Excerpt from: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi?10

Russ Crupnick’s NPD Group were at it once again during NARM with facts and figures that seem to belie conventional wisdom. According to the latest findings, radio, not Facebook and/or social media, is still the biggest influence on new music discovery. Crupnick asked “highly engaged” music fans a fairly simple question:  “How did you first hear about (whatever song) you wanted to hear again?” The results find 38% of respondents answering, “on traditional AM/FM radio,” followed by “friend played/sent/gave (13%), TV show/ award show (13%), YouTube/VEVO/video site (12%), free online radio (6%) and saw/heard on social media site (2-3%). (5/14a)

Metric’s new single “Youth Without Youth” officially made chart history today as it became the first single to ever debut at #1 on the Mediabase Canadian Alternative Radio Airplay Chart. Our congratulations go out to the band and everyone on the team. We’ve worked together for many years and are very pleased to share in this unique honor. The band’s new album SYNTHETICA is released on June 12th, 2012

Source: Rolling Stone.com

Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.

“It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer,” reads an official statement from the Beastie Boys. “He was 47 years old.”

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beastie-boys-co-founder-adam-yauch-dead-at-48-20120504#ixzz1tvtm1kEG

Metric is back with a killer new tune called “Youth Without Youth” which was the #1 most played song at Canadian Alternative Radio on release day. Check it out:

Effective with the Mediabase published charts dated June 3, 2012 (airplay cycle 5/27-6/2/12) reporting stations to Mediabase Published Panels will be asked to meet the MINIMUM CURRENT PERCENTAGE requirements for the following formats:

Top 40       35%

Rhythmic     35%

Urban        35%

Urban AC      5%

AC            5%

Hot AC       20%

Rock          5%

Active Rock  10%

Alternative  15%

Triple A     10%

A review process by format will begin now. The revised policies state that stations must average their format’s minimum threshold on a weekly basis from April 22-June 3, 2012. Stations that don’t meet the minimum thresholds are subject to have their reporting status to Published Panel suspended. At that point, they will need to meet the requirement again for a review period of 90 consecutive days and petition for reinstatement.

A review will be done each Monday morning starting on April 29, 2012.

The nominations are out for the 2012 SiriusXM Indie Awards, which will be presented March 24th at the Fairmont Royal Hotel in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week.

2011 was a fantastic year for music, which has resulted in eight Frontside artists landing thirteen nominations in ten categories. We’re especially happy to see the recognition for Rich Aucoin (Solo Artist, Live Artist, Electronic Artist and Emerging Artist of the Year), as well as for Mother Mother and Crystal Castles, who are also vying for multiple awards.

Voting is now underway — be sure to click through and support your favourite independent artists: http://indies.ca/voting/

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Mother Mother – Eureka (Last Gang)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Crystal Castles – Not In Love (f/ Robert Smith) (Last Gang)
Raghav – Fire (Cordova Bay)

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Hey Rosetta (Sonic)
Mother Mother (Last Gang)

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)

LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)

ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)

FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Elliott Brood (Paper Bag)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Sloan (Outside)

URBAN ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
JRDN (Kuya/Fontana North)

SiriusXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)

We here at Frontside are very pleased to announced that eight of the artists we work with have combined for a total of eleven nominations in eight categories at the 2012 JUNO awards, to be held in Ottawa on April 1st.

Most notable are the double nominations in the New Artist Of The Year, New Group Of The Year and Rock Album Of The Year categories. Frontside has always placed a significant amount of focus on developing new talent and we’re very proud to see the dedicated artists, labels and managers that we work with recognized at the highest level.

Of course, the sentiment of congratulations goes out across the board to all of the nominees and their associated teams. The list truly reads like a who’s who of the global music scene. Canada clearly has a voice on an international scale, and that’s something to be proud of.

Here’s the full list of our nominees, for more information visit www.junoawards.ca:

New Artist Of The Year
JRDN
Lindi Ortega

New Group Of The Year
Hey Rosetta!
Mother Mother

Adult Alternative Album Of The Year
Cuff The Duke

Rock Album Of The Year
Matthew Good
Sloan

R&B Soul Recording Of The Year
JRDN

Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year
Lindi Ortega

Recording Engineer Of The Year
Jeff Wolpert for Sarah Slean

Video Of The Year
Mother Mother