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April 15th, 2008

b5 Music Bloggers Share Their Soundtracks For A Day - Variety Is The Spice Of Life

Yesterday, I shared my Soundtrack For A Day, which for me meant sticking my media player on random, and seeing what came up. Others around the b5 Music Channel also shared their soundtracks, although most using different methods.

Our Digital Music built a track listing from morning to night.
The Rock Dose offers songs and lyrics to […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

March 8th, 2008

The Upside & Downside Of Being A Member Of The Beatles - McCartney and Starr

Ah The Beatles, they were great weren’t they? Probably the best band in the world ever, and the inspiration for a ton of music which has come and gone since.
So you’d think life would be pretty sweet for the former members of the group, well Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at least, seeing as […]

By Dave Parrack -- 3 comments

January 27th, 2008

Charlatans Give ‘You Cross My Path’ Album Away Free On Xfm | Mimicking Radiohead?

The Charlatans have announced that their new album You Cross My Path will be available as a free download from the Xfm.co.uk website for two months prior to getting a full physical release.
This will the long running British band’s tenth studio album, but first to go the way of digital downloads as it’s preferred […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

January 21st, 2008

Kaiser Chiefs Making No More Albums? | Following Radiohead With New Formats

In a move which may annoy loyal fans and make anyone else shrug their shoulders, and then get on with their lives, British indie rockers The Kaiser Chiefs have informally announced their decision to stop making albums in favour of new formats.
The Leeds band, who have been one of the most instrumental groups in getting […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 18th, 2007

Radiohead Reveal Artwork For ‘In Rainbows’ Physical CD Release… Shut Up Lily Allen

At the beginning of October, Radiohead rocked the music industry by offering their new album ‘In Rainbows’ as a download only, and allowing the fans to pay what they wanted for it. If that meant 10p then so be it, although most people tended to pay more like £4 for it.
Now they have announced […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 29th, 2007

Desert Island Discs Around The Music Channel

As well as my 10 British Albums I’d like to be stuck on a
desert island with, some of the other blogs around the b5 Music Channel
have also written about their choices.

Lauren offers the best of the Oz Music Scene.
Bruce let’s us in on Our Digital Music.
Scott rocks out his 10 at Metal Martyr.
Jennifer at Hippie […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 12th, 2007

UK Album Sales Drop Drastically In 2007

We all know single sales have been dropping for a good while, and that to be Number 1 in the charts now takes a lot less effort now than 2 years ago. But it seems that album sales are dropping now too.
Album sales are down by 10% in the first half of 2007, according to […]

By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments