Tag: albums
Best Albums January 2023
Album sales up following 7-year slump: internet rescues reluctant music industry
Ever since we learned that nothing in that Alanis Morissette song was actually ironic we've been nervous about using that word – but we're going to take a shot. Because news that digital sales are the reason the music…
Apple releases Aperture 3 photo editing software, with location and facial awareness features
Apple have announced the launch of Aperture 3, the latest version of their popular photo editing and archiving software. There are over 200 new features in the Aperture 3 program, including Brushes for touching up images and one-click photo effects…
SlotMusic – albums on SD cards from SanDisk
Here’s the latest novelty music format to come from a technology company desperate to get a piece of Apple pie. Albums on MicroSD cards, from SanDisk. SanDisk, who have second place in the MP3 player market with 11% market share, reckon that the way to get consumers to re-engage with buying music is to provide it to them in a mostly useless format…
Radiohead shuns iTunes in favour of 7digital
Finally, Thom Yorke’s miserable curmudgeonry has amounted to something. Well, excluding their six albums and his solo album, natch. But you must admit, he’s like a younger version of Morrissey, minus the dashing good looks.
You might be aware that after the Beatles, Radiohead are the last high-profile band to refuse to flog their tunes to Apple’s iTunes, as they apparently aren’t keen on Apple’s practise of selling individual tracks instead of full albums. Fair enough, when you consider an artist’s album…
