the new Paul Westerberg album comes out next Tuesday.
In addition to this being one damn good record (it's two records, actually. Disc two is a new Grandpaboy album) it's also a good example of the current trend of musical vanguards moving from majors to the label (sometimes by choice, sometimes not...).
For example, Tom Waits and Merle Haggard are both on the punk label Epitaph. Now, it's rumored that Nick Cave might do the same.
How long before major labels are completely irrelevent?
Or are they already?