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Will Music Lovers Care When Record Labels Go Extinct?

Prerecorded music has been a fading industry for years, and herding struggling labels together will only make it that much easier to identify the remains. And there aren't too many people mourning major labels' passing.

Vampire Weekend Scores an Indie-Label Victory

New York City indie-pop band Vampire Weekend took its new album, Contra, to no. 1, evicting bad-girl pop star Ke$ha and fending off video sensation Susan Boyle. The feat signals more public interest in independent artists and labels without direct links to giant media corporations.