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Secretly Canadian Signs Bodies of Water

It’s all about momentum for Bodies of Water, both music-wise and career-wise.
Married couple David Metcalf and Meredith Arthur started out recording David’s songs in their closet at home and after four long years of practising and showcasing their music while touring with the likes of The GO! Team and Dead Oceans’ Phosphorescent last year they’ve [...]

MySpace To Try New (Free) Music Distribution Methods With Facebook Music Looming

Over the next few months MySpace is said to begin testing a new way for consumers to get music on their site - for free, thanks to advertising.
From AdWeek:
“Next March, fans of punk band Pennywise can go to stores to buy the group’s ninth album. Or they can go to the MySpace profile of Textango, [...]

Bargain Basement Gold: Keren Ann

Oftentimes, a good album is released with little fanfare and languishes on virtual CD racks of the Internet. Lack of demand, in turn, depresses the retail price in the marketplace. Here is one example of an unjustly overlooked gem which can now be had on the cheap.
This past May, singer/songwriter Keren Ann released [...]

The Penultimate Ultimate Blade Runner

In the late seventies and early eighties three films appeared that influenced the look of science fiction for the next twenty years, The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2 for you Aussies), Alien and Blade Runner. Espescially Blade Runner which influenced the look of every city you see in every fantasy or sci-fi film to [...]

Top 10 Gig Posters 2007

One year ago right after we launched The Plugg I wrote about my favorite hobby of collecting Gig Posters and it turned out to be a very successful post. So, I’ve decided to follow up and see what’s new in the indie art world.
Gig Posters are now one of the most popular art forms of [...]

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