian Dub Foundation has released a new track, “Youth Quake Pt. 1 (Greta Speaks),” in support of climate action. In a statement, the band said, “We’ve put Continue reading Asian Dub Foundation releases new environment-themed track
We’ve written before about Roger Waters advocating for Palestinian rights and pressuring mega-artists in the music industry (see Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Radiohead to name two) to cancel Continue reading Roger Waters comments on the music industry re: Israel-Palestine
Merzbow (the act by noise artist Masami Akita) first released Venereology 25 years ago. It made quite a splash and was marketed by Relapse Records to metalheads and not just Continue reading Merzbow “Venereology” reissue out now
D.U. sometimes gets turned onto things we otherwise wouldn’t by following @Iheartnoise on Twitter. One example of that is seeing them promote something from the Twitter feed of @Hainbach101. Based Continue reading Helpful tips from Hainbach, an electronic musician
Executive producers John Varvatos and Iggy Pop have run the last episode of the four-parter TV documentary PUNK on Epix. As the show’s description says, “PUNK explores the music, the fashion, the art Continue reading “PUNK” documentary series concludes on Epix
A new Music Industry Connection newsletter noted that RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America) has released a new report on music industry sales. Interesting bits highlighted in the newsletter include Continue reading More trends in the music industry: digital and physical
The above headline might not come as a surprise, but Human Rights Watch (HRW) has a new piece detailing what some parts of the Russian government and other officials are Continue reading Music groups censored in Russia
There’s a new supergroup on the block: Alphanumeric. Grindcore fans, take note: the band members are Paul Pavlovich (from Assück fame) on vocals, Criss Messina (from Swamp Gas) on guitar, Lee Continue reading Song premiere from Alphanumeric: new band from old Assück singer