iLike Press Releases

"iLike Challenge App Now Available on App Store"

New app exclusively features songs by Sony Music artists including Britney Spears, Sean Kingston, The Fray, John Mayer and many more
 

Seattle, WA  -  August 13, 2009 - iLike today announced the availability of the iLike Challenge App on the App Store. The iLike Challenge App for iPhone and iPod touch tests how quickly music fans can listen to, and correctly identify, songs from a host of Sony Music superstars including Britney Spears, Sean Kingston and Kenny Chesney. The app is also a valuable discovery tool because it allows users to visit the iTunes Store to purchase the songs they listen to as they compete in the challenge.

"We are delighted to be working with iLike to help its enthusiastic community enjoy Sony Music's artists in an innovative new way on iPhone and iPod touch," commented Michael Paull, Executive Vice President, Global Digital Business, Sony Music Entertainment. "With our unparalleled catalog, the iLike Challenge App will offer fans a fun and engaging way to test their knowledge of their favorite songs past and present."

"The iLike Challenge App makes music discovery on the iPhone and the iPod touch a lot of fun," said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. "This app is addictive. We challenge anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch to test their knowledge of their favorite artists."

The iLike Challenge App offers a unique two-player mode, which enables two users to compete against one another on the same iPhone or iPod touch and will exclusively feature questions about Sony Music's popular artists, from current chart toppers to legendary icons, across multiple genres of music including rock, pop, alternative, country, hip-hip, R&B, and more.

Sony Music artists featured in the iLike Challenge App include:

Brad Paisley
Britney Spears
Santana
Duran Duran
Elvis Presley
John Mayer
Johnny Cash
Kenny Chesney
Korn
OutKast
Sean Kingston
Shakira
The Clash
The Fray
The Fugees
Will Smith

The iLike Challenge App is available for $2.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 50 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

About Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment is a global recorded music company with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars. The company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. It is home to premier record labels representing music from every genre, including American Recordings, Arista Nashville, Arista Records, Aware, Battery Records, Beach Street Records, Black Seal, BNA Records, Cinematic, Columbia Nashville, Columbia Records, Epic Records, Essential Records, Flicker Records, Fo-Yo Soul, GospoCentric, Hitz Committee Entertainment, J Records, Jive Records, LaFace Records, Legacy Recordings, Masterworks, Polo Grounds, RCA Records, RCA Nashville, RCA Red Seal, RCA Victor, Reunion Records, Slightly Dangerous, Sony Classical, Sony Music Latin, Star Time International, Verity Records, and Volcano Entertainment. Sony Music Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

iLIKE UNVEILS “LOCAL CONCERTS” iPHONE APP AND RELEASES APPS BY MORE THAN 250 ARTISTS

Local Concerts app scans the music on any iPod Touch or iPhone and delivers notifications of nearby concerts by those artists.

More than 250 artists use iLike platform to launch their own iPhone apps

August 4, 2009 — Seattle, WA — iLike, the leading social music discovery service, today unveiled its new “Local Concerts” app, which provides personalized concert listings and notifications based on scanning the music on any iPod Touch or iPhone. iLike also announced unprecedented adoption of its recently launched iPhone app solution for artists. For a list of the top iLike artist apps, visit: www.iLike.com/mobile.

iLike’s Local Concerts app, already the top-ranking free concerts app in the iTunes App Store, lists upcoming shows in a user’s area and provides links to buy tickets. The new upgrade (available soon pending Apple approval) adds key features that leverage iPhone 3.0’s new capabilities:

• Personalization: The app scans the music on an iPod or iPhone and provides custom concert listings to match.

• Notifications: Users can opt to be notified whenever an artist in their music collection announces a local concert.

• In-app Maps:  Maps to venues are displayed directly inside the app.

• Social Hooks: Users can share concert information with friends via email without leaving within the app.

“Finding out about local concerts has never been easier,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “This is one of the first apps that’s optimized not just for the iPhone but also for the iPod, because it customizes itself to your entire music collection.”

In the two months since iLike announced its iPhone Apps for Artists program, more than 250 artists from all genres of music have already launched iLike-powered iPhone apps.

“As an independent artist, I truly appreciate this direct connection that I now have to fans, whether I’m announcing new tour dates, releasing a new album, or just have something to say,” said singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson.

