Idlewild’s Fan-Funded Record Is Innovative, But It Doesn’t Help New Bands

In the next couple of weeks Idlewild will release their new album, the recording of which was entirely funded by fans of the band pre-ordering the record before it was even recorded. Although an innovative business model (but not that innovative – Patrick Wolf has already done it twice), this is the reserve of bands [...]

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Guy Hands Will Keep Getting It Wrong Until Eventually He Is Left With Norah Jones

While habitually binning the business section of the paper this Sunday I was struck by that fact that Roger Waters was on the front cover. So for the (first time ever) I didn’t bin it, and instead ended up reading another tale of Guy Hands’ and Terra Firma’s absolute insistence on shafting a once legendary [...]

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Is Blur Drummer Dave Rowntree’s Attempt to Become a Politician Progressive or just Retarded?

Dave Rowntree’s studies to become a solicitor are a running joke, with The Independent last week printing a story saying that he told them he would be prioritising his law exams over Blur’s upcoming tour. Despite this being a fabrication, it’s obvious Rowntree is very serious about his studies, and thinks that to pursue a [...]

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An Inside Look At The Recording Industry

Tom Morris, house engineer at Fortress Studios, gives us the inside on what it’s like in these troubled times.

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‘Three-Strikes And You’re Out’ File-Sharing System Has A Difficult Task Ahead

Last week the French National Assembly, the lower house of the country’s parliament, passed the central clause of a law which would see persistent file-sharers having their internet cut off if they received more than two warnings. The irony is clear, given that only a month ago Sarkozy et al were found guilty of playing [...]

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