Music Monday seems popular around Twitter - so I figured I'd pose the question to AP.net users as well. What are you listening to this morning? Please include links so people can check out tunage.
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The war is still raging. The music industry of the old is fucked, and they've been since the beginning of the decade. Oh, the glorious .mp3. But, somewhat miraculously, good music manages to wiggle through the corporate bullshit and desperate measures. There are self-released forces of nature, new bands with mind-blowing masterpieces, and an off-the-main-path Internet community that grows bigger with each messageboard post. This decade was ours for the taking, and we took it.
EDIT: The chat is now over. Thank you to Rachel and Megan for extending their workdays and spending their evening with AP.net.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. EST, the staff of peta2 will be chatting in this thread to field a discussion and answer questions. They've come up with a handful of starter questions, which you can read in the replies. And so, chat and argue away.
It wouldn't be the end of 2009 unless AbsolutePunk posted its End of the Year lists, now would it? You're right, it wouldn't. Now live for your critiquing pleasure, here is our mass collection of band and industry EOTY lists. Also in the bunch are our personal lists and the Staff Compiled Top 30 Albums of 2009. And the Album of the Year goes to...
So we've updated our music player (on the right hand side of the screen). We went with a Holiday/Winter theme this time. I picked the duet of "Baby it's Cold Outside" by Mindy White (Lydia) and Anthony Green. That's Dan Schwartz from Good Old War on acoustic guitar and Stephen Laurenson from Copeland did the rest of the music.. Anton went with Sense...[read more]
We're still collecting for our band and business folk End of the Year Lists. Bands, labels, publicists, managers and so on, email eoty@absolutepunk.net if you'd like to get in on the action. You can see our lists from 2008 for examples.
Did you know AP.net has seen a +15.52% growth from last year? That's because of all of you guys! Thank you so much. Help continue our climb by telling friends about us. Letting them know where you heard about a new band/album - or just sharing one of our news stories on your myspace/facebook/twitter page goes a long way. We appreciate everything you guys do to make sure we stay up!
It's that time of year: End of the Year Lists. Calling all bands, labels, managers and publicists - send us a list of your bands' and your favorite albums of 2009, and we'll add it to our annual collection of industry and musicians best-ofs. You can shoot emails to julia.conny@absolutepunk.net. But for now, let us reminisce about 2008 and 2007.
See a news article you like and want to tell some friends about it? Did you know you can do it right from the homepage? Click the little mail icon (example) from any news post and you can quickly send that article via email, facebook, twitter, myspace, etc. These links are also available on all album reviews, news posts, blog posts, and such. Plus, there's a link at the bottom of every page (under the information header) to share it as well. No reason not to let your friends in on the conversation.
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What did you listen to last week? Check out our last.fm group (and join it if you haven't already) to see what the AP.net community was listening to. Brand New and Paramore seem to be big hits.
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We've updated our homepage music player with a couple fresh sonic treats. From Jason's end comes a Say Anything b-side from the Is A Real Boy era, an inspired choice. Anton decided upon a Guided By Voices classic that will make you long for the indie rock of yore. I was recently swept off my feet by "500 Days of Summer" like so many others, so I went with The Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition", which makes you feel like you're floating (also read: falling in love with Zoeey Deschanel). ...[read more]
You may see some duplicate news posts this morning - I just got back from a mini-vacation and have been trying to catch up with what has and hasn't been posted. I'll do my best, but apologize in the meantime if I make any mistakes. Been listening to anything good in the past week? I have been enjoying Morrissey's b-side album Swords, John Nolan's solo disc, and The Swellers.
What did you listen to last week? You can check out the AP.net Last.FM group's charts in the replies (join our group so your listens are tracked too). Feel free to post your charts in the replies and check out other user's listening habits -- you may find something new you'll love. Brand New is the biggest band on this website - they doubled up the next band on the charts.
We have again updated our AP.net music player (right side of your page). We have a few gems for you this week. I have posted a rare demo from Acceptance called "Juliana." The song was recorded on a shoe-string budget a long time ago, and after talking to both Jason and Christian I was told I could post it for stream. So ... here it is (for the first time I know of in the wild). There's just something about Jason's voice and delivery that does it for me. Like what you hear? Pick up read more]
