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Two Cool New iTunes Apps

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 9 2010 8:00AM

Sometimes your iPod needs an enema.


Filed Under: Technology

Orphaned Land: Israeli Metal Band Pushes for Middle East Peace

Author:Andrew the EM intern | Feb 9 2010 8:00AM

Peace in the Middle East is a serious subject. It’s not a topic that you can just gloss over with someone. Once you start a discussion about it, you have to see it through.


Filed Under: New Releases

Neil Young Greendale project goes comic book

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 9 2010 12:10AM

"... graphic novel that explores a whole new dimension to the album that Rolling Stone voted as one of the best of its year ..."


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Incubus Issues

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM

The line-up in Incubus has been pretty stable since they were formed in 1991. There have only been two personal changes.


Filed Under: Ongoing History of New Music

The Rural Alberta Advantage: "Drain the Blood"

Author:Adam Morrison | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM

Indie-rock three-piece The Rural Alberta Advantage are actually based in Toronto, although leader Nils Edenloff is a born-and-bred Albertan.


Filed Under: Indie Track

Here’s The Deal: Tommy Lee, Them Crooked Vultures

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 10:30AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 12:30PM

Tommy Lee talks about a new Methods of Mayhem album and Them Crooked Vultures on Saturday Night Live.


Filed Under: News

TubeRadio.Fm

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 12:00PM

If you’ve never used YouTube to search for music, you should. It’s remarkably effective. And it’s going to get better. Welcome to TubeRadio.


Filed Under: Technology

For Jimi Hendrix Fans Only

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 11:50AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 12:00PM

Centered around tracks recorded during a pivotal and turbulent four-month period in 1969, Valleys of Neptune unveils the original Jimi Hendrix Experience's final studio recordings.


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Monday Roundup of Weirdness

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 11:00AM

The first half of the Super Bowl was a dog, so I spent the time digesting my wife’s chilli and looking for weird stuff on line. Here’s what I found.


Filed Under: WTF?

Five Songs You Gotta Hear for February 8 2010

Author:Nathalia Ribeiro | Feb 8 2010 10:00AM

Here's five songs you need to hear, starting with a girl and her machine.


Filed Under: ExploreMusic Radio

Neil Peart of Rush speaks

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 9:30AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 9:40AM

"Before the band rehearses, I rehearse for a couple of weeks, so I’m ready and I’ve got the tempos locked ..."


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Another Interesting Looking Movie on British Music

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 8:00AM

When I was growing up, I was fascinated by synthesizers. I could never properly play or program the damn things (no wonder I became a drummer), but I loved the sounds they could make.


Filed Under: Movies

Brian Johnson of ACDC speaks out

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 6:20AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 6:40AM


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

The Hacienda Lives–Sort Of

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 12:00AM

Back in the 80s and early 90s, the Hacienda in Manchester was one of the most famous nightclubs on the planet.


Filed Under: Ongoing History of New Music

5 Songs You Gotta Hear Today
  1. Miss Li

    Bourgeois Shangri-la

    Miss Li is Linda Carlsson, a Stockholm-based singer-songwriter. She's doing well with her latest album after getting some tracks in TV shows and commercials, including this one in an iPod ad. Upbeat, jazzy vocals and semi-cabaret pop.

    Sounds like Hello Saferide, Beatles, Anna Ternheim
  2. Marina and the Diamonds

    Hollywood

    Marina Diamandis and her crew are being hyped by the BBC as one of the five acts to watch in 2010. Single came out February 1.

    Sounds like Gwen Stefani (but less OTT), Britney Spears (but WAY less trashy)
  3. Basia Bulat

    Gold Rush

    Former Polaris Music Prize nominee returned with her second full-length album on Jan 26 . Plays an autoharp.

    Sounds like Feist, She & Him, Sarah McLachlan
  4. Make Your Exit

    Kids

    This unique-sounding group incorporates brass and harmony into their music. For ambient-folk lovers, this Toronto quintet is refreshing.

    Sounds like Corduroy, southern version of The Framework and Arkells
  5. The Folk Implosion

    Natural One

    The 1995 movie "Kids" had, among other things, a great soundtrack. This song actually ended up being the now-defunct Folk Implosion's biggest hit.

    Sounds like slower Guided By Voices, Hayden, Beck
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Hot Chip
One Life Stand

The fourth album from this UK-based Grammy-nominated electro-pop band builds
on the dance rhythms of its predecessors, although this one might be a little more upbeat than the others. And you have to love
a band that’s willing to use an actual steel drummer from Trinidad in their music.