“We’re encouraged by the positive response our create-your-own-app platform has generated, and this is only the beginning,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “We’re helping artists save time, make money, and remain in constant contact with fans.”

More about iLike iPhone Apps for Artists
In May 2009, iLike announced a turnkey system enabling any artist to create their own app featuring concert dates, video messages, photos, blogs, bulletins, games, and exclusive content. Bands can post content and messages to fans who install their app via the iLike Artist Dashboard, already in use by more than 300,000 artists.

The iLike iPhone app platform has been selected by established and emerging artists, from proudly independent musicians to major label acts, across a variety of musical genres. The list includes:

Brushfire Records (includes Jack Johnson and Mason Jennings)
Reba McEntire
DeVotchka
Official Album App for Sonic Youth’s The Eternal
Information Society
Ingrid Michaelson
The Cribs
Josh Turner
John Butler Trio
Jimmy Cliff
Rusted Root
Sara Evans
Swing Out Sister
Marillion
Tanya Tucker
Vertical Horizon

For artists, the benefits of using iLike to create a custom iPhone app include:

• Ease-of-Use: Artists can create apps using a simple web-based wizard, and post new content at any time with the click of a button.

• No Technology Headaches: iLike maintains a technology platform and team that supports artist apps, alleviating the need for an artist to hire programmers and designers whenever an update is needed.

• Post Once, Publish Everywhere: Participating artists sync their presence on iLike, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and beyond, rather than posting redundant content multiple times.

• Marketing: iLike promotes artist-created apps to its more than 50 million users, with 500,000 new users being added weekly.

In addition to artist iPhone apps, iLike’s “post once, publish everywhere” model helps artists reach their fans among more than 50 million music fans across the iLike network, including iLike’s leading music applications on iGoogle, Facebook, hi5, Bebo, Orkut, and iLike plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player.

For Artists: To learn more or create an artist iPhone app today, go to: www.iLike.com/mobile

For Consumers: To download an iLike-powered artist app or Like’s Local Concerts App, go to: www.iLike.com/mobile

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 50 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

The Dead Weather’s Debut Album, "Horehound," Available Today As a Free Stream, Only on iLike

July 8, 2009 — Seattle, WA and Nashville, TN— Following on the successful heels of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White has now joined forces with Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) to form a rock band called The Dead Weather. The band’s highly anticipated debut album, Horehound, is available to listen to in full and for free, exclusively on iLike (the leading social music discovery service) for the next 24 hours at www.iLike.com/thedeadweather

In advance of Horehound’s July 14th release, fans can experience the album for the first time today, exclusively on iLike. Horehound was produced by Jack White on his Third Man Records imprint and was the first record to ever be recorded at his new Nashville-based studio.

“I feel it, you feel it – we’re all struggling with the trouble that this industry is in right now,” said Jack White. “And it’s not about sales; it’s about beauty and romance and a relationship to art that’s turning invisible, and it’s affecting people’s perception of music. It’s affecting whether they think of it as a viable art, because it’s so disposable. It’s not about being modern or retro or a Luddite or being hopeful or pessimistic about the future; it’s about clinging on to what makes sense of our lives, and what gives our lives value, and what gives us a commonality and a feeling of belonging.”

About The Dead Weather
Jack White plays drums, produces and splits lead vocals with Alison Mosshart (The Kills) while Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) plays guitar and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) plays bass.

The impetus for The Dead Weather came when Alison Mosshart’s band The Kills opened on a few US tour dates for The Raconteurs. Jack White was given doctor’s orders to take it easy on the vocals, so he invited Alison to sing a few songs onstage. Immediately recognizing the musical synergy, the trio devised a plot to record together during some down time in White’s own Third Man Recording Studio in Nashville. White then enlisted the addition of erstwhile Raconteurs’ touring accomplice and Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator Dean Fertita. What was initially imagined as a one-off collaboration for a 7” single release turned into a full-length album once the quartet switched on the recording tape.

iLike will syndicate The Dead Weather’s album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook® music app, plus other leading social networks and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download). To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists

To listen to The Dead Weather’s new album, visit their iLike artist page today (July 8, 2009) at: www.iLike.com/thedeadweather

