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20 Jan 2009 09:22

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Music: Bon Iver has a new EP out, and Pitchfork kinda likes it

  • Blood Bank certainly dispels concerns that Vernon’s accomplishment was somehow environmental – that For Emma’s poetic circumstances, and not its contents, were responsible for its success.
  • Amanda Petrusich • reviewing Bon Iver’s new Blood Bank EP, which features an a capella track built around auto-tune. She gave it a 7.9. Bon Iver, the Justin Vernon-led indie-folk band, has been gaining significant traction on the Billboard charts in recent weeks. • source
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19 Jan 2009 11:38

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Music: Who’s on the cover of the Antony and the Johnsons album?

Antony dedicated the album to Kazuo Ohno, a 102-year-old Japanese butoh dancer. source
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19 Jan 2009 11:32

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Music: Pitchfork’s latest love: Antony and the Johnsons

  • Simultaneously sparse and rich, The Crying Light mines maximum intensity from a relatively minimal mix of basic melodies, pithy lyrics, and understated arrangements.
  • Marc Masters • in his 8.6 review of Antony and The Johnsons’ The Crying Light, one of the year’s most-anticipated indie releases • source
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17 Jan 2009 11:50

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Music: The new U2 album cover equals “=”

Didn’t Sigur Ros do this first, Bono? source
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17 Jan 2009 10:03

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Music: Sonic Youth, finally working with “a label that loves songs”

  • We’re super inspired to make a fresh start. We’re glad to be dealing with a label that loves songs.
  • Thurston Moore • Sonic Youth guitarist, on the band’s recent move from major label Geffen, their label for nearly two decades, to indie Matador. The band will release a new album this summer. • source
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17 Jan 2009 09:43

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Music, U.S., World: Bush’s peak and nadir with the public

  • 90% Bush’s approval rating right after Sept. 11, 2001 – a record, by the way
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16 Jan 2009 13:10

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Culture, Music: Whoever bought this better watch out for Suge Knight

  • $18 million, the amount Death Row Records sold for source
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14 Jan 2009 17:06

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Music: Hall-bound: Rev. Run, DMC & the late Jam Master Jay

Oh yeah, Metallica’s going to the Rock Hall, too, but these guys are the real Kings of Rock. source
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14 Jan 2009 10:34

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Music, Tech: YouTube puts the mute on vids with copyrighted tunes

  • This video contains an audio track that has not been authorised by all copyright holders. The audio has been disabled.
  • YouTube • A warning to users who watch video with a popular song as its soundtrack. The video service has started muting certain videos because of copyright concerns. That oughta make people happy. • source
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12 Jan 2009 20:09

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Music, Offbeat, Tech: The dumbest idea for a software program, ever

  • Microsoft Songsmith sucks Songsmith, which creates music based on your ability to sing, could be a cool idea. But its downfall is the uber-cheeseball MIDI backing music, straight out of a Casiotone circa 1985 (disclosure from the author: I own this keyboard). source
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