Bands, Including Switchfoot, Ditch Labels

With more bands moving away from major record labels, this holiday season won’t be “jolly” for big music. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough reported on the news, talking with The Scoop columnist Courtney Hazlett and profiling Switchfoot, who left a major label to try the indie route. A separate clip features Joe talking with Switchfoot’s Jon and Tim Foreman about not having to worry about record label pressures anymore, teaming up with Habitat for Humanity, no longer being limited by a full-length album every year and a half to fit with a label formula, and when fans can expect a new CD. The two reports via MSN.com have since been removed.