Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed by Darius Van Arman, founder of the independent record label Jagjaguwar, which has released music by Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Dinosaur Jr., and dozens of others. Van Arman also co-leads Secretly Group, Secretly Distribution, Numero Group, and Ghostly International. He is based in Brooklyn. I […]

It doesn’t matter if nobody actually wants AI music; the major labels are still going to push it on us. Reuters reports that Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, the three currently extant major-label umbrella groups, have all negotiated a licensing deal with an AI music streaming startup called Klay. That means […]

Last month, Dirt Buyer returned with “Betchu Won’t,” an acoustic daydream. Now Joe Sutkowski is announcing Dirt Buyer III, the followup to 2023’s Album Of The Week honoree Dirt Buyer II. Now the New York musician is sharing the ridiculously catchy banger “Get To Choose.” “This song is about feeling very alone in a situation […]