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Earlier this month, James Blake talked about the dire economics of the music industry and how streaming services don’t pay enough for artists to survive. Yesterday, Blake helped launch Vault, a direct-to-fan music platform where listeners can pay a fee to hear unreleased material from the artists that participate. Blake was approached by Vault after his social media posts about the industry went viral.
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By showing up on the Rolling Stone cover in a Cramps shirt and giving that amazingly twitchy and gothed-out Grammys performance, Lorde only confirmed what we already knew: She’s an intense, awkward, real teenager who’s somehow invaded pop culture, a rare respite from the gleaming charm-schooled facsimiles we’ve come...
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Mercury Prize-winner reveals new music during Radio 1 appearance
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James Blake did not end up interviewing Burial during his BBC Radio 1 residency tonight, but he did debut a Harmonimix remix of Beyoncé’s “Drunk In Love” and a new song, “40455,” that you can hear below. The Mercury Prize winner is currently working on music with his new roommate Chance The Rapp...
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The US hip-hop artist will continue to work with the Mercury Prize winner in Los Angeles
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