Ode To Green Packaging
I was very pleased last year when I went to a product management meeting at Sony BMG Canada with MC Mario (yes, I work with MC Mario, he’s actually pretty cool) where the product reps revealed a new...
View ArticleBongo Beat is now Montreal based
On Aug 9, 2008, Bongo Beat will officially be a Montreal based record label. We will be a part of the fabric of one of the most exciting musical centres on the planet. I am originally from Montreal and...
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Fixture Records at Pop Montreal
Fixture Records is a young record label and we’re very lucky to be a part of Pop Montreal this year. We programmed a showcase, with 6 of our bands, taking place on Friday, October 3rd at Trois Minots,...
View ArticleMerge Radio
Just poking around the web this morning, as I do, and discovered something I’d never noticed before on the Merge Records website. Of course, Merge is the label of indie icons like (say it with me)...
View ArticleNinja Tuna! Mr. Scruff and Moose make Environmental Art
I received this friendly email from Nina Tune the other day: Hi Indyish, Maddy here from Ninja Tune/ Big Dada Records. Our artist Mr. Scruff has teamed up with reverse graffiti legend Paul “Moose”...
View ArticleState of the Indie Biz – Weekly Round Up
A collection of quotes and their accompanying links from selected news items discovered this week pertaining to independent business… or IndieBiz.. or biz-nas, I guess, if you prefer. First up, Youtube...
View ArticleDeath Cab’s major label takes down their own videos?
Epic fail, sounds like, and classic miss on the logic of the new network economy: Death Cab For Cutie’s record label is Atlantic, which is a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. When you go to the DCFC...
View ArticleMusic Tees count in Neilson SoundScan + Perez has a label with Warner Bros?
What will they think of next! This combo-platter of news is bizarre and exciting all at the same time. We have to admit we sometimes totally love Perez‘s taste in music and things fabulous, so that...
View ArticleKRS-ONE and BUCKSHOT Everybody is a Robot – indie music video
This song hits its stride, has the office fists in the air and requires sharing, once the fierce and yet fatherly KRS-ONE and indie record label owner and rapper BUCKSHOT explain that the original...
View ArticleA Tribute to Motown Independence – classic Motown videos + live show
Independent from 1960 to 1988 the Motown record label was perhaps the most influential independent of all time. In a period of incredible global upheaval and tension, Motown brought people of all...
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