We don’t usually support too many things happenin’ on the Sunset Strip, but rowdy thrusting humperific drippy eyeliner ball and boob grabbers Semi Precious Weapons puts on a good show, and the band will be playing every Wednesday at On The Rox between Feb 23 and March 30 while they’re in town working on an [...]

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – The Doldrums, Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow, David Sylvian – Blemish

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Via: Music Ally There’s a story going round this week, originating from the Swedish media, that Lady Gaga only earned $167 from a million streams of her Poker Face single on Spotify. Not a great advert for the service – in fact, it ties into earlier grumbles from artists about the money they’re making from [...]

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UPDATE The report doesn’t say that they are just paying for streaming in Sweden, but instead list how many overall streams she’s generated. Also that this is just her performance royalty payment and doesn’t include what Spotify pays to the label who owns the master [Learn More]. Interesting article on streaming rates earned by Lady [...]

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Emiliana Torrini may come gift-wrapped and gleaming, replete with bow and curly-q smile. But beneath the overall cuteness of her manner, there’s a girl who likes to party. She even admitted it to the audience, referring to a period in her life when she first moved from her small island (Iceland) to England and raged all the time, party all night, party all the day, rendering that life passage as a blurred memory trapped in her songs. But she is so darn “cute,” probably the audience can’t imagine her tossing beers and party drugs down the hatch.

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