Indie Rock on EMusic anymore?

cburkins

Wow! I cancelled last month (more the currency/subscription thing than the pricing thing for me), but I went over to check things out today, to see what I was missing. More like what eMusic is missing? Am I missing something or have they lost The National, Arcade Fire, Titus Andronicus, and Vampire Weekend? Were they all on the labels they lost? I looked for a few of the rock albums I've loved in the last year on eMu and found maybe 2 of them out of 10. Both of the ones I found had OK pricing, but still: If all those bands are gone, I don't see any reason for someone who's mostly into Indie to go with eMusic any more.

Maybe it's just their search is broken (again).

kargatron

You missed the hubbub - big indies left: Only 2 More Days to Get Music from Domino, Merge and Beggars

NYT: EMusic Loses Three Prominent Independent Labels

thomnottom

They did lose 3 of the biggest, but to be fair there is still plenty of Indie Rock from the likes of Asthmatic Kitty, Yep Roc, Alive, Fat Possum, Fat Cat, Jagjaguwar, Polyvinyl, Kranky, etc. as well as tons of smaller labels and self-released. Then again, most of them are probably available cheaper over at "The Wire".

cburkins

@kangatron: Heh! They mentioned many of the same bands I did. I did miss that, Thanks.


@thom: So what's the thinking on the Limewire store? Decent deals? And are they completely legit these days?

Katrina

I think I will check out the Limewire store. But as others here have posted, there is no way I'm putting their downloader software on my PC.
Oh and I think emusers are calling it "The Wire", so if you see posts about that, it is for limewire, not the TV show.

amclark2

or the magazine.

Katrina

Oh there's a magazine called "The Wire"? I've only read "Wired".