This Month in Music - November 09
Weezer launches this month in music with their seventh studio album, Raditude, which hilariously has the group trying their hand at a club track with the Jermaine Dupri-produced "Can't Stop Partying" featuring Lil' Wayne, yes, that Lil' Wayne. Also coming out this November is a debut release from Them Crooked Vultures, a veritable Rock super group headed by the likes of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and last but not least, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones. A couple of notables you should also be listening to this month come via alt-folk/rock act, Holopaw, and the addictive, rock-electronic beats of Lymbyc Systym.
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ACDC Backtracks
ACDC Backtracks compiles 47 tracks of studio and live rarities, two DVDs, a coffee table book, and an LP with more studio rarities made from audiophile-grade 180 gram vinyl. And if that wasn't enough, they've packed in a real, working guitar amp. Link: $240 / Source
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doubleTwist
If you despise iTunes for its iPod-only infrastructure, you may want to take a look at doubleTwist. doubleTwist creates an iTunes-like experience for users of Blackberries, PSPs, Palm Pres, and much more. For music downloads, they've integrated Amazon's music store for a tightly integrated experience no matter what you carry in your pocket. Link
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This Month in Music - October 09
For October we've got you covered with a little mix of Rock, Hip Hop, and Indie. First up, the Flaming Lips are back after three years with "Embryonic", the band's first double album. The Roots have used their off-time from House Band duties to record their ninth release, "How I Got Over." Other notables include "Cosmic Egg" from retro-rockers, Wolfmother, and the anticipated follow up from Once stars, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, with Strict Joy. Link
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This Month in Music - September 09
This fall sees Jay-Z come out of retirement again with the incredibly hyped Blueprint 3 featuring production from none other than the likes of Kanye West, Swizz Beatz The Neptunes, and Timbaland. Another two big releases come from breakthrough artist, Kid Cudi, with his debut, Man on the Moon: The End of Day and one of our most anticipated hip hop records this year, Wale's Attention Deficit. On the Rock side you've got a the Muse with their fifth studio release, The Resistance, and grunge-rock veterans Pearl Jam are back on the scene with Backspacer. Link
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This Month in Music - August 09
Its an indie lovefest for this month's music picks with the Arctic Monkeys leading the pack with the darker sounding Humbug. Our favorite pick this month however is a debut from the British quartet, The XX, who's self-titled debut is filled with simple, minimalistic melodies that are mostly darker in tone but also mix in upbeat folk-rock stylings. Other standouts this month come from the likes of crooner Josh Penate, Imogen Heap, and the always quirky Fruit Bats. Link
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This Month in Music: July 09
Headlining our picks this month is Indie Rock Supergroup The Dead Weather with their debut, Horehound, fronted by the Alison Mosshart of the Kills, Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence on bass, Queen of The Stone Age's keyboardist Dean Fertita, and Jack White on vocals and drums. Other notables this month come via Discovery, Portugal the Man, Band of Skulls, and Scottish Rock Quartet, We Were Promised Jetpacks. Link
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The Beatles Box of Vision
The Beatles Box of Vision is an incredible coffee table book featuring over 200 pages of the band's album artwork in their full LP-sized glory. It even includes a storage system that can keep all 32 CDs or Mini LPs in the Beatles album catalog. Link: $80
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This Month in Music: June 2009
June has been a pretty incredible month for music fans with the Eels' Hombre Lobo and multi-talented rapper Mos Def's The Ecstatic leading us into June. The ambitious sound of the Mars Volta soldiers on with their fifth studio release, Octahedron, and Brit-Rock outfit Kasabian grace us with West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Other notables this month include Oh My God, Charlie Darwin from Rhode Island rockers The Low Anthem and the debut of Tom Morrello and Boots Riley's new project, Street Sweeper Social Club. Link
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Pandora One
Pandora is introducing a new pay-service called Pandora One which upgrades one of, if not the best Internet Radio players available with a richer set of features and ad-free playback. The new service also introduces a desktop-based app for Pandora playback without the browser, high quality 192K streaming, and all day skipping. Link: $36 a year
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