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Dan Deacon On Sciatica & Canceling Shows: 'It Sucked Major Dick'...
Dan Deacon’s MySpace Page: About a week ago i started to feel a rather uncomfortable pain in the back of my left leg. at first it was only present when i was sitting but as time went on it started to get more and more painful when standing and eventually it hurt at all times, even when laying down. on wednesday evening the pain had come to a peak and i […]
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Watch: Springsteen To Michigan: 'Good Evening Ohio!'...
Detroit Free Press: The iconic rocker greeted his Palace of Auburn Hills audience Friday night with a hearty “Hello, Ohio!”—a reference he repeated several times over the next half hour before catching his mistake, with what appeared to be a whispered assist from guitarist Steven Van Zandt….I’m all right,” said the grinnin […]
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Verizon Helping RIAA To Police Customers...
CNET: Verizon, the second-largest phone company in the United States, is expected to begin issuing “copyright notices” on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the Web, according to sources with knowledge of the agreement….The sources, who asked for anonymity, said Veriz […]
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Apple Rolls Out Web-Version of iTunes, More Search-Friendly...
Search, we suspect, is a big reason Apple rolled out the feature. As Google partners with music sites like Lala, Pandora, Rhapsody, MySpace and Imeem for its Discover Music search feature, Apple perhaps doesn’t want to be left out. With a Web page for every artist and album it sells, Google can now index those pages. With the might of the iTunes brand […]
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The Daily Swarm Interview: Steve Albini on Recording 2,000 Albums, Nirvana, How Geffen Tried to Put Him Out of Business, & Disregarding the Listening Audience... 'I’ll Literally Work With Anybody'...
Steve Albini is likely your favorite rock band’s favorite producer. However, you better not call him a producer as he prefers to receive no credit on album sleeves or if he is required to be credited at all, he simply prefers “recording engineer”. Also, despite common industry practice, Albini accepts no royalties for his contributions. Nonetheless, since he […]
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LA Punk Guardian Brendan Mullen's Memorial This Sunday...
Mullen was one of Los Angeles’ early champions of punk rock, and when he opened the Masque in Hollywood in 1977, the disjointed punk community found a focal point. It provided a forum for bands such as the Nerves, the Germs, the Dils and X, and also was the flash point for countless fans who went on to form their own bands. After the Masque closed, Mullen co […]
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Ghetto Bassquake!: Top 10 'Nu-Whirled Music' Blogs...
Generation Bass With several posts per day filled with amazing new tracks and mixtapes to download, Generation Bass is a must-know for those in search of bolstering their global electronic music collection. Look out for “Dubstep Mondays” and “Sexxy Cumbia Saturdays.” Read and comment. From afropop.org.
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'Hollywood-meets-Haydn'... NY Times On Why Dudamel Is The Dude...
What’s most striking about this Hollywood tale is the contrast between the hype and Mr. Dudamel’s unmistakable gifts, those who know him say: his conducting talent and near-innocent but deeply compelling enthusiasm for making music. “Deborah Borda’s rollout of Dudamel was as savvy as any studio mogul marketing a tent-pole movie,” said Mr. Kaplan, the directo […]
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Watch: DJ/rupture & Matt Shadetek's Awesome 'Solar Life Raft Medley' Video
The production duo of DJ /rupture (aka Jace Clayton) and Matt Shadetek are pleased to announce the release of this absolutely breathtaking new video, directed and animated by Sara Taigher with illustrations by Maria Chiara Di Giorgio, set to the music off their just-released record, Solar Life Raft (out last Tuesday on The Agriculture). The video is a medley […]
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Sirius Chairman Steps Down After Stock Continues To Get Hammered...
On Thursday, Sirius chairman Gary Parsons announced his resignation, and also relinquished his director position. The second move satisfied Nasdaq rules related to independent directorship, and Parsons’ replacement is the appropriately-independent director Eddy Hartenstein, publisher and chief executive of the Los Angeles Times. Hartenstein will assume […]
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Dan Deacon On Sciatica & Canceling Shows: 'It Sucked Major Dick'...
