The 35th annual CMJ Music Marathon – aka everyone’s best chance to burn through their remaining sick days by year’s end – took place last week and as always, the FREEwilliamsburg team was on hand taking in the sights and, more importantly, the sounds of the five day festival. Here’s what we took away from […]
Collect Records severs ties with Martin Shkreli
Great news, post-hardcore fans: Collect Records have cut ties with AIDS-drug price-gouger Martin Shkreli. Label head Geoff Rickley has released the following statement: Today, Collect Records — with the support and encouragement of all of our artists — have agreed to fully sever our relationship with Martin Shkreli, effective immediately. When I decided to get […]
Price-gouging CEO Martin Shkreli is one of Brooklyn-based Collect Records' investors
It turns out that colossal dirtbag pharma CEO Martin Shkreli, who has been all over the news for increasing the price of Daraprim, a drug used to treat AIDS and cancer patients, from $13.50 to $750 per pill is one of the major investors in one of my own personal favorite labels, Collect Records, which […]