Radiohead has announced the immediate release of eighteen hours of unreleased OK Computer (Parlophone) era outtakes and demos for the next 18 days for 18 pounds. This stems from frontman Thom Yorke suffering a computer hack and his stolen music archives and the thief demanding $150,0000 payment to get the archive back. You can see the details and the Bandcamp link below. Continue reading
Chromes Waves released their recent full-length album A Grief Observed this past spring. The band just released a new single “Bound” to stream and download from their Bandcamp. Check it out now! Continue reading
Doomy Death Metal band Slaves BC have released an epic new single, ‘300 Dead Rapist Priests Floating at the Bottom of the Ocean’. According to their Bandcamp page, the track This song was “written in response to the report about the over 300 priests in Pennsylvania that have committed child rape in their churches”. All money paid for this track will be donated to RAINN. The band is also offering their entire discography at a discount for a limited time as well. Check it out! Continue reading
Immortal Bird will release a new album Thrive On Neglect this summer, their first for 20 Buck Spin, on July 5th. The group has shared its first new song, ‘Anger Breeds Contempt’, which you can hear below. Continue reading
Skaldic Curse was a band from UKBMs early 2000’s heyday, featuring members of Fen, Akercocke, and other contemporaries. Sadly, defunct after their second album World Suicide Machine I must admit I was rather surprised to see this album in my inbox for review as they officially split up back in 2011.Continue reading
There is a right way and a wrong way to approach people in the music industry to connect and work with them. Most of you are doing it wrong! Episode 87 of the Dumb and Dumbest Podcast is streaming right now and it’s about Crappy Ways To Promote Your Band. Dumb and Dumbest is a music industry podcast hosted by music executive Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR). Matt and Curtis run down all the steps you need to make your band more successful, giving out free advice you can use to build your brand and your band! Continue reading
Social Media is not just crucial to keeping in touch with your fanbase, but actually helps with sales of albums and merch! Episode 86 of the Dumb and Dumbest Podcast is streaming right now!, and it’s about covers Twitter and Social Media Marketing with Allfather’s Tom Ballard. Tom and Allfather released a crushing new album last year, they equally crushed social media and made impressive sales for a band of their reputation. Dumb and Dumbest is a music industry podcast hosted by music executive Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR). Matt and Curtis chat with Tom and run through his bands’ wins, and how the steps you need to make your band more successful.Continue reading
Episode 78 of the Dumb and Dumbest Podcast is streaming right now, and it’s an Interview with Seth Werkheiser of Close Mondays. Seth was one of the original Metal music bloggers on the net, worked for AOL Noisecreep, Buzzgrinder, helped found the amazingly influential #metalbandcampgiftclub, and the recently defunct but rad Skulltoaster. Seth runs Close Mondays and has a plethora of advice to share about the music industry, marketing, metrics and more. Dumb and Dumbest is a music industry podcast hosted by music executive Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR).
Tayne is a London based Experimental, Noise, Pop outfit by Matthew Sutton. Tayne’s music is an aural assault that weld moody, atmospheric vocals, punishing guitars and overwhelming electronics, to pulsating rhythms that create an intense listening. Debut album Breathe (Strange Brew) is out now.Continue reading
Episode 63 of the Dumb and Dumbest Podcast is streaming right now, hosted by music executive Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR). Today Matt and Curtis talk about the importance of Bandcamp, and how to create and optimize your page to get people to pay attention to your music and buy your merch. Continue reading