“Next Big Sound” chart – week of 4/26/12
The geeks at the NextBigSound firm have released the top 15 fastest rising artists on the internet, according to their calculations. Here they are: Funky Solenn Filligar Sway Dasafo Deuce Mandinga Anathema Rose Falcon Shahinaz Andrew Garcia Lindsey Stirling Disclosure Santa Leja LA PEPA Thaeme Where else can you find a compassionate violinist, a scandalous...
Breaking: Spotify launches player suitable for embedding on blogs
Do I even need to clarify why this is big news? read more here: http://evolver.fm/2012/04/11/spotify-launches-music-player-for-web-blogs-and-tumblr/ Some highlights of the article: more outlets for music streaming = more opportunities for revenue. Now, music discovery blogs have monetary value! beats out competition such as Rdio taps into the huge Tumblr blog market – 50 million tumblrs exist! Very...
a name to remember – O’Brother
A quintet from Atlanta is causing a ruckus – slowly but surely. Their name began to pop up every once in a while on sites I browsed, most notably on the popular IndieVisionMusic, with buzz surrounding their EP The Death of Day. I downloaded the EP via a free promotional offer, but I was still...
Editorial: when trends go good/bad
Recently, I read an article that lamented the over saturation of the internet with mp3 blogs. What is an mp3 blog? Have you seen a site where people post over and over their newest song finds for the world to play? Chances are you have – a lot. Micro-blogging and sharing site Tumblr has made...
Don’t ignore KONY 2012
I am tuned UP will deviate a bit from the norm today. Have you heard of the movement Invisible Children? If you support bands like Thrice and the like, chances are you have. But if you haven’t, its a movement that was launched nearly 10 years ago to raise awareness of a war in central...
Check out: Sainthood Reps, The End of the Ocean
Been awhile since I’ve mentioned any bands coming down the pipe I thought fans should be aware of, but after attending a show last night (review coming soon to VINYL) I thought it was time to break the dry spell. Sainthood Reps is a relatively unknown band from Long Island, NY who last year became...
Music apps get angry
The creator of Angry Birds is predicting music apps will appeal in the near future to the masses, not just music geeks. Yep, an app merging the two concepts is in the works. Read more here.
A Frenzy of Support
$200k raised with an initial goal of $30k…wow. Video “thank you” from Five Iron Frenzy below: http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2012/01/22/five-iron-frenzy-kickstarter-kicks-butt/.
Are Twenty One Pilots the next big thing?
This band has been creating quite a buzz in central Ohio and is looking to move beyond. On November 19th, 2011 they headlined a show at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio that sold out the nearly 2000 capacity venue without much effort. Two videos, professionally shot by Reel Bear Media, have been released...
Do reviews matter?
It’s an interesting question that honestly I don’t ponder directly a whole lot. Digital Music News just released this snippet on this very question: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120110critics?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter In light of this, I thought perhaps as the writer behind I am tuned UP I ought to address this question. Briefly, the reasons why I write reviews are because I...
The rise of Bon Iver to SNL
In two albums and an EP, Justin Vernon has gone from unknown Wisconsinite indie musician that eschews the Mainstream to a guy participating in product placement and being nominated for four Grammy awards. The remarkable thing is that his music is seeming to just go up in quality. There is scarcely a top of 2011...
