Ever heard of the Web Sheriff? Well basically, it’s a private service that some labels hire to “police” album leaks on the internet. They google for leaked tracks all day and then send a letter to the criminals, informing them “this is no laughing matter.” Internet flashlight cops. Brooklyn-based indie band Grizzly Bear posted the … Read more
Richey Edwards, co-songwriter and guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers, disappeared 13 years ago. Contact Music reports his family has had him legally presumed dead to sort his personal estate. In February of 1995, Edwards’ car was found by the Severn Bridge in Wales, but his body was never found and he has been missing … Read more
Most of Krist Novoselic’s blog posts from Seattle Weekly are about politics, but yesterday’s gave a behind the scenes look at Nirvana’s 1992 MTV Award feuds with Axl Rose, his fight with “now-friend and colleague” Duff McKagan, and when his flying bass assaulted him onstage. The whole post is worth a read, but I liked … Read more