When we interviewed Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren last year, he told us when his band opened for Pearl Jam the record label "literally rented [the bands] an entire island off of Sydney... with wildlife, cooks, parasailing, surfing, and girls." Oh how times have changed! Today it's being reported that Atlantic Records/Warner Music Group is asking fans to help fund one of their artist's second albums. The major label artist Natty is the lucky guinea pig, and fan-funding platform Pledge Music will help out in asking for some spare change. Earlier this year WMG's CEO Lyor Cohen put his $28MM Upper East Side townhouse on the market. Is this all part of the major label death rattle?