Music Video 2.0

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Music videos were abandoned by MTV years ago, but the medium has found new life thanks to YouTube, MySpace and the blogosphere. Today on Soundcheck, find out if the music video could provide a lifeline for a struggling music industry. And later: Better known to indie rock as "Smog," Bill Callahan has released more than a dozen haunting albums over the last two decades. He talks about the new direction on his latest, Woke on a Whaleheart, and performs live in our studio.

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