Let’s watch Depeche Mode gave a VERY 80s performance of several of their early songs – Casablanca, The Meaning Of Love, Shouldn’t Have Done That and Leave In Silence for the Swedish TV show Casablanca back in 1982.
The band’s A Broken Frame was released that September, and the following month the band began their 1982 tour. A non-album single, Get the Balance Right” was released in January 1983, the first Depeche Mode track to be recorded with Alan Wilder.
Oltedal, Norway-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios gives a heavy metal makeover to Bruno Mars’ 2016 funk/R&B hit “24K Magic.”
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The music industry is in the midst of a growth spurt that has led to 15-year record revenues for the major label groups and continues to break new consumption records for the first half of 2018. Total album equivalent consumption, which includes physical and digital album sales, song sales and on-demand audio and video song streams are up 18%.*
On-demand song streaming activity is reaching new milestones, with volume surpassing 400 billion, which is offsetting declines in album and track sales. On-demand audio streaming volume is up 45%, having already exceeded 268 billion so far in 2018, and on-demand video streaming volume is up 35% year-over-year.
Drake and Post Malone had the highest volume of on-demand audio streams out of any artists in the U.S., with 3.3 billion and 3.1 billion, respectively, but higher album sales put Post Malone on top of all artists in total album equivalent consumption. Drake’s “God’s Plan” is the most on-demand streamed song of the year to date.
Ed Sheeran leads all pop artists so far this year, as his song “Perfect” is the top pop single for streaming and radio airplay spins, while Imagine Dragons dominated the rock genre with three of the top five rock songs: “Thunder,” “Believer” and “Whatever it Takes.”
Insights from Nielsen Audio show that adult contemporary (AC) radio is broadening its influence as a mass appeal format and gaining popularity among Millennials. Since the first half of 2016, AC has grown from the fifth to the third most-listened to format among Millennials (behind pop and country) during the first half of 2018.
*The term “total album equivalent consumption” in this report describes the number of physical and digital albums that were sold and the total number of album equivalent songs from downloads and song streaming volume. For the sake of clarity, the definition of album equivalent consumption does not include listening to music on broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts. Unless otherwise noted, all numbers are volume.
It is known simply as Roxy ’78. One of Bruce Springsteen’s finest shows ever – 40 years ago exactly to the date – is now available complete and freshly mixed from multi-track master tapes. Playing a special club set broadcast live across LA, Bruce pulls out all the stops, including the debut performances of “Point Blank,” “Independence Day” (solo piano), “Rave On” and “Heartbreak Hotel,” plus the first tour versions of “Raise Your Hand” and “Twist and Shout” to wrap this jaw-dropping stop on the Darkness tour. It was recorded live with the Wally Heider Mobile truck by Jimmy Iovine, and originally broadcast live on KMET-FM Los Angeles.
You can get it here.
When artists back in the late 1990s showed little interest in irony and parody, you could always count on Weird Al Yankovic to rule the day – and airwaves – with this fake ad for his upcoming MTV Unplugged special.
The Canadian music community lost one of its most treasured and prolific members today. Garry Lowe passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 7th, 2018 following a private two-year battle with cancer. He was 65.
Garry Lowe was long heralded and admired for not only his extensive musical talents, especially with Gordie Johnson and Big Sugar, but also for his infectious energies of love, humanity, humour, and kindness.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Garry moved to Canada in 1976 at the age of 22, and began playing bass with reggae legend Jackie Mittoo. He joined Big Sugar in 1994, touring and recording many of their most classic and notable records. One of his most recent and final appearances was with Big Sugar and Alex Lifeson of Rush.
“We lost our dear brother and sweet friend Garry this morning,” shares Gordie Johnson. “He was my greatest musical collaborator, our wisest elder. We were blessed to be on life’s journey together.
“We were blessed to know him and share his music. Please remember Garry Lowe in all your thoughts and prayers.
“Rally round the Lion.”
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