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[Strategic Public Relations] The BusinessWeek article on the MySpace generation left out a very important example of how online communities and mp3 downloads are changing the face of music. The band Arctic Monkeys quietly made history when, without an album release, their debut single hit number one on the UK charts.
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Indie rock and roll for me: Firstly, you'll be pleased to hear that Arctic Monkeys have set an album release date. Their highly anticipated debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", hits the UK on January 30th 2006. (via Cosmos)
[Prblog.typepad.com] Strategic Public Relations: Downloads and a presence on MySpace helped fuel this rapid success. Mainstream US media has not picked up on this story yet, but this is an accomplishment that even uber groups like the Beatles or U2 cannot claim.
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[Jeremyhawkins.com] Notes on the Revival: When I called my buddy Joel Money, a guitarist from the band, he helped me locate a dark sign painted with a monkey and which would lead me around back of this industrial complex. Three floors up and above an artsy hippy squatter's paradise, I found the show underway.
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