Archive for January, 2011

Fleet Foxes Return With New Album, Tour

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Their self-titled debut album was Pitchfork’s favorite album of 2008 , and now Seattle harmonizers Fleet Foxes are back with album number two. On May 3 in the U.S., Sub Pop will release Helplessness Blues , the band’s new 12-song LP. ( Bella Union will…

Maple Leafs owner partners with Ticketmaster owner on event ticket sales

Monday, January 31st, 2011

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs owner Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is teaming with Live Nation Entertainment Inc. in a deal that will

Maple Leafs owner partners with Live Nation Entertainment on event ticket sales

Monday, January 31st, 2011

TORONTO – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. announces partnership that will see MLSE manage sponsorships and ticket sales for event promoter Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation will help MLSE if it moves forward with a possible House of Blues c…

Panic! at the Disco Grow Up for New Album

Monday, January 31st, 2011

For his band’s third album Vices & Virtues (out March 29), Panic! at the Disco singer Brendon Urie did a lot of growing up, and growing up is hard to do. Now 23, he’s six years removed from 2005, when he blasted onto the charts with the band’s two mill…

ROCHESTER RETAIL MUSIC STORE EXPERIENCES GROWTH IN VINYL SALES DESPITE DECLINING CD SALES NATIONALLY

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Rochester, NY January 31, 2011 Lakeshore Record Exchange recently announced that their retail store has experienced large increases in vinyl record sales for 2010 despite declining trends nationally in CD sales. The company has been a long time support…

Boleseng works on second album

Monday, January 31st, 2011

After his 2007 acclaimed debut album, Life’s A Journey, Afro jazz sensation Lister Boleseng is working on another recording.

Live Nation Entertainment, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Form Strategic Partnership

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. “Live Nation” and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. “MLSE” announced today that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership aimed at maximizing their complementary mediums and resources to drive entertainm…

Help!: Company transfers vinyl records to CDs

Monday, January 31st, 2011

DAVE LARIMER • HELP! • January 31, 2011 Dear Help!: I would like to find a shop in Brevard County that can transfer old vinyl LPs to a CD or DVD media.

Adele ‘over the moon’ at the success of her new album

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Adele says she wasn’t expecting her second album, 21, to be so commercially successful after selling over 200,000 copies in its first week.

Vinyl record enthusiasts search for treasures at the annual show – Register-Guard

Monday, January 31st, 2011

After a decadelong push by record companies to move consumers to compact discs by only releasing albums in that format, “almost all major releases now come on vinyl,” Finneran said. But it was the even older stuff dominating Sunday’s event …