Tag: Music
Universal Music Group gives more details on Nokia's 'Comes With Music' service
The talk of today’s Nokia World Show is ‘Comes With Music’, the freshly announced partnership between Nokia and Universal Music Group, which will be a subscription based music download service.
Rob Wells, senior vice president for digital at UMG, got up on stage this afternoon to explain the thinking behind the deal, and gave some more details.
Prince and Radiohead both ineligible for Brit Awards nominations due to unorthodox album releases
It appears you really can’t have your cake and eat it too, as Radiohead and Prince are both to be excluded from next year’s Brit Awards in London, due to their album releases online and free with The Daily Mail, respectively.
The criteria for being nominated in the prestigious awards means artists must have had a single or album in the UK top 75 in the past 16 months. Radiohead, releasing In Rainbows online, has not announced the official sales figures…
Two men evicted over 'Rock Band' playing sessions
It’s the new most annoying thing – neighbours who are really into Guitar Hero and its various clones and spin-offs, and keep organising parties where you have the pleasure of hearing the same song, played over and over again, all night, with the odd jarring “BINK” every time someone misses a note.
If you have a Guitar Hero-playing neighbour, here’s some happy revenge news – two American men have been evicted from their flat for playing too much of the play-along music game Rock Band at night. Sweet, sweet justice. Here’s hoping they fall into drug addiction and prostitution as payback for making their poor neighbours suffer.

Deutsche Grammophon launches global classical music download site
Leading classical music recording company Deutsche Grammophon has announced the launch of its DG Web Shop, which will allow customers in 42 countries to download a wide range of classical music. Around 2,400 Deutsche Grammophon records will be available for…
The Pirate Bay decides against starting up an OiNK-replacing music piracy tracker
The day music piracy ultra-portal OiNK died was a sad day for all fans of nicking free stuff off the internet.
But then everything seemed OK again, when The Pirate Bay announced development of BOiNK to take…
Show us your 'Sunny Sundae Smiles', as My Bloody Valentine is releasing their new album online
The brilliant Irish shoegazer band, My Bloody Valentine, is continuing their assault on our eardrums, by following in the large footsteps of Radiohead (and Trent Reznor, The Charlatans, Kylie, Cliff Richard…) and are releasing their upcoming album online without a music label.
Just last week their reunion tour was confirmed, with tickets to their London gig selling out in under a minute, fuelling…
Courtney Love on a Radiohead-style digital release, forgets previous album sold 250,000 copies
Courtney Love still makes music?! You mean, she has time in her schedule amongst flogging Kurt’s clothes and organising biopics about him?! That woman never ceases to amaze, as according to her incoherent ramblings on her MySpace account, she wants to go down the Radiohead route, by possibly releasing her music exclusively online.
Those with graduate degrees in decoding insane, possibly drug-related musings, appearing to be written by a 14-year old English-language hating morons can click here to read the full extent…
Not only does the Super Mario Star Light make you invincible, it also plays sounds & music
If you can hold out until December when it’s released, this Super Mario Star Light will be the perfect addition to your bedside table.
Not only does it light up, but it plays sounds and music from the Nintendo games, presumably the theme tune, and Mario’s greatest…