Entries in 'indies' (31)

This week, one of the UK's favourite modern indie labels, Chess Club, celebrates its 10th birthday. To mark the occasion, the label is hosting a pop-up shop at The Old ...

No one really wants to say it out loud, but the numbers don’t lie. UK and global figures for music consumption both send the same message: the good times are ...

The Because Group has snapped up another former Parlophone Label Group (PLG) catalogue, Music Week can exclusively reveal – as the clock continues to tick down on Warner Music Group’s ...

Independent music is responsible for a 30% share in the Australian music market; new research commissioned by AIR (The Australian Independent Record Labels Association) has shown. Launched at BigSound festival ...

Queens Of The Stone Age have been praised a rock band that’s “as real as it gets” by Matador Records general manager Natalie Judge. Celebrating the group’s chart-topping seventh album ...

It's been the music business' longest-running saga since, well, ever basically. But now that Warner Music Group's sale of assets from its £487m Parlophone Label Group acquisition to independent companies ...

Because Music UK SVP of A&R and marketing Jane Third is leaving her role to become global chief creative officer at PIAS. A Because company statement thanked her for “her ...

Entries for this year’s AIM Awards are now open, with the event set to take place at London’s The Brewery on Tuesday, September 5. Ten categories are now open for ...

Merlin has announced news of a 25% reduction in administration fees for its members, as well as an expansion of its team. Last week, the independent sector’s global digital rights ...

Merlin CEO Charles Caldas has told Music Week that the organisation’s new licensing deal with Spotify, which will allow its member labels to window releases, will enable indies to ...