Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 22nd, 2006

– A look at this week’s new releases in the US via the New Music Tipsheet and in UK via Torr.

– A copy of the court documents filed in the Tower bankruptcy. An interesting list of who is owed what starts on Page 10. (PDF)

– Indie label Fundamental (home of Love Tractor, Vic Chestnutt, and more) draws attention to its new web site with a $5 sale on all catalog and new releases. (Fundamental)

– Jazz labels like Impulse! and Blue Note are effectively using cover artwork to build their brands.  (Telegraph UK)

– SanDisk unveils a new 8G Sansa player aimed straight at iPod’s Nano for the same price and with twice the memory. (Reuters)

– New book "This Is Your Brain On Music" explores how the brain processes music. (Boston Globe)