Indie Songwriters Bristling Over Major Label AI Negotiations

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Photo Credit: Soundtrap Indie songwriters and composers are frustrated at the major labels’ “closed-door” AI negotiations and demand an open process. Independent songwriters and composers have heard this song before; Bloomberg reports that major multi-national […]

Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman Recalls His New York Indie Roots At Queens Gala

Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman Recalls His New York Indie Roots At Queens Gala

Tom Rothman launched his entertainment career as an entertainment lawyer and producer in New York representing independent voices like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch, “the first filmmaker ever to take a big chance on me,” […]

Netflix’s Hidden Indie Gem Starring Ben Foster Scores A Perfect 100% On Rotten Tomatoes – Have You Seen It Yet?

All About Netflix’s Hidden Gem With A 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score!

All About Netflix’s Hidden Gem With A 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score!(Photo Credit –Netflix) Leave No Trace has quietly resurfaced, now streaming across Netflix in multiple regions and appearing on other platforms. Even though it’s not […]

Watch Vampire Weekend Perform “Salute to Indie” Covers Medley at Just Like Heaven

Watch Vampire Weekend Perform "Salute to Indie" Covers Medley at Just Like Heaven

Vampire Weekend headlined the Los Angeles festival Just Like Heaven last weekend, and performed a five-song “salute to indie” medley that included partial covers of Tame Impala, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Beach House, and […]

Create Music Acquires Monstercat—Adding Another Indie Label

Create Music acquires Monstercat label

Photo Credit: Kadyn Pierce Create Music Group has acquired Canadian independent label Monstercat—tacking on yet another indie label to its portfolio. The move closely follows the acquisition of !K7 and Deadmau5’s catalog. Monstercat has staff […]

Momma on Breakups, Sisterhood, and the Indie Rock Renaissance

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Momma, photographed by Jaxon Whittington. Household Name turned Momma into indie rock’s new, well, household name. On their 2022 breakthrough album, core songwriters Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten drew from the likes of ‘90s luminaries […]

The Girls of Momma on Breakups, Sisterhood, and the Indie Rock Renaissance

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Momma, photographed by Jaxon Whittington. Household Name turned Momma into indie rock’s new, well, household name. On their 2022 breakthrough album, core songwriters Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten drew from the likes of ‘90s luminaries […]

Tune into ‘Turned to Gloss’, an Exquisite Indie Track by sunday works

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March 17,2025 March 17,2025 March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 The indie pop duo from New York City, sunday works is creating a major buzz among music lovers with their latest song ’Turned to Gloss’ which […]

Indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch reveals latest artistic turn in L.A. show

Untitled newsprint collage by Jim Jarmusch, 2023

Jim Jarmusch can’t stop collaging. The celebrated independent filmmaker, known for movies such as Cannes Grand Prix winner “Broken Flowers” and “Stranger Than Paradise,” has been dabbling in the art form for decades, amassing hundreds […]

WMG Passed on Believe—They’re Not Shopping for Indie Distros

WMG passed on Believe, Robert Kyncl says it will build and expand its own distribution services

Photo Credit: Warner Music Group WMG CEO Robert Kyncl says the label isn’t shopping for any indie distributors, instead building and expanding their own distribution capabilities. Warner Music Group is looking into expanding their in-house […]

Big.Ass.Kids & Too Lost to Revolutionize Indie Music Distribution

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Photo Credit: Big.Ass.Kids Big.Ass.Kids new distribution service BAK Music Man, in partnership with music technology leader Too Lost, is transforming the indie music distribution landscape. Its innovative platform provides community, customized artist services, and enhanced […]

Spirit Award ‘Anora’ Best Director Winner Sean Baker Decries State Of Indie Film

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Anora Spirit Award Best director winner Sean Baker championed indie cinema in his acceptance speech, exclaiming that it’s “struggling more than ever” with little pay for those who provide a cultural zeithgeist for Hollywood and […]

beatBread Debuts ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ for Artists & Indie Labels

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The beatBread Deal Comparison Tool dashboard, which compares proposed terms from labels, distributors, and others. Photo Credit beatBread has launched a “Deal Comparison Tool” designed to enable artists and indies to weigh offers’ long-term value […]