Verve’s New Album Streaming
Posted on 25. Aug, 2008 by spencer in Music
Remember that time the Verve wrote this huge pop hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” and then got sued for looping a short sample from the Rolling Stones, resulting in the Verve losing all the money they made with the song? TOTALLY RAD!
Anyway, the Verve are back with their new album, Forth, and it’s streaming right now on their MySpace page.
THE VERVE STREAM ENTIRE ALBUM
IN STORES AUGUST 26
New York/London – August 19, 2008 — The Verve are now streaming the full album Forth at the following:
www.myspace.com/theverve
The Verve’s long-awaited studio album Forth will [...]
Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” Could Mean Sink or Swim for EMI
Posted on 14. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Music
As mentioned last Friday, Coldplay has announced a June 17th release date for their fourth album, “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.” While writing that post, something clicked on in the back of my mind: this album has the potential to either keep Coldplay’s label EMI afloat for another year, or make necessary the eventual merger of EMI Music (including its subsidiaries like Capitol, Virgin, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Def Jux, Mute and Tooth & Nail) and Warner Music Group, who currently hold the 3rd and 4th [...]
Universal Music Partners with Imeem
Posted on 10. Dec, 2007 by James in Internet, Music, Technology
Universal Music has signed a deal to make their music available to Imeem users. With the signing of the deal, Imeem now has partnerships with all four major labels, including Warner Brothers, EMI and Sony BMG.
Imeem users can stream songs in full from partner-labels, who get a cut thanks to advertising. As of now, Imeem gains an edge over competitor MySpace because Universal allows only for the streaming of 90-second clips to members of that online social network.
Universal Music Chair and Chief Executive Doug Morris explains the reasons [...]