For more information on where you can see The Dead Weather perform live, visit: www.iLike.com/thedeadweather

Some early praise for Horehound…

"...an excellent album of sex sweat, bourbon breath, gun smoke and guitar sleaze...these are all top-notch songs...what a lovely way to burn." 4 Stars - Rolling Stone

"...when you listen to clattery Horehound tracks like "So Far From Your Weapon" or "Treat Me Like Your Mother"...you imagine a sort of Tennessee Williams, kitchen-knife-wielding scenario, starring an unhinged Nick Cave and PJ Harvey circa "Henry Lee."" – Spin

“The 11 songs on the album…are spare and sexy, with the vocals often distorted or submerged beneath grinding, snaky rhythms.” – The New York Times

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 50 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

SONIC YOUTH WORLD PREMIERE THEIR NEW ALBUM ON iLIKE

Fans Invited to Play “The Sonic Youth Trickster Challenge” only on iLike

June 2, 2009 — Seattle, WA and New York, NY— Beginning today (June 2, 2009), rock pioneers Sonic Youth will world-premiere their not-yet-released album, The Eternal, exclusively on iLike, the leading social music discovery service. The exclusive, one-week iLike listening event will culminate with the June 9 retail release of The Eternal on Matador Records.

To celebrate the upcoming album release, “The Sonic Youth Trickster Challenge,” an interactive online game, also launched today -- only on iLike. Fans are invited to learn more and play at: www.iLike.com/trickster. All players will be granted access to exclusive rehearsal footage.

“This album is a celebration of newfound freedom,” said Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore. “Releasing this album with our friends at Matador feels like liberation which inspired us during the recording process. Debuting it on iLike, free from industry constraints, also fit this theme.”

Abandoning the standard routine of writing and rehearsing a cycle of songs in one time period, Sonic Youth changed tactics and would compose several tracks in one weekend and record them the following weekend. The twelve tracks that resulted from this new approach are a dynamic display of Sonic Youth touchstones: From the primal no wave attack of their earliest days, to the radical chording and song structures of the band’s 90s period, to the more focused and contemporary explorations of the last five years.

iLike will syndicate Sonic Youth’s album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook® music app, plus other leading social networks and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download). To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.

To listen to Sonic Youth’s new album in full and free of charge, visit their iLike artist page beginning today (June 2, 2009) at: www.iLike.com/sonicyouth. To learn more about and play “The Sonic Youth Trickster Challenge,” go to www.iLike.com/trickster.

Sonic Youth’s North American Tour
Sonic Youth will begin an extensive tour of North America on June 27. Dates follow:
June 27th – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater
June 28th – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater
June 29th – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
June 30th – Toronto – Massey Hall
July 2nd – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
July 3rd – New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
July 6th – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
July 7th – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
July 8th – Richmond, VA – The National
July 10th – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theater
July 11th – Nashville, TN – War Memorial
July 12th – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Furnaces
July 13th – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
July 15th – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
July 16th – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s
July 17th – St Louis, MO – Live on Levee
July 18th – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
July 20th – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
July 21st – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
July 23rd – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
July 24th – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
July 25th – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
July 28th – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
July 30th – Salt Lake, UT – Twilight Concert Series
July 31st – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
August 2nd – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

To learn more and purchase concert tickets, go to http://www.ilike.com/artist/Sonic+Youth/events

For more information about Sonic Youth, go to
www.SonicYouth.com

For more information about Matador Records, go to
www.matadorrecords.com

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 45 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

iLIKE OFFERS CUSTOM iPHONE APPS FOR ANY ARTIST; ANNOUNCES INTEGRATION WITH TWITTER, YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, AND MORE

More Than 300,000 Musicians Now Use iLike To Connect With Fans On Leading Consumer Destinations

May 13, 2009 – Seattle, WA -- iLike, the leading social music discovery service, today announced a suite of new features for musicians, including integration with Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace, as well as a turnkey system for any artist to quickly create and distribute their own custom iPhone app. These integrations expand on iLike’s existing syndication model and enable more than 300,000 artists who use the iLike Artist Dashboard to save time and reach more fans via these new channels.

