“Surely this will chart on the Billboard Silent 100,” jokes Vulfpeck songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Stratton. He’s referring to “Sleepify,” Vulfpeck’s completely silent album that has so far racked up some 3.7 million streams on Spotify since its release three weeks ago. The high-concept low investment recording now stands to earn more than $18,000 — […]
v UNITED STATES 1. The Black Keys, “Fever” (Nonesuch Records) 2. Big Scary, “Twin Rivers” (Barsuk Records) 3. Sylvan Esso, “Coffee” (Partisan Records) 4. 3LAU, “How You Love Me” (Casablanca Records) 5. Tune-Yards, “Water Fountain” (4AD) MORE: 6. Bleachers, “I Wanna Get Better” (RCA Records) 7. Future Islands, “Seasons (Waiting On You)” (4AD) 8. Prince, […]
Strange Music co-founder, Tech N9ne was interviewed on Revolt TV’s Revolt Live today [March 24]. While speaking with co-host DJ Damage, Tech N9ne—who is the top selling independent Hip Hop artist in the world—offered advice to aspiring artists. “It starts with the music,” Tech N9ne said. “People want to hear good music. After you do […]
Forget Exile On Main Street or Zen Arcade — the most brilliant album available on Spotify may be Vulfpeck’s new Sleepify, 10 tracks containing 30 seconds of silence apiece. The laid-back Los Angeles funk-rock band has asked fans to repeat-stream the album all night in an attempt to pile up enough fractions of pennies to […]
Beats Music was signing up an average of 1,000 new subscribers a day through its first month, according to the sources cited by Bloomberg BusinessWeek this morning. BusinessWeek’s contacts claimed that 70% of the 750,000 trial users generated by AT&T’s 30- and 90-day trial promotions for the service — in addition to the 28,000 signed […]
The best moment on Mastermind, Rick Ross’ much-delayed sixth studio album that was finally released today, happens relatively early on. During the intro of track three, “Drug Dealers Dream,” an automated voice, belonging not to Ross but to someone who probably only listens to Ross when he’s on Kanye West songs, says, “Please hold while […]
