johnny marr + microsoft.

daydreaming by radiohead.

burn the witch by radiohead.

red bull: the content marketing machine

Mashable recently did a fantastic feature on Red Bull. You may have heard of them. Little blue and silver can? The kids mix it with vodka? Right. You know what else they make that you can consume besides an energy drink? Content. Lots of content. In fact, they have an entire division (more like a company) dedicated to this content. The Red Bull Media House churns out bite sized morsels of content goodness. They produce print, television, online, mobile, music, games and feature film content.

Their dedicated website for content is called the Red Bull Content Pool and it is aimed at producers, editors and journalists looking to quench their content thirst. What they have done a masterful job of is putting their product second, a distant second. The real focus is the content which in turn builds brand loyalty which eventually equates to sales.

The Mashable piece also highlighted a solid report by the Altimeter Group. They have done a great job of categorizing what stage companies are in with regard to content marketing using an exercise analogy (stand, stretch, walk, jog and run). Check it out, it is well worth your time.

your favorite new band, toy.

Take a listen. A bit psychedelic, a bit shoegaze and a bit chrome pop. These guys recall Ride, Pink Floyd, among others. Behind the swirling guitars and hypnotic keyboards you'll find fantastic melodies wanting to break free. Enjoy.

new atoms for peace (thom yorke/flea/nigel godrich).

Happy Friday folks.

moonrise kingdom by wes anderson.

Oh this looks fantastic. Another instant classic.

radiohead west coast tour (seattle).

Radiohead just announced additional dates on their US tour including a stop in Seattle at Key Arena on April 9th. Get the details here.

radiohead: the daily mail & staircase

For your listening pleasure.

the black keys. lonely boy.

This one will get your toe tappin'. New track by one of the best acts in the country.

i am the resurrection.

The Stone Roses are back. Here's to hoping we get a new album as well.

Check out their new site www.thestoneroses.org for more information.

The legendary four-piece - Ian, John, Mani and Reni - have announced two massive shows at Manchester's Heaton Park on Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30, 2012. The dates will form part of an extensive world tour.

radiohead the king of limbs: live from the basement

more radiohead (remixes). happy early fourth of july.

new radiohead song. staircase (live from the basement).

This is brooding. Love the synths. Amazing. Enjoy.

the death of the music industry. sort of.

Today's chart is courtesy of the Silicon Alley Insider and illustrates the death of the music industry by time and units shipped. As you can see, not even the digital format can offset the death of the CD. It is becoming increasingly clear that the music itself is just going to be a marketing tool for a band's merchandise and ticket sales. So the music industry itself isn't dying, it is just evolving.

stream new fleet foxes and 2011 tour dates.

The new Fleet Foxes long player Helplessness Blues will be released on May 3rd. Oh yeah. Sounds great. Amazing really.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues by subpop

Fleet Foxes 2011 Tour Dates:
04/30 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre
05/01 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/03 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
05/05 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
05/06 – San Diego, CA @ Spreckels Theatre
05/07 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
05/08 – Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
05/10 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
05/11 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
05/13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
05/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
05/15 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
05/17 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
05/18 – New York, NY @ The United Palace Theatr
05/21 – Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
05/25 – Berlin, DE @ Astra
05/26 – Munich, DE @ Dachau Summer of Music
05/28 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
05/30 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
05/31 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo

radiohead concert for haiti. complete show in hd.

For the setlist, see below. Ladies and gentlemen, Radiohead.



Setlist:
Faust Arp
Fake Plastic Trees
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
National Anthem
Nude
Karma Police
Kid A
Morning Bell
How To Disappear Completely
Wolf at the Door
The Bends
Reckoner
Lucky
Body Snatchers
Dollars & Cents
Airbag
Exit Music (For a Film)

Encore #1:
Everything In Its Right Place
You and Whose Army?
Pyramid Song
All I Need

Encore #2:
Lotus Flower
Paranoid Android
Street Spirit

flashmob at nordstrom conducted by gerard schwarz.

Nothing says the holidays like a choral "flashmob" at Nordstom. 600 singers. 3 floors. Enjoy.

the black keys. abbey road. enough said.

In honor of the show tomorrow night at the Paramount, here's ten minutes of video from The Black Keys performing at Abbey Road studios in 2009.

leak. google online music service plans.

NME is reporting that Google has approached multiple record labels about launching a service that would charge consumers about $25 a year to store songs in the cloud in addition to a having a more conventional download store. The locker also offers social networking features, such as allowing users to send playlists to fellow subscribers, entitling those users to listen to each song in its entirety once. Google would also make available a web-based music player and a mobile application for playback of tracks from the cloud-based locker. If they play their cards right, they might be able to gain ground Apple, like Bing has gained ground on them.