All posts from 12 July 2007

Spin.com gathers some final comments from the blogosphere on the imminent death of internet radio, courtesy of a huge increase in royalty rates set to go into effect July 15th barring a last-minute reprieve. …
Writing in Slate, Hua Hsu offers a lengthy essay on the LCD Soundsystem track “All My Friends,” which he calls “brilliant […]

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The debut album for Annie Clark (who records as St. Vincent) is earning the 23-year-old singer-songwriter comparisons to everyone from Bjork to Fiona Apple to Regina Spektor. Read more about the critics’ views on Marry Me in our Review Roundup:

St. Vincent: Marry Me

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Fire Engines
The short-lived Scottish contemporaries of Josef K and Orange Juice will have the tracks from their three singles and one mini-album released in the US for the first time on a new compilation, “Hungry Beat,” due October 2nd on Acute. The 16-track disc includes the wonderfully-titled “Meat Whiplash.”

Fire Engines: Meat Whiplash (mp3)
Future Of The […]

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EA Sports “Madden ‘08″ game boasts the series’ biggest soundtrack yet, with 27 songs from the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Datarock, Sum 41, Mims, and Yellowcard. …
A former Paris nightclub manager is claiming in a new book that The Doors’ Jim Morrison died of a heroin overdose in a club bathroom. Other […]

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Aesop Rock
It’s a busy year for Aesop Rock: first a new album (August 28th), then a lengthy US tour (September-November). Black Moth Super Rainbow is among the opening acts.
Aesop Rock Announces Huge Fall Tour (Pitchfork)
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Trail of Dead has European dates lined up for August.
Trail of Dead […]

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