“There’s enormous value in connecting artists directly with their fans, and with today’s announcements we’ve redefined the game,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “In an increasingly fragmented media landscape, artists need to reach fans across a dizzying spectrum of social networks, web destinations, and mobile devices, and iLike gives them simple yet powerful tools to do it all from one place.”

"Twitter is helping people discover and share what's happening right now in all aspects of their lives," said Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter. "iLike enriches a growing ecosystem by making it easy to find and follow our favorite artists on Twitter—and for them to form a deeper connection with us."

Details of iLike’s New Features & Syndication Channels:
The new content syndication destinations announced today, described in detail at www.iLike.com/manage, include:

• Twitter: Artists can now link their iLike and Twitter accounts, bringing their “tweets” to more fans via the iLike music feed, the artist’s iLike profile, and the artist’s page on Facebook. Likewise, when an artist posts a new song, video, or concert listing, iLike will notify fans via Twitter.

• YouTube: Artists can now sync their YouTube channel and iLike account. Every video an artist posts to iLike will be automatically posted to their YouTube channel, and vice versa.

• MySpace Concert Listings: iLike now lets artists enhance the concert listings on their MySpace pages, via a widget that adds prominent buy-links and allows fans to “RSVP” to a concert and see who else is going. Artists can also configure their iLike Artist Dashboard so that any blog, bulletin, or video they post at iLike is also posted on their MySpace page.

• Facebook Pages “Music” Tab: Artists can now add the Music tab to their Page on Facebook. The Music tab, by iLike, features the artist’s songs, concerts, videos, bulletins, blogs, and tweets.

• Artist dot-com Websites: The iLike Artist Dashboard now allows artists to manage the content on their own official dot-com websites via embeddable javaScript widgets.

• Ticketmaster: Songs, photos, and videos posted to the iLike Dashboard will also appear on the artist’s page on Ticketmaster.

• Artist iPhone Apps: iLike today announced a turnkey system to enable any artist to rapidly create and distribute their own iPhone app featuring the artist’s concert dates, photos, blogs, bulletins, and videos. A self-service system allows artists to customize the look and feel of their app and submit it to the iTunes App Store.

In addition, iLike continues to syndicate artist content to more than 45 million music fans across the iLike network, including iLike’s leading music applications on iGoogle, Facebook, hi5, Bebo, Orkut, and iLike plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player.

Today iLike also unveiled a new Premium Artists Stats service providing each artist with detailed reports on fan interactions with their content and messages across iLike’s vast syndication network.

To learn more and start using iLike’s free content syndication tools for artists or to create an iPhone app for your band, go to: www.iLike.com/manage.

About iLike, inc

iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 45 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is for discovering and sharing what’s happening right now. Folks send text messages about anything and everything to Twitter in short bursts of 140 characters or less which are instantly delivered to anyone who has chosen to “follow” these timely bits of information. Twitter is not a social network—it’s a communication network with social elements. Individuals and organizations alike are encouraged to use Twitter for a variety of uses ranging from social to commercial.

Contact:
Emily Glassman
Email: Emily@iLike-inc.com

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THE CRYSTAL METHOD WORLD PREMIERE THEIR NEW ALBUM ON iLIKE

Pre-Release Album Stream Available Exclusively on iLike for The Next Five Days

May 7, 2009 — Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA— Beginning today (May 7, 2009), GRAMMY®-nominated electronic music pioneers The Crystal Method will world-premiere their not-yet-released album, Divided By Night, exclusively on iLike, the leading social music discovery service. The exclusive, five-day iLike listening event will culminate with the retail release of Divided By Night on May 12, 2009.

“We’ve always tried to improve on what we’ve done before,” says Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method. “We’re always trying to challenge ourselves. We don’t really like to work with formulas which is why we’re exposing fans to this album in a new way on iLike.”

“The Crystal Method is one of the most popular electronic bands in the world and I’m thrilled that Ken and Scott chose to introduce their highly-anticipated fourth studio album to the world via iLike,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike.

Divided By Night is the club culture icons’ first studio album in five years. The album features an extensive line-up of guest artists including Matisyahu, Justin Warfield (She Wants Revenge), Peter Hook (New Order), and Emily Haines (Metric). This is the first album The Crystal Method recorded at Crystalwerks, their state-of-the-art recording studio located in Los Angeles, CA.

iLike will syndicate The Crystal Method’s album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook® music app plus other leading social networks and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download). To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.

