Atoms for Peace Say They Won’t Put Songs on Soundcloud, Then Post Songs to Soundcloud Atoms for Peace are gearing up for their first album release as a full band – previously, Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich et al. have...
HMV Goes into Administration in the UK Music retailer HMV, with 239 stores in the UK and Ireland, has gone bankrupt (aka ‘entered administration’ in the UK) after one final push to secure funding did not work (via Yahoo). Accounting...
George Harrison’s Widow Olivia Stops Tribute Statue of the Beatle A campaign to erect a statue in the town where George Harrison died, Hanley-on-Thames, has been stopped due to lack of support from widow Olivia Harrison (via Guardian). 2,000 people,...
Trent Reznor Named Chief Creative Officer of Daisy, Which is Not a Dog OR a Flower Remember when we told you about Trent Reznor teaming up with Dr. Dre / Beats by Dre for a new music streaming service called...
Dave Grohl and his Sound City Friends As we mentioned last month, and tweeted last night, Dave Grohl has announced a shitload of great musicians for this Sound City Players super group, debuting at the Sundance Festival. Dave Grohl is...
Indie Music Accounted for Almost One Third of All 2012 Sales in the USA The American Association of Independent Music has pointed out that 2012’s Soundscan stats show that indie labels accounted for 32.6% of music sales in the USA...
David Bowie is Back with New Song, Album, and 66th Birthday David Bowie, best known for an appearance in Extras, is releasing his first album in 10 years (via NME). The album is called The Next Day, and is out...
Azealia Banks Flies Off the Handle, Possibly Loses Record Contract Azealia Banks is a hot young rapper from New York – we tipped her for a big breakout in 2013. The last few days have been easy to fill for...
Haim Named BBC’s Sound of 2013 BBC has an annual feature where they announce the ‘Sound of 2013’ (or whatever year it is), based on the opinions of musicians, those sexy bloggers, DJs, and other people in the biz. The...
“Outkast Reunion” in Store, As Big Boi and Andre 3000 to Guest on Frank Ocean Track There were rumblings about an Outkast reunion taking place on a Frank Ocean track, but then it supposedly getting killed by Andre 3000, as...
Jay-Z, The Bullitts to Do Soundtrack for the Great Gatsby Illuminati member Jay-Z is going to provide the music for the new Leonardo DiCaprio flick, The Great Gatsby (via Billboard). The announcement was made by Jeymes Samuel of The Bullitts...
With the holidays (and that apocalypse) upon us, things are winding down here at PeteHatesMusic. We’re making today our last Morning Music Notes of the year. We’ll follow up with our Top Tracks of 2012 today, our Top Albums of...
Songs Pulled From Radio in Light of Sandy Hook School Shooting Just like what happened after 9/11, a selection of ‘offensive songs’ with potentially harmful lyrics have been pulled off of the radio due to the recent school shooting at...
More Coachella Headliners Revealed? Daft Punk, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rumoured Technology might yet again be ruining surprises. First, my beeping Christmas present in 1989 that turned out NOT to be a GameBoy but was a Speak and Spell, and...
Did the Rolling Stones Ruin Their Coachella Surprise? The S.S. Coachella cruise festival is underway as we speak, en route to Bahamas. But the 2013 Coachella headliners might be known, due to a gaff in the Rolling Stones app. This...
