FISTFULAYEN

I love this time of year. I’ve found some of my favorite music in the past going through the year-end lists at Pitchfork, Emusic, WFMU, Hype Machine, and various random blogs. I always end up stumbling across something great I’ve never heard of or meant to listen to but forgot, etc. Sharing is caring and [...]

Hey all, Need some quick help testing something. At Topspin we are testing ways to help you get music directly into iTunes without needing to install a cumbersome application. Download this zip file to help us test one way: http://awe.sm/25EIK PLEASE NOTE: This is beta software — USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I don’t think [...]

I like Bob Lefsetz and while I don’t always agree with him I think the music industry is lucky to have such a prolific and unfiltered voice of dissent. I originally discovered Bob via the Rhino podcast many years ago. The podcast included “The Lefsetz Letter”, a portion of the show where an animated character [...]

The rumors hit this week and it was confirmed this morning: Apple is buying streaming site Lala. I had heard the purchaser may be Google and thought Facebook or Amazon also seemed like acquirers, but I wouldn’t have pegged Apple for this. This raises all sorts of questions in the competitive landscape for everyone involved [...]