Thursday Bits & Pieces: L.A. Reid, BMG Eyes Top Publishers, More CMJ Acts & More…
Tongues are wagging about the fate of L.A. Reid’s future as Chairman of Island Def Jam, with lots of information and misinformation swirling, and a cast of players including Lucian Grainge, Simon Cowell and The Dream, most believe Reid himself is the x-factor here… BMG Rights Management continues their publishing offensive in the U.S. with the acquisition of Evergreen Copyrights, after the announcement of which this week, CEO Hartwig Masuch made known his plan to rival the four major music publishers for dominance, adding in reference to the unsure fate of EMI, his company wouldn’t necessarily need EMI’s entire publishing business, but would be happy with Western European assets… CMJ has announced the 2nd batch of acts confirmed for this year’s Music Marathon in New York City, including currently chased indie groups like BRAHMS, Oberhofer and Cults, the latter of which looks to have been taken off the market as quickly as they appeared… Back on the left coast, catch Fool’s Gold at the Troubadour tonight, as the local band returns for a hometown show after a string of European dates. And it looks like fellow IAMSOUND Records act MEN, who were featured on the cover of last week’s LA Weekly, will see their release in the UK via Columbia, who also appears to have grabbed the London-based NME About to Break group, The Vaccines…
Tuesday Bits & Pieces: Buzz Band Redux, Notable Music Signings & more…
Notable Music Signs Aja West
SXSW billboard buzz-act Neon Indian has signed to Fader Label according to Billboard – the Cornerstone-backed label digitally re-releases the debut album, Psychic Chasms today… In related news, IAMSOUND Records has announced they will release albums this September from Salem, whose infamously interrupted performance at the Fader Fort during SXSW this year was well covered in the blogosphere, and Brooklyn’s Restless People, who were featured as a ‘Band to Watch’ on Stereogum last week… Helping you stay ahead of the indie-curve is the new interactive buzz-chart over at the Guardian that tracks 2010’s most hyped acts (in the UK at least) – Atlanta’s Washed Out currently leads the pack… More signing news from Notable Music as the boutique pubco announces the addition of Aja West and Chico Mann to their roster through the recent JV with Brooklyn-based Wax Poetics. West has been creating and syncing music for over a decade and has worked with luminaries such as trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown), Headhunters rhythm section Mike Clark and Paul Jackson, and keyboard wizard Money Mark (Beastie Boys), while Mann aka Marcos “Marquitos” Garcia is the guitarist for the Brooklyn Afrobeat collective Antibalas, and is now branching out on his own… Interscope Records is holding open auditions in Austin, TX tomorrow (June 9) in search of a male Americana/Country/Rock-Pop singer. Get more info here. Similar auditions were held last fall in Nashville resulting in a new forthcoming project from the label…
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