Artist compilations are as old as recording technology itself. They have proven themselves reliable as a way for listeners to collect hits without collecting records, and for record labels to cash in ...

A family friend has an old iPod and I've offered to help extract all the music from it and put it onto a microSD card for their phone. I know how to get the music files off the iPod (using the hidden ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

Venezuela born, Barcelona-based pop experimentalist Arca has released a best-of compilation containing songs from her five album series KICK. The compilation, also titled Kick, features 21 tracks ...

Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) has announced the launch of a brand new imprint, soon to be debuted with a seven-track compilation album titled ‘Synergy Vol. 1’. Calling it “a record label for us, by ...

When you rip a CD in iTunes—or when you buy an album from the iTunes Store, Amazon, or other vendor—there are a number of tags you can set, such as the album name, artist name, and genre. But there’s ...

Bob Dylan and Patti Smith are among 18 musicians and artists paying tribute to Andy Warhol on a new “art-and-sound” box set, “15 Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol,” debuting on the artist’s birthday, Aug ...