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“They call me Hova, that’s not my name!”

The Big Pink is an electro-rock duo from London that just put out their first full length album on 4AD records a few weeks back. I’ve been really digging it, sort of a hybrid of shoegaze rock with electronic undertones.

Amusement Parks on Fire is a UK band bringing back the shoegaze.

Jonny Greenwood just posted an unreleased Radiohead track on their blog. As made famous by the brit rockers, listeners can pay what they want for the new tune.

EPISODE 4

In this episode:
- Performance Rights Organizations (BMI vs. ASCAP vs…)
- Aqualung
- Parallel and Two-Stage Compression

This one has worked its way into my library of “must-haves.” Absolution is Muse’s best album to date. If you don’t have it already, give it a go.

Faultline crosses several genre lines, mixing breakbeat electronic with the raw emotion found in more traditional pop music. It doesn’t hurt to have Chris Martin, Michael Stipe, and Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) contributing either.

Check out Natasha Khan’s critically acclaimed breakthrough album, Fur and Gold, for just a buck!

On 2nd April 2009 Keane will make history with the world’s first ever live webcast in 3D.

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Lily Allen returns with a new album today, It’s Not Me, It’s You, hoping to follow up on the success of her throwback hit, Alright, Still.
In a questionable move, Lily chose not to work with producer Mark Ronson again for It’s Not Me, It’s You. Let’s not forget that Ronson was named [...]

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The Verve’s Urban Hymns is on sale at Amazon today for $1.99. This was the album that really propelled them into the spotlight with Bittersweet Symphony, one of the most epic and well known songs of our generation. Richard Ashcroft has been hailed as one of the most prolific songwriters of our [...]

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I’ve really enjoyed this album this year. A lot of my friends can’t stand her voice, but I love the vibe.
The whole album is $5 on Amazon right now.
Duffy – Rockferry

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Bloc Party’s latest album Intimacy is on sale for $5 at Amazon right now. While I’m not normally a huge fan of theirs, there’s some cool production and vibe on a few of the tracks like Mercury.