- NEW TELEFON TEL AVIV ALBUM NEWS:
New Orleans electronica ambient magic duo Telefon Tel Aviv are back after five years, and they have a new album called Immolate. Which is totally rad! They're releasing the album January 20 on Bpitch. Yes!
- TRACKLISTING:
- MYSPACE LINK:
http://www.myspace.com/telefontelaviv
- BAND PAGE LINK:
Clinic Collaborate with Animator Clemens Habicht as Planetarium of the Soul on Upcoming Tour
Ade Blackburn and his cronies in Clinic are once again setting their sights on YOUR money with a relatively short European stint in November. But this ain't no typical stint. This tour will see Clinic collaborating with animator Clemens Habicht as Planetarium of the Soul, which is being dubbed as "live music and animation bleeding together in a contemporary vortex of psychedelic sight and sound." Sounds uh-mazin'!
Clinic's latest, Do It! (TMT Review -- it got
Most importantly, however, Clinic opened for Radiohead back in the day. Yep.
Planetarium of the Soul tourdates (all dates with Threatmantics):
DiMA & NARM Stand Up for Fair Use of 30-Second Song Samples; Find Inspiration After Watching Erin Brockovich on TBS
Market instability, oil price lunacy, hearing 30 seconds of 30 Seconds to Mars... it doesn't take much to get some organizations in a huff over what they believe to be their bucks. Music's publishing bodyrollaz like ASCAP and BMI are always trying to get paid in the name of protecting their musical charges, but it looks like they may be in for a fight when it comes to screwing royalties from those intent on using 30-second music clips. In an amicus brief filed jointly by DiMA (Digital Media Association) and NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) last month, the two groups asked a federal court to apply "fair use" with regard to the use of 30-second song samples on the internet.
"DiMA supports fair compensation for copyright owners," states DiMA Executive Director of Jonathan Potter. "DiMA members pay tens of millions of dollars in royalties to songwriters and publishers for online music sales. But the performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI and SESAC) who represent songwriters and publishers demand additional payment for the preview clips that facilitate these online sales."
The legal action stems from an ASCAP vs. AT&T case, which has the telephone/DSL/wireless giant fighting for its right to use 30-second ringtone and ring-back-tone song previews. Amicus briefs contain pertinent but unsolicited information filed by "friends of the court" in order to get judges to consider broader legal implications and third-party ramifications when making their decisions. In this instance, DiMA and NARM would like a federal district court, in deciding the AT&T case, to consider protection and fair use for internet retailers that use 30-second song preview clips. If the courts decide on the side of ASCAP, then it may mean a double payday for publishing houses and songwriters in the future.
Lay back and let Potter further seduce you with his amicus brief impetuses:
Internet retailers sell an extraordinary percentage of all recorded music. The iTunes Store is America’s largest music retailer, and Amazon.com, Best Buy and other DiMA members use 30-second clips to sell both CDs and digital downloads. If ASCAP succeeds in pressing its demand for a new payment for these previews, Internet music retailers would be disadvantaged simply because they are selling online, and songwriters and music publishers would be getting a royalty for the preview on top of the appropriate and well-deserved royalty that is paid when the music itself is sold.
The joint filers hope the federal court will see the possible benefits of protected use of these 30-second clips. Essentially this is free promotion for the artists, songwriters, and publishers themselves and could only help to sell their products in the long run. But the law is an unpredictable, prickly beast. For instance, a court found O.J. Simpson guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping last week. That guy's never done anything wrong!
Be careful the next time you fart... an ASCAP stooge may request royalties on behalf of someone like Daughtry or something.
Ween Release Early Live CD/DVD, Weirdness Free with Purchase
The very strange/very talented band we know as Ween will be taking fans on a trip down bizzaro memory lane November 11 with the release of an early live CD/DVD package from MVD. The CD will contain an entire show from 1992 at The Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC (which happens to be one of my favorite venues). Those of you who have seen Ween live in recent years should expect something very different from this package, as early performances consisted solely of Dean and Gene Ween with a few samples, tapes, and a drum machine.
Meanwhile, the bonus DVD contains footage from several shows, including some from Halloween 1991 in Holland and 1992 in Columbus, OH. Actually, here's the tracklist for the bonus DVD:
Don Caballero to Tour Europe; Che Must Be Sick of All the Math References, But We’ll Keep Doing Them Anyway!
Math Rockers rejoice: masters of intricate music Don Caballero are hitting the road in Europe this month to support their most recent album, 2008’s Punkgasm. The Pittsburgh-based trio has developed quite the following over the last 17 years, presumably for their innovation and complexity. While their lineup has changed rapidly over the years, drummer and founding member Damon Che is still at the forefront of the group, pushing the mathematical limits of Don Caballero’s music further with every album.
Don Caballero tourdates
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