Tagged: indie

June 23, 2015 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

IgnitionDeck, Inc., a provider of WordPress-based e-commerce solutions, has acquired the popular GIG theme for musicians and bands. GIG joins Fundify, CrowdPress, and the IgnitionDeck products in the company’s line of popular offerings for fee-free crowdfunding on WordPress. GIG empowers bands and musicians to create… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Retake, the new gay indie film starring Luke Pasqualino (UK’s Skins, The Borgias) as a male prostitute has been given the greenlight.  Nick Corporon, director of the LGBT festival favorite short film Barbie Boy is directing from his own screenplay, with a story by Corporon, Gareth Dutton, Collin Brazie,… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring new music to the airwaves, veteran singer/songwriter Kenny Loggin and his band, Blue Sky Riders, have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last month to raise $85,000 for their new album. Within the final week of the project, the band raised well… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kim Thompson and Gary Groth started publishing comics under Fantagraphics Books since 1976. This year tragedy struck the group. Kim Thompson was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in four short months earlier this year, which forced the company to cancel or postpone 13 titles…. Read More