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Q-Tip “The Renaissance” review
Q-Tip’s legacy
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed aka The Abstract Poet aka Q-Tip has seen it all. As an intrical part of one of the most influential rap groups of the 90’s, A Tribe Called Quest, and a member of the Native Tongues collective, Q-Tip represented the cream of the crop within a then sidelined Hip-Hop culture. [...]
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Portishead interview; New album
ShockHound has snagged a rare interview with Portishead who have just released their third album, appropriately titled ‘Third’. This album comes after the trip-hop trio’s 11 year hiatus.
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Zune subscription changes
We received a note announcing the changes to Zune’s music store distribution model. Ars Technica has an in-dept post about how Microsoft, by signing agreements with major and independent music labels, will allow Zune Pass customers to keep 10 of their acquired songs every month. Usually when a distributor is using a subscription model you [...]
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Hell has frozen: Chinese Democracy
If you think you can take it, the long overdue and decreasingly relevent new album by Guns N’ Roses “Chinese Democracy” is completely available as a stream on the band’s MySpace page.
My take? From the few tracks I have listened I can make the assumption it could have been much worse, but it’s really rock [...]
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Play Xbox with Tenacious D
Next in line for the Xbox Live’s Game With Fame, Tenacious D will be playing Rock Band 2 on Xbox LIVE® November 20 to celebrate the recent release of The Complete Masterworks 2 DVD . More info can be found on Xbox.com.
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction Week 42
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CARNIVAL OF LIGHT
From CNN:
A “lost” Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released, according to Paul McCartney.
“Carnival of Light” — a 14-minute experimental track recorded at the height of the Beatles’ musical experimentations with psychedelia and inspired by avant-garde composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen — has [...]