Fast paced, drum heavy, thrashy punk with a 90’s America feel, with a driving beat a clear vocal, and a splash of synth thrown in for good measure. I am a big fan of early Dookie era Green Day, and it’s pretty high praise to say this reminds me of it. If you’ve ever tried to ollie a skateboard
Dense, dark electronica, reminiscent of Apollo 440 in their dancier days, but also with a more modern, chiptunesque vibe running through the album. Their single (not from the album) ‘The New Majority’ features quotes from President Elect Obama’s campaign trail speeches, cut up to the same grun
This album is like a chocolate cake. Heavy, dark, rich and possibly too sweet for it’s own good: undertones from viola and double bass provide a landscape over which finger-picked guitar rambles and eddies. These are all secondary considerations, because Hollie’s voice, when it breaks into the d
If you have an iPhone or iPod touch you never need to worry about buying an expensive tuner every again. For £1.19 you can pick up eTuner from the iTunes App store. eTuner is an interactive chromatic tuning application, which utilizes the quality audio and fine display capabilities of the iPhone
A club tune in the classic mode, this track features heavily sampled beats and housey vocals. There’s a marked difference in feel between the two versions available, the club mix featuring (as you might expect) a much heavier beat and less focus on the vocals. If you’ve ever been to an Ibiza bea
There has been a lot of talk recently about music startups. iLike is on the table and looking for a buyers, as is Imeem. A couple months ago Tunecore received more funding and now it is rumoured that Band Metrics has received angel funding. Funding was led by Allen Graber, who is a technology inv
It has been reported over at Paidcontent that music startup and recommendation service iLike is on the block for sale. Currently there are several companies interested in iLike, such as existing stakeholder Ticketmaster and online music pioneer RealNetworks. iLike has already raised about $16 mil
Previously here on RouteNote we have talked a little about musical iphone or ipod touch applications such as the Ocarina, and here is a new one, the iDrum. The iDrum lets users remix a bunch of classic club tracks with more than 300 samples to play with, tapping the screen to build up layers of b
Even though there has been a big decline in CD sales, which is expect to continue, Warner Music Group managed to actually meet analysts' expectations and remain strong. 2008 fiscal year revenue grew 3% to $3,491M, and declined 2% on a constant-currency basis. 34 revenue totaled $854
Universal Music Group and Meebo have partnered with relation to adding ad-supported videos to Meebo. The partnership launches with Kanye West, Ludacris and The Killers. The deal is similar to ad revenue sharing deals that many major labels have with YouTube and others. Until recently, most recor
