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Record labels have put the case for why they are still essential in the digital age.
Global music industry body the IFPI said it wanted to counter the “myth” that artists can make it on their own.
In a report, it said virtually no new artists had broken through without the backing of a record label.
Major labels [...]

After spending the second half of 2009 recovering from salivary gland cancer, the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch made an appearance at the Independent Spirit Awards last week to represent The Messenger, a film distributed by his Oscilloscope Laboratories. The MC told EW’s Music Mix he’s feeling significantly better and “getting my energy back” after the medical [...]

Much like Lazarus, Superman and, uh, Sayid from “Lost,” Gorillaz are back from the dead with their first new album in nearly five years, a post-apocalyptic parable called Plastic Beach.
Of course, not everyone in the band bit the bullet at the end of the promotional cycle for their last album, 2005’s massive Demon Days — just guitarist Noodle, [...]

Mark Linkous, a singer and songwriter whose music, released under the name Sparklehorse, was renowned in indie-rock and alt-country circles for its haunted, allusive themes and fragile beauty, committed suicide on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47.
He shot himself in the heart in an alley outside a friend’s home, said his manager, Shelby Meade. [...]

David Bowie is spending his Golden Years in anonymity.
The 63-year-old rock icon last released a new album in 2003, and stopped touring in 2004 after suffering a heart attack during a European trek. The early Internet enthusiast has not even updated his official blog since October 2006, when he proudly revealed he would voice a [...]

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and producer Don Was tell the story behind the Rolling Stones upcoming Exile on Main Street reissue, which is due May 18th in a variety of special editions — several of which feature 10 never-before-heard Stones tracks from the Exile era. At the end of our phoner with [...]

The decision on the part of Coachella organizers to no longer sell single day tickets for the three-day 2010 event has provoked the ire of many a fan. “Make it fair for all us people who obviously want to attend but cannot afford $269,” reads a note on the Facebook group created by 22-year-old San Diego [...]

Whenever rock & roll appears in advertisements, some fans protest. A few years ago, Rolling Stone tracked the Worst Rock Sell-Outs Ever!(”All you need is Luvs” … diapers) and the Best Rock Sell-Outs Ever! (VW adopts Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”). It’s the debate that rages every time the Moldy Peaches give a song to a Bahamas resort, Dr. Dre teases [...]

After wrapping up a tour with Phish in December, Mike Gordon is taking time to do things his own way for the next few months. On Friday, the Phish bassist will head back on the road with his five-piece band for an eight-date club tour, which kicks off with a sold-out show in Troy, New [...]

On Wednesday night, My Chemical Romance confirmed what most of their fans had already been buzzing about for weeks now: Drummer Bob Bryar has left the band.
In a statement posted on MCR’s official site, guitarist Frank Iero wrote that “as a band, we have been very fortunate over the years that our sweet times have greatly outweighed [...]