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Girls Is Calling It Quits

Owens’ decision must have been quite precipitated since, in a May interview with the Huffington Post, he was talking about his plans for a third album, explaining he wanted to record it ‘basically as soon as possible. As soon as we can find a little break.’

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Adele Has Announced That She Is Pregnant

‘I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together,” she wrote. “I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time.’

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The Road To Success For A Band In Los Angeles

Think about it, the Satellite is the place which has hosted the debuts of bands such as The Decemberists, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Arctic Monkeys, My Morning Jacket, the Killers, the Shins, Arcade Fire and the Black Keys! At this time, it was still called Spaceland and it has been the starting point of many famous indie acts

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The Flaming Lips 24-Hour-Tour To Stream On MTV

MTV is planning to stream the whole thing for its O Music Awards! This will look like a hybrid between a film concert and a reality show, since streaming will also happen between concerts, like in the bus, which will carry the band from one city to the next.

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Not With The Band: Vinyl, Dead Or Not Dead?

vinyl is restrained to a very specific audience. Vinyl may not be completely dead but it still survives thanks to a sort of retro-hipster-indie public. A movement cultivating an image, a culture and the nostalgia of this culture, but for how long?

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Deadmau5: DJs Are Button-Pushers Getting Paid Half A million

the only buttons Deadmau5 seems to be pushing a lot are the ones slamming other people (he has some beef with Madonna too), but as I said, it is funny. DJs, who could be called disk jockey if CDs still existed, have this superstar status for reasons that escape me, and that’s why I can’t get enough of his rants about the likes of Guetta and Skrillex.

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The Black Keys Are Suing Home Depot And Pizza Hut

I don’t know how this happened but that was the risk of the game, after being such a commodity for commercials and ads of any nature, may be corporations thought they could freely use any Black Keys song, because at the end who would be able to see the difference?

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Why 'The Rocker' Is Better Than 'Rock Of Ages'

In ‘The Rocker’, Rainn Wilson plays Fish, a drummer who got kicked off Vesuvius, a glam heavy metal band of the 80s, and then got stuck for 20 years with a boring office job. Since, he has become a living dead, but when his nephew forms a band and needs a drummer, he gets the job

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Spotify Launches New Free Radio Service (With Ads)

Before this update, only Spotify Premium subscribers could listen to Spotify’s streaming radio, without ads, but if you are like me and have stuck with the free access with the occasional adds, you can now stream Spotify’s radio on your iPhone, using SpotON Radio, with ads coming from different sponsors, such as Chevrolet, Heineken and McDonald’s.

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FYF Fest Has Announced Its Impressive Lineup

Headlining the festival, the eclectic hardcore-electronics-indie trio Refused, M83 and Beirut! Also scheduled, English electronic musician James Blake, noise-dance-pop Sleigh Bells, post-hardcore Quicksand (who just reunited after13 years!), psychedelic pop Yeasayer, and this is just a small sample of what you will be able to see for just $77 (the announced price for a weekend pass).

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Grimes At Make Music Pasadena, Saturday June 16th 2012

I cannot say I was very impressed by her Pitchfork-proclaimed-best-new-music title, but there were so many fans pushing, trying to climb over the barricades, so many people backstage obstructing the view, so many police officers trying to contain the crazy fans that it was hard to tell.

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