Subject: Music Sales

• Metallica Hit No. 1 Once Again, Breaks Record

  September 17, 2008

• Streetlight Records to Close Noe Valley Store

  Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in San Francisco (2350 Market Street ) as well as the ones in San Jose and Santa Cruz will remain open, so all isn't lost in the world of independent music retailers. It is a bummer, though, to hear about

  November 17, 2008

• Greed catches up with the major labels

  December 19, 2007

• Of Love and Natalise

  She dreams of being the next Janet Jackson, but she's just a Stanford grad who sings syrupy pop, looks absolutely fab, and makes local teens swoon.

  Which, come to think of it, may be enough, for everyone involved.

  July 9, 2003

• Local tech companies remove the music middleman

  September 2, 2009