While Sufjan Stevens isn’t exactly a local artist his recent musing on the “death of the album” is something that just about any music lover would find interesting. With bands like How I Became the Bomb releasing digital singles / annual compilations or Billy Corgan releasing 40 individual tracks instead of a traditional release you’d think the time honored format of the LP might be in danger. Fortunately, this article does a good job of boosting the idea that the proliferation of digital distribution actually creates more options for artists, not fewer. The album format isn’t dying, it’s evolving into numerous new forms.
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Great summary, and thanks for the link. Love the site, by the way. Hadn’t stumbled across it before but it looks like you guys have a cool thing going here.
Mon October 19, 2009 at 4:48 pm