Radiohead did indeed last night webcast their final show of their US tour from Santa Barbara, confirming an earlier claim in BoingBoing is reporting.
The original report wasn’t definite, suggesting it heard the news through a tip-off from someone who has been following the band on the latest tour. Distorted Loop then checked with its ‘sources’, who suggested the report to be ‘probably’ true, though full confirmation wasn’t achieved – it’s believed at this stage the band had only limited bandwidth to offer the stream, so that’s why they kept it quiet.
The band’s website, Dead Air Space, had little to say on the matter before the event, beyond a somewhat unusual hint to Mac users that they should download software to enable them to watch video made available in Windows Media format, or download that stalwart multimedia app, VLC. Windows users are also urged to download VLC. Read the rest of this entry »
Twentieth Century Fox has released a batch of new DVDs equipped with the facility – Digital Copy – to copy the movies they contain directly into iTunes, for use with an Apple TV, iPhone or iPod.
The movie studio has introduced 20 titles equipped with the format, including Die Hard, Napoleon Dynamite and a other favourites, releasing the new batch in the US. Read the rest of this entry »
AC/DC’s first new single in eight years, “Rock’n'Roll Train,” is streaming as of, well, now, on the band’s website.
The song is also expected to debut on U.S. radio outlets today (Aug. 28). A video for the song was shot Aug. 15 in London and will premiere next month.
“We know you, you’re an AC/DC fan. And as an AC/DC fan, we know you’ve been scouring the internet for information about Black Ice, watching every fan-made video on YouTube with “Rock,” “Roll,” and “Train” in the tags and visiting ACDC.com daily looking for more.
“Well, it’s here. Fans can now listen to “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train,” the band’s first new song in eight years, at ACDC.com.”
Virgin Media has confirmed it plans to launch its own online music portal, expanding content it makes available through its TV on-demand music service to be available online.
NMW spoke with Virgin Media TV CEO of content, Malcolm Wall, who talked about creating a portal for music which he says would be “enriched” with the “power brands around entertainment”. (A way of discussing human creativity that frankly really turns me off, sorry). Read the rest of this entry »
Latest mash-up/remix to generate a buzz online – Jay Z vs. Oasis, by Spanish collective Cookin’ Soul, a few weeks since the two acts got into a cat-fight about who was better than who.
We’ve come across this video of U2 manager Paul McGuinness offering his thoughts on digital music at Midem earlier this year.
He called it, “The Online Bonanza: Who is making the money and why aren’t they sharing it?” In this he had some tough things to say against, well, almost everybody – and predicted Apple’s move to offer subscription services through iTunes, which is theoretically coming along next month. Worth a watch/listen if you haven’t seen this before. (He also predicted a three strikes and you’re out scheme with ISPs, the evolution of a strong iTunes alternative and more – not at all bad for nine minutes chat).
There’s a new fan-promoted band shares concept type of thing in the frame, Bandstocks, a brainchild of the gang behind B-Unique Records (Kaiser Chiefs, et al.) and Civilian Industries (run by music industry lawyer Andrew Lewis).
The service – which must be seen as something akin to SellaBand and SliceThePie – lets fans invest in new acts to help them record albums. However, unlike the other two sites, the bands are pre-selected by a team of experts – which, given the involvement of a succesful label – makes one consider if its really just a way to make fans pay first for the label to issue music releases, though that notion feels very cynical. Read the rest of this entry »
The stress on social networking continues across the music and media sector, with ABI Research’s Clint Wheelock booked to host a community-focused track at Billboard’s “Mobile Entertainment Live!” next month.
Wheelock is VP & Chief Research Officer at ABI Research. He will host a four-hour afternoon conference track which will explore how community, collaboration, social networking, and content sharing are critical to a successful mobile entertainment strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
Major Hollywood film studios are teaming-up, working together in an attempt to create a standard approach to the DRM types used in various online movie stores – though some notable names are refusing to play ball.
The studios have begun what they are calling their Open Market digital initiative, an attempt to simplify the way consumers interact with online film services by harmonsing DRM use. Read the rest of this entry »
Radiohead did indeed last night webcast their final show of their US tour from Santa Barbara, confirming an earlier claim in BoingBoing is reporting.
