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Cut Copy Release 44-Minute Ambient Instr...

Cut Copy have released a new ambient project called January Tape, composed of a 44-minute instrumental piece. It is available only on a limited edition cassette run of 400 copies via the band’s Cutters Records. ‎Stream a sample of January Tape here.  Dan Whitford of Cut Copy said the project took shape after the band took a break from recording the follow-up to 2013’s Free Your Mind. Below, you can find a statement from Whitford, the cassette’s cover art, and Cut Copy’s upcoming DJ tour dates.  “Having worked for much of the previous 12 months on a new Cut Copy...
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Soundgarden Announce Badmotorfinger 25th...

Soundgarden released their third album Badmotorfinger in October 1991. In a new interview, guitarist Kim Thayil has revealed that they will reissue the album for its 25th anniversary, as Stereogum points out. It’s currently slated to come out November 18. In a 2014 interview, Thayil had said that the reissue could include b-sides, live material, and rehearsal material. In addition, Thayil said that Soundgarden are remastering and remixing their 1988 debut Ultramega OK, which would be re-released via Sub Pop. He also said that the band have “something slated for Black...
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Live Stream Chance the Rapper’s Ap...

Apple Music Festival 10′s final 2016 show takes place today at the Roundhouse in London. Chance the Rapper is scheduled to take the stage at 4 p.m. Eastern today. Stream the show live on Apple Music here. (No word on whether Chance’s giant puppet friends will be there.) Earlier Apple Music Festival 10 performers included Elton John (with Christine and the Queens), Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, and the 1975 On December 1, Chance will perform at this year’s annual National Christmas Tree Lighting at the White House.  Read “Charting Chance the Rapper’s...
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Indie Rock Musicians Suck at Business Co...

A new academic study breaks down some of the business challenges facing independent musicians. Stephen Carradini, a Ph.D. student at North Carolina State, surveyed a group of self-described indie rock musicians nationwide, ranging in age from 18 to 43. He found that their work included plenty of communications tasks—ones that probably weren’t what they set out to do when they decided to become musicians. Audience development, slow growth, and an uneven balance of power emerged as the key themes underlying these musicians’ accounts of their professional lives, according to...
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Ab-Soul Shares New Song “Huey Knew” Feat...

Ab-Soul has shared a new song called “Huey New.” His first solo release this year, it features a guest verse from New Jersey rapper Da$H. Listen to it below. Earlier this year, he collaborated with Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt and Kendrick for “Really Doe,” (a track from Brown’s new LP Atrocity Exhibition) and hopped on a Black Hippy remix of Schoolboy Q’s “THat Part.” Ab-Soul’s follow-up to 2014’s These Days… seems to be coming soon, according to recent social media activity from Ab-Soul and TDE President Anthony Tiffith. In June, Ab-Soul tweeted “Tracclist turned...