music-business

The Ill-Fitting Economics of Music Merch

How much does an artist really earn from your drunken T-shirt purchase?

Wayne Coyne Knows How Lucky He Is

To celebrate the release of the Flaming Lips’ great new album ‘American Head,’ the 59-year-old frontman talks about late-in-life fatherhood, feeling grateful, and why Beck still makes him mad

The Rocking Economics of Jukeboxes

How much money does your bar get every time you request Smash Mouth?

Shoegaze Memes Celebrate a Sound That Never Changes

My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ has spawned a small universe of shitposts