To listen to The Crystal Method’s new album in full and free of charge, visit their iLike artist page beginning today (May 7, 2009) at: www.iLike.com/thecrystalmethod

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 40 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

PLATINUM-SELLING RECORDING ARTIST GAVIN DEGRAW’S HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED ALBUM AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO IN FULL ONLY ON iLIKE

March 30, 2009 — Seattle, WA and New York, NY — Beginning today (March 30, 2009), platinum-selling recording artist Gavin DeGraw will world-premiere his not-yet-released album, FREE, exclusively on iLike, the leading social music discovery service. The exclusive iLike listening event will culminate with the retail release of FREE on March 31, 2009.

 “My intention on FREE was to stay out of the way of the songs,” said Gavin DeGraw. “We kept the production very minimal in order to get everything that lies between me and the audience out of the way. By removing all the bells and whistles, you really make room for someone to pay attention to the songwriting. Likewise, through iLike I’m bringing my new album directly to fans in an intimate way -- with no middlemen or editorializing.”

 “Gavin DeGraw is one of the most magnetic voices in popular music,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “I’m delighted to support Gavin’s vision of connecting directly with his legions of fans.”

FREE, DeGraw’s stripped-down 9-track collection of songs, is the follow-up to his self-titled 2008 Top 10 album. “It isn’t about the biggest, the strongest, or the loudest,” said DeGraw. “It’s about simplicity in its purest form. FREE doesn’t sound like the big machine. It sounds like where you go to escape the big machine.” In keeping with this intimate approach, DeGraw will hit the road on March 27, 2009 for an extensive spring tour he has dubbed his “Where It Began” tour, in which audiences will be taken on a musical journey back to DeGraw’s roots for a series of intimate full band and solo performances. “We’ll take a similar approach to the live shows as we did on the album and with the iLike album premiere,” he says. “This tour is all about creating that very close connection with the audience.”

iLike will syndicate DeGraw’s album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook music app, and other leading social networks and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download). To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.

 To listen to Gavin DeGraw’s new album in full and free of charge, visit his iLike artist page beginning on Sunday (March 29, 2009) at www.iLike.com/GavinDeGraw

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JAZZ LEGEND WYNTON MARSALIS’ NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS ONLY ON iLIKE

Milestone Jazz Event: Marsalis’ First-Ever Online Album Premiere; iLike’s First-Ever Jazz Album Exclusive

March 23, 2009 — Seattle, WA — Wynton Marsalis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader, and leading social music discovery service iLike announced that He and She, Wynton’s new album of original music and spoken word, is available to listen to today in its entirety, only on iLike. iLike’s 24-hour world exclusive will culminate with the retail release of He and She on March 24, 2009.

“What appeals to me about working with iLike is the opportunity to take He and She directly to my fans, giving them a chance to hear it in full before the album is available in stores,” said Wynton Marsalis. “It is with this inspiration that I am inviting my fans to engage with me and one another in an online dialogue about the album on my iLike page.”

“This is a significant moment for iLike and jazz fans across the Web,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “It is almost surreal to have the honor of collaborating with Wynton Marsalis, the defining jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation, to launch our first-ever album exclusive in the jazz genre.”

He and She, Marsalis’ fifth album for Blue Note, combines spoken word with music from his quintet, tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing centered on the relationship between a man and a woman and the elusiveness of romance.

Marsalis fans will have an opportunity to post questions and comments about the album on his iLike Artist Page (www.iLike.com/WyntonMarsalis) and Wynton will personally respond to a select group of fans. A few lucky fans who submit a question will receive a special gift.

iLike will syndicate Marsalis’ album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook® music app, and other leading social networks and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download). To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.

To listen to Wynton Marsalis’ new album and participate in a virtual dialogue, visit his iLike artist page today (March 23, 2009) at www.iLike.com/WyntonMarsalis. And for more information about Wynton Marsalis, sign up for his fan e-newsletter at: www.wyntonmarsalis.org/newsletter

About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 40 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.

