Looking to get started going cold turkey on Sony’s oppressive music, but don’t know where to start?
Well, try Laura Love for a great start. She was in Tampa last week with her unique amalgamation of blues, folk, and funk with inflections of jazz. From the politically charged “I Want You Gone” to her mellow bass and vocal tribute to Kurt Cobain’s “Come As You Are” her albums have an unmistakable groove from start to finish.
She’s as far from a corporate record label as you can get, so best of luck finding her CD in your neighborhood FYE or Camelot, but if you happen to have iTunes, like I do now, you can buy it there.
Boycott Sony!!
[...] The terms set out by the Boycott Sony petition have been met, to a degree. Feel free to hold out and continue boycotting, though. I’m personally waiting for a grovelling disavowal of these tactics and a legally binding promise to never use them again. Hence, I’ll continue the “Sony Detox” program that I started two weeks ago with Laura Love and continued last week with Nickel Creek. Listening to Indie music is good for you, boycott or no. [...]