2008 January | Puddlegum

The Silver State: to debut with Cut and ...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Destined to be one of the strongest debuts of the year, The Silver State is releasing Cut and Run on Young American Recordings on April 15. The Silver State’s guitar playing and song structure is reminiscent of Pedro the Lion’s It’s Hard To Find A Friend. They have also been compared...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 28th, 2008 | No Comments

After years of taking peer-to-peer networks to court for music piracy, the major labels are now introducing Qtrax, their own P2P network. The Qtrax website boasts of over 25 million songs that can be downloaded for free, plus it’s legal. And for the first time, artists will be paid royalties for...

Posted by Flick in Puddlegum Archives on 01 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dave Fischoff is beginning a remix project called Spoolwork. His first remix is one of Jens Lekman’s I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You, making it available as a free download on the Spoolwork’s Myspace page. Both Dave Fischoff and Jens Lekman are signed to Secretly Canadian;...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dave Fischoff is beginning a remix project called Spoolwork. His first remix is one of Jens Lekman’s I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You, making it available as a free download on the Spoolwork’s Myspace page. Both Dave Fischoff and Jens Lekman are signed to Secretly Canadian;...

Posted by Flick in Artist Review on 01 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

Meshach Jackson has released an eight track ep called Experiments In Drowning, asking you to pay what you want for the disc. Available on his Myspace page, fans of Canon Blue and Mute Math will enjoy their experimental friend. (me)shach Jackson grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in a family that opened...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin has announced information about their new album, Pershing. Mastered by TW Walsh (Pedro the Lion, The Soft Drugs) at the TW Walsh Mastering studio, Pershing will hit April 8 with eleven songs. Starting January 25, the members will begin a Midwestern tour, staying...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Say Hi (To Your Mom) is officially releasing The Wishes and The Glitch on February 5th through Euphobia, backed up by a stack of tour dates. On October 16, weeks after the album was mastered, Say Hi pre-released the album on their website in DRM-free MP3 format, and began to tour. The Wishes and The...

Mates of State: new album and child...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 17th, 2008 | No Comments

Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, the husband and wife duo of Mates of State, have announced the birth of their second daughter, June Elizabeth. June was born on January 4, weighing 9 pounds. Kori’s labor was induced due to the potential size of the pregnancy. Will the new child slow the band down?...

Posted by Flick in News on 01 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Mike Adams of husband&wife manages a label in Bloomington, Indiana, called Crossroads of America Records. Spinning the name off of the state’s slogan, Adams hopes to bring more creative awareness to Indiana than it just being a state that people drive through. They have already released ten...

The Permanence of Digital Sales...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 01 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments

While music sales shift from physical media to digital, the experience artists and labels are having is not as smooth as you might suspect. Puddlegum spoke with a highly-respected artist about an issue he has faced. For his sake, his name will not be disclosed. Several years ago this artist signed a...

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