News Update: Kings favorite Los Angeles rock band Beta Wolf just released a new EP ‘Just Before Morning’ through the band’s own label, Congregation Records. The band is currently opening for Daughtry and will perform at The Viper Room in Hollywood on August 25th.  Check out their new single Domino.

Contact: smartin@spectaclegroup.com

The music business is welcoming Google’s new initiative that updates search algorithms.

Posted on Google:

“Sites with high numbers of removal notices may appear lower in our results. This ranking change should help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily—whether it’s a song previewed on NPR’s music website, a TV show on Hulu or new music streamed from Spotify.

Since we re-booted our copyright removals over two years ago, we’ve been given much more data by copyright owners about infringing content online. In fact, we’re now receiving and processing more copyright removal notices every day than we did in all of 2009—more than 4.3 million URLs in the last 30 days alone. We will now be using this data as a signal in our search rankings.”

Buzz Track: Tear

HOLY ESQUE who hails from Glasgow, Scotland just self released a self- titled EP who which was produced by Kevin Burleigh (Glasvegas, Simple Minds). Upcoming tour with Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes, personally selected Holy Esque as the support act for their 2012 Fall European Tour. NME dubbed this indie act ‘Glasgow’s most exciting and inventive new band”. UK radio is beginning to pay attention as they topped the Amazing Radio chart two weeks consecutively, appearing on BBC 6 Music.

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Talking about different, Beck’s new album is sheet music. “Singer/songwriter Beck is coming out with a new album in December, but it isn’t being released in MP3, CD or vinyl form. Instead, it will be a book of sheet music in which the buyer can play his or her own version of the 20 new songs. Called Beck Hansen’s Song Reader, an announcement on his website describes it as “an experiment in what an album can be at the end of 2012,” and says that, “Bringing them to life depends on you.”

Buzz Track: Dance

Mark Russell, a singer-songwriter is building a buzz. His songs have been featured on MTV shows “Warren the Ape” and the hit reality program “The Real World: New Orleans”. Mark has also been featured on AOL/Cambio, The Huffington Post, and CW’s nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz. He has shared the stage with the Jonas Brothers, Hanson, Avril Lavigne, John McLaughlin and many more. His upcoming shows can be viewed on facebook.

Contact: jaasst@wegmusic.com