Category archives: Indie Labels

Pitchfork Names Best Albums Of 2018

Pitchfork has named its Best Albums of 2018, following yesterday’s Best Songs Of 2018 list. While some heavy hitters in pop and hip-hop returned, there were many new comers. Topping Pitchfork’s list is "Be The Cowboy" by Mitski. Second is Kacey Musgrave’s "Golden Hour" followed by DJ Koze’s "Knock Knock."…

Kobalt’s AWAL Adds Toronto Team

AWAL, Kobalt’s indie label and label services arm, will add a Tronto office early in 2019. New hires will be made in marketing, client relations and A&R. This announcement caps a big year for AWAL, including a $150 million investment from Kobalt, the acquisition of radio promotion and music marketer…

5 Tips For Making, Marketing, Monetizing Holiday Music This Season

Now that it’s December, the holiday season is in full swing. For artists, this means a huge marketing opportunity, whether you’re performing, recording, or simply marketing holiday merch, we here look at five key tips for capitalizing on holiday music fever. _____________________________ Guest post by Dae Bogan of Soundfly’s Flypaper…

How To Work With A Record Producer: Reto Peter (Green Day, Counting Crows) On Music Biz Weekly Podcast

Record Producer Reto Peter joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast. He has been actively engineering and producing music for 20 years at prestigious studios in Boston, NYC, Switzerland and San Francisco. Reto starts off sharing some stories working with Green Day on the American…

Pitchfork Names Best Songs Of 2018

Pitchfork has released its 100 Best Songs of 2018 and “Love It If We Made It” by The 1975 with Robyn’s “Honey” at #2, followed by Rosalía’s “Malamente.” Pitchfork’s list of The 50 Best Albums of 2018 will be announced on Tuesday. Both lists are chosen by Pitchfork editors and…

Spotify’s Most Streamed Artists, Tracks 2018 Are All Male and It Has Only Itself To Blame

Despite all the talk of equality for women in music, the top 5 most streamed most artists of 2018 on Spotify are all men. Spotify’s 5 Most Streamed Tracks were also all male. The streamer registered the same all male top artist inequality in 2015 and 2016. Spotify’s Top 5…

Where Playlists Are Concerned, Artists Want Everyone To Know They’re Indie

While not having the backing of a major label has its downsides, many artists wear their indie status as a badge of honor, and music distributor Record Union wants to take things a step further by getting streaming services to tag songs and playlists as ‘independent’ in much the same…

Grammy Nominees 2019 – The Full List

The nominations for the 61st GRAMMY Awards are in and Kendrick Lamar leads the 2019 pack with 8 nominations for his Black Panther soundtrack. Here are all of the nominees in each of the 84 categories. 1. Record Of The Year Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording…

Insomniac Adds Label Services

EDM festival promoter Insomniac has launched Insomniac Music Group, an in-house record label services group overseeing distribution and management of music for both established and up-and-coming artists. Insomniac will also use the label as an umbrella for their existing in-house imprints such as Insomniac Records and will offer a range…