October 28th, 2007

The CMJ Panel, a Suburban Home experiment, and an interesting blog post

I have been meaning to write a little something about the panel I moderated at CMJ and over the time that has passed, I decided to try something new with Suburban Home, and just this morning, I was sent a link of a blog post explaining their thoughts on Oink’s recent shut down and their thoughts about music piracy. All of these things have inspired me to write a post about the changing face of music sales.

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October 25th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-25-07

  1. THRICE ALCHEMY INDEX: V
  2. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG
  3. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES
  4. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  5. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  6. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  7. BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN
  8. DJ KHALED WE THE BEST
  9. GOV’T MULE MIGHTY HIGH
  10. HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

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October 18th, 2007

Off to CMJ to Moderate a panel, DIY or Die

So I am off to New York City today to attend this year’s CMJ events. I will be moderating a panel called DIY or Die. If you are attending this year’s CMJ, please come to our panel as it should be really interesting. And if you do come, please come and say hi afterwards.

I will be seeing one of my acts, Tim Barry, play a sold out show at the Knitting Factory with the Falcon and Loved Ones. I will get to meet Bill (of IndieHQ), Ronen (of Issues Oriented), and maybe Carl (of Ferret). I will also get to spend some time with my friends in LaGrecia, Ross from Reignition, and Seth from Negative Progression.

I am looking forward to the trip. I have been entirely overworked lately as you can tell from the inactivity of IndieHQ. I think this trip will reinvigorate me and hopefully it will help me to get back on track with Indiehq. I would love to get your ideas on how we can add some contributors to the site without it getting out of hand. I would love to see IndieHQ being more active, but I just know that I don’t have the time to commit that I once did. Our vinyl store and imprint, Vinyl Collective, is going so incredibly well, if I were a smart man, I would stop doing everything else and just focus on that.


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October 17th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-17-07

  1. BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN
  2. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG
  3. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES
  4. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  5. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  6. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  7. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
  8. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  9. BEIRUT FLYING CLUB CUP
  10. DJ KHALED WE THE BEST

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October 17th, 2007

Lumberjack’s top 10 scans of the week

  1. SKYLIT DRIVE SHE WATCHED THE SKY
  2. SET YOUR GOALS MUTINY
  3. SIOUX*MARIEE FACES IN THE ROCKS (New Release)
  4. BRIAN WALSBY/MELVINS MANCHILD 3/MAKING LOVE (New Release)
  5. BLACK KEYS THE BIG COME UP
  6. RX BANDITS AND THE BATTLE BEGUN
  7. SUCIDAL TENDENCIES SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
  8. CHIODOS HEARTLESS CONTROL
  9. SET YOUR GOALS RESET
  10. CIRCLE JERKS GROUP SEX


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October 11th, 2007

Did Lumberjack lose Tragic Hero Records?

Sorry if this is old news, but I never got an official deletion notice / announcement from Lumberjack Mordam. But what I did see was an ad for Tragic Hero Records and next to their logo, they had the East West logo. Those unfamiliar, Tragic Hero put out A Skylit Drive who have been one of Lumberjack’s top sellers for the past 3 or 4 months. Anyone know the scoop?


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October 11th, 2007

Lumberjack’s top 10 scans of the week

  1. BLACK KEYS THE BIG COME UP
  2. SUCIDAL TENDENCIES SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
  3. SET YOUR GOALS MUTINY
  4. VARIOUS ARTISTS SKA IS DEAD
  5. CHIODOS HEARTLESS CONTRO
  6. AUGUST BURNS RED LOOKS FRAGILE AFTER ALL
  7. SKYLIT DRIVE SHE WATCHED THE SKY
  8. RX BANDITS AND THE BATTLE BEGUN
  9. VARIOUS ARTISTS PLEA FOR PEACE VOL. 2
  10. ALKALINE TRIO GODDAMNIT


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October 11th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-11-07

  1. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES
  2. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  3. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  4. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  5. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
  6. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  7. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
  8. MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS
  9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
  10. HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

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October 5th, 2007

Lumberjack loses Indecision to Revelation

Just got the following press release, but I had seen an announcement by Revelation that they were going to handle Indecision’s distribution. Speaking of Revelation, I didn’t see any big announcements, but when Koch purchased Navarre, Revelation left to work with Red Eye. I am sure there is a story there because if I am not mistaken Revelation was at one time distributed by Koch.

The press release can be found by clicking the following link:

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October 4th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-4-07

  1. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  2. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  3. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
  4. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  5. HELL RELL FOR THE HELL OF IT
  6. ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT
  7. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  8. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
  9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
  10. EARLE*STEVE WASHINGTON SQUARE SERENADE

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