Spotify is finally here. The leading global music streaming service launched in Australia today.
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US President Barack Obama’s playlist | music news
As earworm sister (brother?) Crikey blog The Stump noted, US President Barack Obama released his re-election campaign musical playlist via music streaming service Spotify. Playlists are often used to try to get someone to love the compiler so what does Obama’s playlist reveal about his need for voters to at least like him? Really, really [...]
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The death of Whitney Houston: so emotional | music news
Was anyone really shocked when they heard Whitney Houston had died? Sadly, news organisations all over the world already had her obituary written and duly published screeds of ‘we will always love you’ tributes. All they had to do was fill in the blanks. Even the details of those blanks were predictable.
READ MOREFree Yellow Submarine ebook with The Beatles
Roll up….for a free Beatles ebook at iTunes. Apple finally got permission to sell The Beatles’ music via their online music store in November 2010 and have announced they’ve since sold 10 million copies of Beatles songs and 1.8 million full albums. To celebrate, Apple has made a free Yellow Submarine ebook (iBook?) available via the [...]
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2011 ARIA awards better than 2010 shock
Australian music’s afternoon of afternoons was held yesterday. The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) awards ceremony clawed back a little respectability following last year’s infamously shambolic Sydney Opera House fiasco. Channel Nine digital TV channel GO! showed highlights of the presentations and it was interesting to note how few on-air plugs aired for their upcoming The [...]
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