Contact:
Emily Glassman
iLike
Cell: 206.708.4478
Email: Emily@iLike-inc.com

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KEITH URBAN DEFYING GRAVITY EXCLUSIVELY ON iLIKE

Superstar Keith Urban To World Debut His New Album [“DEFYING GRAVITY”] on iLike, Releasing One Track a Day As Free Streams with Accompanying Video Clips

March 17, 2009 — Seattle, WA and Nashville, TN—Keith Urban, one of country music’s most electrifying and critically hailed live performers, and leading social music discovery service iLike announced that Defying Gravity, Urban’s highly-anticipated new album, will debut exclusively on iLike. Beginning today, more than two weeks before fans can hear or buy the album anywhere else, Urban will stream a song per day from his new album on iLike, culminating with the album’s retail availability on March 31, 2009.

For the 11-day duration of this milestone online event, Urban will personally introduce each song from his new album via a daily video clip. iLike will syndicate the Keith Urban track and companion video clip of the day to his fans across iLike.com, iLike’s dominant Facebook® music app, and other leading social networks and online platforms. In anticipation of his upcoming “Escape Together World Tour” Together With KC Masterpiece® and Kingsford®, which kicks off in May 2009, Keith Urban will launch a ticket give-away for his fans on iLike. More details will be announced soon on Keith Urban’s iLike artist page which is located at: www.iLike.com/KeithUrban.

“This album expresses the gratitude I feel for where I am at right now in life,” said Keith Urban. ”I also feel deeply grateful to my fans, which is why I’m introducing my new songs directly to them through iLike.”

“Keith Urban is an artist with great talent and a great heart, and I’m deeply honored that he has chosen iLike as the platform from which to share his new album with the world,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “Defying Gravity is a profound, uplifting collection of personal songs from a truly gifted artist.”

In addition to being available on iLike.com and the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download), Defying Gravity will debut on iLike’s leading apps on Facebook, iGoogle, Orkut, Bebo and hi5. To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists, go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.

For Keith Urban’s track of the day and accompanying daily video clips, visit his iLike artist page at www.iLike.com/KeithUrban starting today. To learn more about Urban’s new album and upcoming tour, visit: www.keithurban.net.

Defying Gravity Track Listing:

1. Kiss A Girl  [Debuting on iLike March 17, 2009]

2. If Ever I Could Love  [Debuting on iLike March 18, 2009]

3. Sweet Thing  [Debuting on iLike March 19, 2009]

4. Til Summer Comes Around  [Debuting on iLike March 20, 2009]

5. My Heart Is Open  [Debuting on iLike March 21, 2009]

6. Hit The Ground Runnin'  [Debuting on iLike March 22, 2009]

7. Only You Can Love Me This Way  [Debuting on iLike March 23, 2009]

8. Standing Right In Front Of You  [Debuting on iLike March 24, 2009]

9. Why's It Feel So Long  [Debuting on iLike March 25, 2009]

10. I'm In  [Debuting on iLike March 26, 2009]

11. Thank You  [Debuting on iLike March 27, 2009]

About iLike, inc
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FIRST SINGLE FROM NEKO CASE'S NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

FIRST SINGLE FROM NEKO CASE’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘MIDDLE CYCLONE’ AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD TODAY VIA ANTI- RECORDS WEBSITE

 

NEKO AND ANTI- TO MAKE DONATION TO BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY FOR EVERY BLOG AND iLIKE POSTING OF SONG

 

Today, Anti- Records will release “People Got A Lotta Nerve,” the first single from Neko Case's new album 'Middle Cyclone' (March 3), and for every blog that posts the song and iLike user who adds it to his/her profile, Neko Case and Anti- will make a donation benefiting Best Friends Animal Society.

 

The promotion will run from January 13 to February 3, 2009. Five dollars will be donated for every blog post and one dollar for every user of iLike that adds the song to his/her profile.

 

About Best Friends Animal Society:

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2009, Best Friends Animal Society is one of America’s foremost animal rescue organizations. Founded in 1984, Best Friends advances nationwide animal welfare initiatives by working with shelter and rescue groups around the country. On any given day Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the nation's largest facility for abused, abandoned and special needs companion animals located in southwestern Utah, is home to approximately 2,000 dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds, and other animals. The society also publishes Best Friends magazine, the nation’s largest general interest, pet-related magazine with approximately 300,000 subscribers. For more information, visit www.bestfriends.org