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TechDouche
I’m getting sick of TechCrunch traveling down the same old road again and again without one new idea.This time around, they once again use the sensational ”the death of the label” headline. It seems that Last.fm’s opening their royalty option to indies and artists is some sort benchmark that “the middlemen” are no more. “What Last.fm [...]

MySpace Offers To Find Your Fans
Although I’m not keeping my label going with new releases anymore, I still sell back catalog and manage a few MySpace pages. I was checking through my emails, filtering out the spam comments and saw this email from Tom regarding a beta program for artists: ” We are happy to announce that artists can now buy [...]

It’s Been A While…
But I thought I’d post this comment here, relating to this post at Techcrunch where Michael Arrington comments: “Recorded music is nothing but marketing material to drive awareness of an artist. Websites that bring that music to listeners are doing artists a favor. In fact, they’re doing them a favor that they should (and will) be [...]

Updates
Hey everyone. It has unfortunately been a really long time since we have posted anything on IndieHQ. I wish I could say that was going to change in the near future, but with all of our current schedules that is looking to be pretty doubtful. In lieu of this situation, I thought I’d give some [...]

Sorry friends, no Indie Sales Chart for a few weeks
I have some bad news. I will be unable to post the Indie Sales Chart for the next few weeks. Truth is, I am busier now than I have ever been in my life and because of this, I just can’t seem to find the time to make the Indie Sales Chart happen. Both Vinyl [...]

Lumberjack’s top 10 scans of the week
SUCIDAL TENDENCIES SUICIDAL TENDENCIES SET YOUR GOALS MUTINY WHOLE WHEAT BREAD PUNK LIFE BLACK [...]

Independent Sales Chart 11-28-07
BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG COOK*DANE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES-LIVE VARIOUS STOCKINGS BY THE FIRE HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK HAIRSPRAY (COLL ED) SOUNDTRACK PRESLEY*ELVIS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND 1 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS This Week: 191700 Total: 747,500 2 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN This Week: 184100 Total: 1,451,800 3 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG This Week: 62600 Total: 213,600 4 COOK*DANE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES-LIVE This Week: 59400 Total: 149,800 5 VARIOUS STOCKINGS BY THE FIRE This Week: 31100 Total: 75,500 6 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK This Week: 29700 Total: 741,100 7 HAIRSPRAY (COLL ED) SOUNDTRACK This Week: 15100 Total: 15,100 8 PRESLEY*ELVIS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS This Week: 11500 Total: 34,700 9 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS This Week: 10500 Total: 30,900 10 LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND This Week: 9900 Total: 59,200 12 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM This Week: 8100 Total: 117,000 13 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY T.H.U.G.S This Week: 7800 Total: 23,100 15 YAMIN*ELLIOT SOUNDS OF SEASON (TARGET This Week: 7300 Total: 9,300 17 YOAKAM*DWIGHT DWIGHT SINGS BUCK This Week: 6900 Total: 54,000 20 HALO 3 VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK This Week: 5900 Total: 6,300 23 PHISH VEGAS 96 This Week: 5200 Total: 5,200 27 YAMIN*ELLIOTT ELLIOTT YAMIN This Week: 4800 Total: 445,700 30 SIGUR ROS HVARF/HEIM This Week: 4600 Total: 25,600 32 PUSCIFER V IS FOR VAGINA This Week: 4600 Total: 48,200 34 PSYCHOPATHICS FROM OUTER FROM OUTER This Week: 4300 Total: 4,300 40 NOFX THEY’VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN This Week: 4000 Total: 4,100 45 DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES This Week: 3500 Total: 83,300 47 OTEP THE ASCENSION This Week: 3300 Total: 23,200 54 ONCE SOUNDTRACK This Week: 3100 Total: 184,500 56 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES This Week: 3100 Total: 100,100 59 AS I LAY DYING OCEAN BETWEEN US This Week: 2900 Total: 114,000 64 JR WRITER WRITERS BLOCK 5 This Week: 2700 Total: 2,800 66 ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT This Week: 2700 Total: 39,000 68 CAESAR*SHIRLEY CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF This Week: 2700 Total: 3,800 69 STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO SOMEWHERE IN THE BETWEEN This Week: 2500 Total: 8,900 71 BO BICE SEE THE LIGHT This Week: 2500 Total: 23,300 79 THRICE ALCHEMY INDEX: V This Week: 2300 Total: 48,300 86 OPETH ROUNDHOUSE TAPES This Week: 2100 Total: 2,600 87 DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER This Week: 2000 Total: 64,500 93 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS DISTANT FUTURE This Week: 1900 Total: 54,400 94 ARLO GUTHRIE ALICE’S RESTAURANT This Week: 1900 Total: 6,600 99 THURSDAY KILL THE HOUSE LIGHTS This Week: 1800 Total: 14,800 109 MESSY MARV DRAPED UP & CHIPPED OUT This Week: 1700 Total: 1,700 121 SILVERCHAIR YOUNG MODERN This Week: 1500 Total: 50,700 123 RAT PACK & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK This Week: 1500 Total: 2,700 125 DROWNING POOL FULL CIRCLE This Week: 1400 Total: 48,800 132 FORMAT B-SIDES & RARITIES This Week: 1400 Total: 1400 133 DEVIL WEARS PRADA PLAGUES This Week: 1400 Total: 35,900 136 NATIONAL BOXER This Week: 1300 Total: 66,900 141 SAVES THE DAY UNDER THE BOARDS This Week: 1300 Total: 12,700 147 BEACH BOYS FOREVER This Week: 1300 Total: 3,800 149 KOTTONMOUTH KINGS CLOUD NINE This Week: 1300 Total: 42,400 150 KANSAS SUPER HITS This Week: 1300 Total: 5,700 151 BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME COLORS This Week: 1300 Total: 31,500 153 SILVERSTEIN ARRIVALS & DEPARTURE This Week: 1300 Total: 91,800 164 PETER BJORN & JOHN WRITERS BLOCK This Week: 1200 Total: 138,700 174 SOCIAL DISTORTION GREATEST HITS This Week: 1100 Total: 48,400 177 COLD WAR KIDS ROBBERS & COWARDS This [...]

