HMV UK 'set to go into administration' *Updated*

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*Update: HMV just tweeted this:

This is very good news for Canadian HMV stores and I'm happy to hear that none of this news from the UK affects any of the stores across Canada.

HMV will remain as my go to place to pick up all of my road trip music and I hope that they will be around for a long time to come.

Original Post:

HMV UK could be in the control of accounting firm Deloitte very soon.

It's still unclear what the effect of all of these activities in the UK will have on the HMV store locations in Canada. But it's still quite sad to see the once venerable HMV fall from grace as music purchases have largely moved onto the Internet.

Over the past year I have tried to support HMV by purchasing one or two CDs whenever I would take a long road trip as HMV still had an alright selection of electronic music CDs to choose from. Sadly there are still a lot of old compilation CDs from 2009-2011 that are waiting for a buyer but will probably never be sold unless at a steep discount.

As someone who was used to visiting HMV on weekends back in the day to check out the latest records I am saddened by this news.

(Source: Reuters)

Watch this: A video interview of Shed

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René Pawlowitz, aka Shed, has quickly become one of my favourite producers in the second half of 2012 thanks to his massive album titled 'The Killer':

Here are two stand out tracks from an album I consider to be the best of 2012:

Shed - Day After:

Shed - Phototype:

The entire album takes you on a journey through the unique sounds that have become associated with Shed's productions.

Now that you are a little familiar with Shed you should take a look at this unusual interview filmed entirely while René was driving a car around his hometown of Schwedt:

(VIA: Reddit)

I found his views on the importance of melodies to be quite interesting. Also the fact that he doesn't use any hardware for his productions is another one that upcoming producers should take note of.

Shed will be one of the producers that I will be paying close attention to in 2013 and beyond. 

Picture proof that the EDM boom is here to stay

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Here's are two pictures from the Bassnectar NYE event in Nashville, TN:

Bassnectar managed to sell out the 20,000 capacity seating at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN, which is considered to be the music capital for country music.

These two photos show that EDM is to be enjoyed by everyone and not simply for the crowds in New York, California, and Miami. This music that we love has electrified crowds all over the world without the need (for the most part) of major labels and top 40 radio station support. Electronic dance music is here to stay, hopefully for a long time.

(Photos: Rukes)