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STOP EVERYTHING... and listen to this new Beastie Boys track

STOP EVERYTHING… and listen to this new Beastie Boys track

Very nice move from the Beastie Boys here. When a track gets leaked, how do you control it? You don’t. You put it on your official blog/whatever and give people clear direction on where to find a good quality version. You don’t squash the excitement, and you seem decent for allowing people to listen for […]

Basic analytics added to The Hype Machine

Basic analytics added to The Hype Machine

What do we think of this then? I have to say I’m not convinced. This graphs reveals the speed of favourites per hour, and subsequent blog posts. But does this add anything to the popular chart itself? It’s a given that those appearing on this list will have a greater volume of ‘loves’ in recent days, […]