The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Through in-depth reporting and a distinct street sensibility, FADER aggressively covers the most dynamic breadth of music and style emanating from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of the underground. FADER is the authority on what’s next.
FADER Media consists of credible music and lifestyle-focused properties that speak to a combined audience of influential young adults and generates over 3,000,000 Pageviews and 1,800,000 Unique Visitors.
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TheFADER.com is the nexus of all things FADER, constantly updated with exclusive content including the newest music, the latest style and the most crucial happenings in art and culture. TheFADER.com features multiple free music downloads daily, FADER TV original series, weekly columns, interviews, events coverage, global field reportage, features and photos from every issue of FADER Magazine and much more. It is a unique space that provides a platform for expanded and immediate coverage of emerging music, style and pop culture from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of the underground.
1200squad.com is the premiere link between DJs and the music industry–essential one-stop for the hottest music, drops, and videos, available exclusively to 1200squad.com members long before they break. It’s everything you’ll ever need to be ahead in the game. Because the “DJ is the Corner-stone of Hip-Hop”®.
XLR8R Magazine, accelerating music and culture. That’s the creed that drives the people and content that shape XLR8R (pronounced “accelerator”). With a rich history that spans over fifteen years, XLR8R focuses on emerging trends in music, style, and technology, featuring editorial designed to break new trends and challenge cultural paradigms. XLR8R primarily targets the early adopters, those who unearth aspects of music and culture that eventually become mainstream. XLR8R is printed on 100% recycled paper, with groundbreaking design and photography in keeping with the forward-thinking vision of the magazine.
XLR8R.com features up-to-the-minute news, exclusive audio podcasts, 15+ free MP3s each week, music videos, daily features and interviews, support for XLR8R’s events and contests, and XLR8R TV, XLR8R’s unique weekly broadband television program. XLR8R.com is the a premier destination for immediate coverage of groundbreaking music, and the lifestyle, technology, and fashion that surrounds it.
Insound is the online indie rock superstore. Yes, Insound is also the online vinyl superstore. Yes, we also have the best selection of impeccably designed silk-screen concert posters and band t-shirts anywhere. Yes, we also carry a bottomless selection of essential vinyl re-issues from seminal classic rock, proto-punk, punk, post-punk, folk, psych, new wave and no wave bands. Yes, we have the world’s largest selection of LP titles with free, instant MP3 downloads included (no download card required). Yes, we have a must-see-to-believe selection of turntables, music art books, gifts and vinyl accessories. Yes, we were the first place to sell the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Interpol. Yes, we have been proudly serving music nerds around the world since 1999. Yes, we are music nerds, too.
East Village Radio delivers non-stop free streaming music and entertainment live from the streets of New York City. Indie. Hip-Hop. Reggae. Soul. Techno. Funk. Pop. And more. Served by the planet’s premier DJ’s. Devoured by the global EVR Nation.
Featuring new and already world-renowned DJs (Mark Ronson, Stretch Armstrong, Andrew Andrew, et al) and music originating both here and abroad, EVR is a worldwide aspirational network — a digitally and aesthetically linked community focused on music, culture and style.
The Cornerstone Mixtape always delivers the hottest new hip-hop music to industry insiders and those ingrained in the creation of hip-hop culture. In our 11th year, the Cornerstone Mixtape has remained the industry’s number one source of new music, and as garnered numerous awards and unprecedented respect in the hip-hop community. This unique compilation provides a platform to hear new music first while showcasing different DJs each month like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier, Green Lantern, DJ Khaled, DJ Drama, and many more.
The Cornerstone Player has become the entertainment industry’s most respected compilation. The Player is mailed, hand delivered and featured in retail markets throughout the country. With distribution to 10,000+ tastemakers and 500+ retail locations in 50+ markets, it also reaches over 400+ independent music and lifestyle locations, including major retail destinations like Urban Outfitters, Puma, Diesel, Levis, and Adidas locations. Additionally, our mailing list reaches key people within the film industry (music supervisors, execs, producers, etc.), MTV, VH1, and FUSE, as well as satellite and terrestrial radio programmers, college/noncommercial radio stations, bars, venues, clubs, press, etc. The Player offers brand partners dynamic brand integration.
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