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Digital Music Services

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Napster, Digital Rights Management, and Lawsuits Against 12-Year-Olds: 10 Defining Moments in Digital Music History

    November's edition of Reverb Monthly featured an article ("Rhapsody: Perfecting the Pitch") by Chris Kornelis about Seattle-based music subscription service Rhapsody that detailed the pioneering company's past and future in the context of the digital music revolution. Here's a look at 10 milestones ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    What $32.81 Can Get You at Capitol Hill's Sonic Boom on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011

    A new copy of The National's Boxer, $12.99.​I'm not sure if this story is funny or sad, but it's true, and it demonstrates almost everything that's wrong with digital music: The first three tracks on this record are "Fake Empire," "Mistaken for Strangers," and "Brainy," in that order. I got th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    The Screen Shot that Shows How eMusic Has Taken a Turn For the Douche

    The eMusic business model​ We've got a post up now about how Sub Pop hasn't joined other indie labels in bolting from eMusic in the wake of the latter going lamestream. To which commenter Aaron Sedlak says, "My question is this to the indie labels that left - itunes and amazons online malls ar ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    Belief in Nothing, Key Chains, and eMusic

    An online music retailer changes its system.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    If Only Sub Pop Had As Much Faith In Beer Cozies As They Do In eMusic

    Sub Pop has sold more than 129,000 digital copies of Fleet Foxes' 2008 debut LP, but not a single Fleet Foxes key chain.​"I'm not an innovation freak on the delivery side," Sub Pop chief Jonathan Poneman told me recently via email. "Content remains my principle interest." The problems afflict ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Four Reasons to Buy the Carissa's Wierd Retrospective, Even Though Their Three Full-lengths Will Soon Be Reissued

    ​ Carissa's Wierd's retrospective album, They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003, is out today, the first record from the band in six years. Sure, there are reasons to overlook this release. It's been five years since the band's records went out of print, so waiting until Novemb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Sub Pop Finally Joins the eMusic Party

    The Postal Service's Give Up is now available on eMusic.​A party that even Creedence Clearwater was hip to jump into years ago. That Neil Young's been playing, that Jimi Hendrix is in bed with. That Matador, Barsuk, and most of the rest of the indie kids have been on board with for what feels ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Duff McKagan: Underground Is the New Mainstream

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​Somebody asked me last week if I could open up for discussion the difference between "mainstream" success for a band or artist, and "underground" success. So here goes: Back ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Why MySpace Music Won’t Succeed

    Rupert Murdoch’s toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not.

  • Music

    April 5, 2006

    Brian Barr Joins Seattle Weekly

    An experienced critic, he replaces Michaelangelo Matos as music editor.

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    Overstimulated

    An experienced critic, he replaces Michaelangelo Matos as music editor.

  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Swingin' Party

    An experienced critic, he replaces Michaelangelo Matos as music editor.

  • Diversions

    November 19, 2003

    iPod As iGod

    Michaelangelo Matos

  • Music

    December 26, 2001

    2. So long Napster

    We barely knew ye.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Geek Box

    We barely knew ye.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    ChatRoom

    As Internet music companies struggle, Andrew Rasiej's Digital Club Network keeps the faith.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Geek Box

    As Internet music companies struggle, Andrew Rasiej's Digital Club Network keeps the faith.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    ChatRoom

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    The Browser— I'm not a joiner

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Napster dead? Beware the worms

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • Music

    June 7, 2000

    Newsweek's Napster; Failure guy's success.

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    Radio daze, a gaggle of parties, The The

    Liad Meidar of i5 Digital talks about thinking long term in a short-term environment and the benefits—yes, there are some—of the bear market.

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Fight for the rights

    The record industry spars with some tech companies over piracy issues but embraces others.

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