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NIN releases 400gb of free HD concert footage via torrents!
nin.com — A couple months ago Trent Reznor publicly sounded off about the difficulties he faced with his old record company that prevented him from filming a 3D concert film. Now he's inviting fans to make their own DVD by offering over 400gb of raw HD concert footage free via NIN's own torrent tracker.More… (Music)
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Led Zeppelin to tour and record without Robert Plant
bbc.co.uk — Legendary rock manager Peter Mensch has been discussing his client Jimmy Page's plans to reform Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant. According to Mensch, Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham - the son of original Zep drummer John Bonham - look likely to tour, and there's even talk of recording an album. More… (Music)
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Free Nine Inch Nails albums top 2008 Amazon MP3 sales charts
arstechnica.com — Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts I-IV topped Amazon's digital download charts in 2008, despite being offered to fans free of charge. Creative Commons touts the project as a new model for music.More… (Music)
MrBabyMan
36 Songs About Rod Blagojevich
redeye.chicagotribune.com — The Chicago Tribune's RedEye challenged Chicago's songwriters to write a song about Illinois' embattled governor. Here are the excellent, middling and, of course, awful efforts.More… (Music)
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The Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead At 60
rollingstone.com — Ron Asheton, guitarist and founding member of the Stooges, was reportedly found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan this morning. More… (Music)
dpratt356Grateful no longer, the Dead will tour - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com — Original band members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann have toured sporadically since the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia. They told Rolling Stone magazine in November that they've worked out their differences, aided by a successful October benefit concert for Obama. The group now just calls itself the Dead.More… (Music)
Surferess
Still essential after 40 years
boston.com — 2008 had some fine albums, but it's unlikely they'll measure up to 1968's...Both were turbulent years with watershed presidential elections, unpopular foreign wars, and major upheaval - social then, financial now. 1968 saw the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., racial tensions, and the ensuing riots; 2008 we voted our first African-AmericanMore… (Music)
redwolfwalker
Music sales boom, but albums fizzle for '08
usatoday.com — Is anyone surprised that album sales - the music industry's main source of revenue - dropped for a fourth year?More… (Music)
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2009 Preview: Introducing Your New Favourite Bands
guardian.co.uk — Who will be 2009's MGMT, Ting Tings or Duffy? Caroline Sullivan asks music industry tastemakers who they expect to set the pop world alight in the next 12 months. See if you agree.More… (Music)
5 Top Songs You Didn’t Hear on the Radio in 2008
msnbc.msn.com — These are all great songs that were not covered by radio play last year, but are all worthy of your attention. Included are songs by The Kelly Affair, Supergrass, Al Green, Kate Nash and more. You can watch all the video here and vote too. Cool!More… (Music)
Music sales for 2008 ride digital coattails
news.cnet.com — Digital music, long the bane of the music industry, may finally be something that record label executives can smile about. For 2008, total music sales rose 10 percent to 1.51 billion units sold, up from 1.36 billion units the year before, according to industry tracker NielMore… (Music)
kevinlouis
The 20 Biggest Musical Flops of 2008
dc.metromix.com — Here's a round up of the 20 albums that made records executives cry this year. You guessed it, "Chinese Democracy" was one of them.More… (Music)
ohnoerino
The 20 Best Music Videos of 2008 : Rolling Stone
rollingstone.com — The Killers, Weezer, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Beyonce - the year's best clips, as voted by the readers of Rolling Stone More… (Music)
upickThe Music Fades When Shilling Is The Motive
seattlepi.nwsource.com — What happens to the music itself when the way to build a career shifts from recording songs that ordinary listeners want to buy to making music that marketers can use? That creates pressure, subtle but genuine, for music to recede: to embrace the element of vacancy that makes a good soundtrack so unobtrusive, to edit a lyric to be less specific.More… (Music)
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Rock songwriter Delaney Bramlett dies at 69
msnbc.msn.com — Singer-songwriter-producer Delaney Bramlett, who penned such classic rock songs as "Let it Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 69.More… (Music)
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