Independent Sales Chart 11-26-07
BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN COOK*DANE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGESLIVE MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG VARIOUS STOCKINGS BY THE FIRE BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY T.H.U.G.S LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK OSMOND*MARIE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS GRAY*DAVID GREATEST HITS 1 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS This Week: 203600 Total: 555,900 2 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN This Week: 197500 Total: 1,267,700 3 COOK*DANE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGESLIVE This Week: 90200 Total: 90,400 4 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG This Week: 55900 Total: 153,400 5 VARIOUS STOCKINGS BY THE FIRE This Week: 26000 Total: 44,500 6 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY T.H.U.G.S This Week: 15300 Total: 15,300 7 LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND This Week: 14700 Total: 49,400 8 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK This Week: 13200 Total: 711,400 9 OSMOND*MARIE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS This Week: 10900 Total: 17,500 10 GRAY*DAVID GREATEST HITS This Week: 10400 Total: 10,500 16 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN IRE WORKS This Week: 7000 Total: 7,100 17 SIGUR ROS HVARF/HEIM This Week: 6400 Total: 21,000 18 STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO SOMEWHERE IN THE BETWEEN This Week: 6300 Total: 6,500 19 PUSCIFER V IS FOR VAGINA This Week: 6100 Total: 43,600 26 IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG This Week: 4600 Total: 88,800 29 DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES This Week: 4100 Total: 79,900 34 BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN This Week: 3500 Total: 43,300 42 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES This Week: 3200 Total: 97,000 48 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS CHALLENGERS This Week: 2700 Total: 61,200 51 AS I LAY DYING OCEAN BETWEEN US This Week: 2700 Total: 111,100 53 CHIODOS BONE PALACE BALLET This Week: 2600 Total: 93,700 59 SHAGGY INTOXICATION This Week: 2500 Total: 2,600 60 THRICE ALCHEMY INDEX: V This Week: 2500 Total: 46,000 62 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME This Week: 2400 Total: 72,800 65 ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT This Week: 2200 Total: 36,400 68 THURSDAY KILL THE HOUSE LIGHTS This Week: 2100 Total: 13,100 70 TAKING BACK SUNDAY NOTES FROM THE PAST This Week: 2100 Total: 10,400 77 SEBASTIAN*JOAN NO ES DE MADERA This Week: 2000 Total: 2,300 87 SAVES THE DAY UNDER THE BOARDS This Week: 1600 Total: 11,400 97 SILVERCHAIR YOUNG MODERN This Week: 1400 Total: 49,200 103 COLLECTIVE SOUL AFTERWORDS This Week: 1300 Total: 47,400 111 BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME COLORS This Week: 1300 Total: 30,300 115 KOTTONMOUTH KINGS CLOUD NINE This Week: 1200 Total: 41,100 120 MAYDAY PARADE LESSON IN ROMANTICS This Week: 1200 Total: 26,900 122 PETER BJORN & JOHN WRITERS BLOCK This Week: 1200 Total: 137,600 128 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 45:33:00 This Week: 1200 Total: 1,400 135 MR. CAPONE-E DEDICATED 2 THE OLDIES PART 2 This Week: 1100 Total: 9,400 139 SKAGGS*RICKY & THE WHITES SALT OF THE EARTH This Week: 1100 Total: 6,600 142 KIDZUP 100 CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS This Week: 1100 Total: 2,200 145 PINBACK AUTUMN OF THE SERAPHS This Week: 1100 Total: 27,600 166 LOS TERRIBLES IMITADO MAS NUNCA IGUALADOS This Week: 1000 Total: 1,000 172 GO FISH SNAZZY This Week: 900 Total: 900 174 COLOR FRED BEND TO BREAK This Week: 900 Total: 4,700 177 MONSTER MAGNET 4-WAY DIABLO This Week: 900 Total: 2,800 181 GOGOL BORDELLO SUPER TARANTA This Week: 900 Total: 37,300 188 DENVER*JOHN FOREVER JOHN DENVER This Week: 900 Total: 30,400 189 ICED EARTH FRAMING ARMAGEDDON: This Week: 900 Total: 23,400 197 MINUS THE BEAR PLANET OF ICE This Week: 900 Total: 35,100 Notable Major label releases [...]

Suburban Home announces “I Celebrate Their Entire Catalog” digital sampler
I Celebrate Their Entire Catalog 14 song digital sampler [Click to download the entire sampler] AND SHARE THE LINK WITH YOUR FRIENDS AS IT CAN BE DOWNLOADED AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TIMES The RIAA would have you believe that file-sharing and sites like Yousendit are label’s worst enemies. I do admit that for a small label [...]

I was recently interviewed for Issue Oriented Podcast, check it out
I am really excited to share with you an interview Ronen Kaufman did with me for his podcast, Issue Oriented. You may have heard me sing his praises in the past as it is absolutely the best podcast going on in independent music. The fact that he thought enough of me to have him on [...]