Epitaph Records Leaves eMusic

An interesting business development: Epitaph Records joins previous ship-jumping indie labels and has parted ways with eMusic, citing issues with eMusic's pricing which is based on subscription and allows per-song rates to fall well below the industry (read: iTunes) standard of $0.99.



Pardon today's short post, kiddies, papa is busy.

Townes Van Zandt Material Now on eMusic

Fat Possum Records recently acquired the studio masters of Townes Van Zandt's recordings, and has made them available in MP3 format on eMusic. Townes has been very influential in alt-country, and met a premature death in 1997. He was 53.

Free MP3: Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

As you know, the new Of Montreal came out this past Tuesday. eMusic is allowing free downloads of the track "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse". If you haven't picked it up on eMusic, download it here:

Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" From Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

If you like the track, click on the album cover to buy the CD.