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New Music Round Up: YouTube Special

A change from the norm this week, as I select some videos from bands that have been featured on The Musical Chairs so far this year.
First Aid Kit – You’re Not Coming Home Tonight (Live):

Detektivbyrån – Om Du Möter Varg (Live):

Three Trapped Tigers – 1 (Live):

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Five Songs: Good or bad collaborations

It seems that right now everyone is going collaboration crazy. In this week’s NME there’s a joint interview with Ian Brown and Jay-Z, which possibly outweirds Jay-Z’s friendship with Coldplay’s Chris Martin. There’s also the news that Brown and multi-band guitarist Johnny Marr are making a soundtrack for a TV show, and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke [...]

YouTube and Warner Music Group strike a deal

You may remember right at the end of last year, just as I had packed up the blog for the Christmas break, that Warner removed all videos from artists from all their labels off of YouTube, owned by Google, over a row about money. I bet their Christmas parties were a great deal of fun! [...]

Bands to see during the arena season

The nights are getting longer, the temperature is getting chillier and colder, and the sunshine doesn’t last as long, as we head into the autumn/winter. There is a lot of reason to hate this time of year and that is pretty justifiable. But there is also time to rejoice, as it is around about this [...]

A music buying survey that is actually partly interesting

Recently, Compare Download did a survey of the idiotic Great British Public (3000 18-60 year olds) about spending habits and music and the results were published today. Drowned In Sound listed the most interesting points from this survey (of which, there are many):

The average Brit will shell out an average of £10,000 across a [...]