Yesterday, Billboard reported that Alt band R.E.M will launch their new album "Accelerate" on iLike a week before the album's actual release. R.E.M front man Michael Stipe said the idea was presented to the band and they felt it was a good idea.
Read Jessica Letkemann's article about R.E.M here
Accelerate will premiere worldwide on iLike March 24th.
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R.E.M's decision follows a trend of other artists streaming their music online and allowing users to download it. Talib Kweli is notorious for doing it, the Cold War Kids recently allowed fans to download songs from their Mulberry St. EP and obviously music is streamed on MySpace, although it isn't downloadable.
Users of Facebook and other application that support iLike will also be able to stream Accelerate.
With ever dropping CD purchases this decision really comes as no surprise to me. Stipe commented that the music industry has changed and obviously this is true. As more and more things move online, it seems only natural that commercialized music will and should as well. The music industry has to learn to adapt and this seems like the next natural step.
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