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Guitar Center Officially Cleared to Exit Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Dylan Smith

December 21, 2020

About one month after formally moving to restructure its debts, Guitar Center has been cleared to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The 61-year-old music-retailer chain recently announced that a Virginia bankruptc... Read More...

Guitar Center Is Officially Entering Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Dylan Smith

November 17, 2020

Less than one month after rumors of a potential bankruptcy filing began circulating, Guitar Center is officially entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Guitar Center recently announced the “comprehensive” restructu... Read More...

Bandcamp Sales Have Jumped 122% Since Last Year — Here’s Why

Ashley King

September 23, 2020

Chances are fans who want to buy music directly from their favorite artist do so through Bandcamp. Bandcamp sales spiked massively this year, but it's not just the pandemic driving those sales. In the past y... Read More...

eBay’s Record Store Day Promotion Efforts Continue, Despite COVID-19

Ashley King

September 2, 2020

eBay is helping Record Store Day continue its celebration of vinyl this year, despite serious disruptions from COVID-19. The partnership with Record Store Day aims to help thousands of local record stores m... Read More...

Taylor Swift Mails Boxes of Signed CDs to Independent Record Stores

Ashley King

August 24, 2020

Taylor Swift and her legendary support of local record stores in Nashville continues. Swift previously made headlines for donating money to keep Grimey's New & Preloved Music open. Grimey's is now in its... Read More...

Bandcamp Sales Top $20 Million During the Past Month Alone

Ashley King

July 14, 2020

Bandcamp sales quietly topped $20 million last month as the site continues to grow during the pandemic, according to a recent Financial Times report. The online music retail platform sells .mp3 downloads, vi... Read More...

An Avicii Museum Is Officially Opening Next Year

Dylan Smith

June 9, 2020

A tribute museum for late Swedish DJ and producer Avicii, the Avicii Experience, is officially slated to open in Stockholm next year, as part of an expansive, seven-floor facility called Space Sweden. Organi... Read More...

Apple Disables Every Looted iPhone While Tracking the Stolen Devices

Paul Resnikoff

June 3, 2020

After witnessing nearly every one of its Apple Stores getting cleared out by looters, Apple has proactively disabled every stolen iPhone and connected device. Apple quickly disabled all of the iPhones sw... Read More...

Apple Stores Reopening In the U.S., Germany, and Australia This Week

Ashley King

May 11, 2020

Apple stores around the world will begin re-opening this week with new social distancing measures. Apple says its stores in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama, and Alaska will re-open this week. "Our new social ... Read More...

California Allows Record Stores to Reopen — With Conditions, Of Course

Dylan Smith

May 8, 2020

As part of its plan to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions, California is allowing record stores to reopen. However, government officials have laid out bolstered sanitization protocols and health-oriented gu... Read More...

Bandcamp Generates $7.1 Million for Artists In One Day After Waiving All Commissions

Ashley King

May 5, 2020

On May 1st, Bandcamp waived its revenue share with artists on the platform for 24 hours. Over $7.1 million went directly into artists' pockets. Bandcamp announced the initiative as a way to give back to the ... Read More...

Seattle’s Iconic Bop Street Records Is Going Out of Business

Dylan Smith

April 30, 2020

Seattle's iconic Bop Street Records is permanently closing its retail store as a result of economic strains stemming from the novel coronavirus crisis. Bop Street founder and owner Dave Voorhees recently too... Read More...

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