So there you were, bored with YouTube (is this really possible?), and you decided to find out if there was any New Music out in the world. Somehow through the endless searches to see if there was a new Radiohead album out, or if ‘they’ had figured out a way to bring John Lennon and George Harrison back for a Beatles reunion concert… You found this site. Well, don’t be disappointed. Music is all about discovery through trial and error. The media has failed us with MTV dropping its ‘M’ in favor of reality TV. Should be called RTV. VH1 is programming shows based on Top 100 Lists of all time (and types), so is it any wonder that you were soul searching on Google for something new in music? We are happy to meet you. You are alive. We understand. Music is important. Welcome to our world. It’s nice. Sometimes.
EndPop.com is a new label, and we are trying to be different. We don’t know how to do it yet, but we are trying. What we do have down is an incredible roster of artists, some of which you may have heard on Radio, Television or perhaps on your favorite Internet Radio Station. It’s a small roster consisting of Anything Box, The Diary, Goodbye July, and The Lamented (and more on the way). If you are a fan of Ladytron, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Kraftwerk, New Order, Joy Division, Interpol, Bob Marley, Indie Rock, Reggae, Muse, New Wave, Electronic Pop Music, Synthpop, Coldplay, Punk, and even Popular Music [sic] you will totally relate. That’s what we love. Well, we kinda like Shakira too, and while we spend our time writing our Blog she might be on our iPod (no iPhone here) swinging her hips to Regina Spektor’s gorgeous piano (not to mention her voice) in a mash-up. And that’s the dilemma, isn’t it?
There is so much music! Sometimes we wonder about this. We don’t think it’s bad, we just wonder about it. Makes us go and put on Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer Weld’ or ‘Closer’ by Joy Division. I have always been partial to New Order’s ‘Technique’ myself. What a great album. Which brings us back to Anything Box. Why are they not more popular? Is it simply the fact that they are not a major label anymore? After such albums as Hope, Elektrodelica and The Universe is Expanding (you gotta hear them I tell you) how is it possible that this group has stayed a secret? Well, not a good secret. Anything Box has videos on YouTube of course, and they’ve done tours all through South America. But they should be bigger than this! Huge!.
Well, they have a MySpace page, so this should help. Even Tila Tequila likes them. And they do in fact have several pages throughout the vast expanses of this inner space. They are even accused of Time Traveling, which is odd but ok. It’s actually a film that Anything Box is working on called Fan Tapes & Time Travel. A pseudo synthumentary (our word).
Life is getting busier around this office. Nice. And now you’ve found us. So that’s good, too. So I guess we are a good label. So our/your musical culture is not dead. Good music is here. And the sound of your life being enjoyed is only a CD or download away from CDBaby or Lulu. Give us a chance. We have such sites to show you. Yeah, that was from Hellraiser. We love horror movies too.
– Mr. End