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New CD Reviewed by Radio Indy

by Chris Demarco on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 9:49 PM

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Chris DeMarco's most recent self titled release, "Chris DeMarco-The 80's" is an album that re-invents the upbeat classic pop rock music of that era. DeMarco, a seasoned... More...
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New Canadian online music channel

by jam! on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 2:32 PM

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Music guru Alan Cross has been snagged to helm a new show on the online music channel, Aux. More...
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Beyonce dominating YouTube

by jam! on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 2:27 PM

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A number of high profile musicians have made enormous dents on YouTube: Soulja Boy, Rihanna, the Jonas Brothers and Chris Brown among them. More...
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Rock Daily By the Numbers: The Official 2008 Blog-Down

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 12:15 PM

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With 2008 on the verge of becoming a distant, boozy memory, join the Rock Daily crew as we look back at the year that was. Ah, 2008, the year Chinese Democracy became a reality, Obama was elected... More...
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The Year in Breaking Artists: Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson and More

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 11:40 AM

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We love it when Breaking Artists make good and wind up on our Best Albums of the Year list, like Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson, the Knux and Bon Iver did in 2008. Here’s a look back at their... More...
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Las Vegas Faker Than Usual on New Year’s Eve

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 11:00 AM

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In true Las Vegas fashion, Sin City will usher in the New Year with “Tribute Palooza,” a concert featuring performances by David Bowie, the Eagles, U2, Kiss, the Rolling Stones, Queen,... More...
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On the Travers Take: The Best Movies - And Biggest Letdowns - of 2008

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 10:45 AM

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What were the best movies of the year? What were the worst letdowns? Peter Travers explains what was so great about Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and... More...
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The Big News: Taylor Swift managed to keep the top spot on love lockdown for yet another week, selling 262,000 more copies of Fearless (which went double platinum). Platinum was the theme of the... More...
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HMV Canada: "Fearless" by Taylor Swift tops CD sales list

by jam! on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 9:52 AM

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TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Dec. 24. More...
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On the Smoking Section: Exclusive Love As Laughter Performance

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 9:35 AM

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Brooklyn rockers Love As Laughter’s 2008 disc Holy — a Smoking Section favorite — was produced with a little help from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, who signed the band to his... More...
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News Ticker: Jennifer Hudson, Hard Rock Park and DMX

by Rolling Stones on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 8:55 AM

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Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law William Balfour was indicted on three charges of murder and one count of home invasion for allegedly killing Hudson’s mother, brother and... More...
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Amy Winehouse summoned to court

by jam! on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 8:07 AM

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British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse has been summoned to appear in a Norwegian court Jan. 12 in her appeal against a fine in a drugs possession case, a police prosecutor said Wednesday. More...
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Well, that was fast. Just days after telling a St. Louis newspaper that Guns n’ Roses were planning a two-year tour set to embark in March, guitarist Richard Fortus is now saying he was... More...
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Rapper DMX pleads guilty to drug, theft, animal cruelty charges

by jam! on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 8:35 PM

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PHOENIX - DMX has reached a plea deal on multiple drug possession, theft and animal cruelty charges. More...
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The Year in Rock News: 2008’s Biggest Stories

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 4:55 PM

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Britney’s breakdown (and comeback!); Metallica’s Death Magnetic; the long-awaited arrival of Chinese Democracy; the death of drummer Mitch Mitchell; the crowning of a new American... More...
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Photo: Getty Tonight the Kennedy Center Honors airs at 9 p.m. on CBS. Why do you care? Because it’s the generally stuffy Washington, D.C. affair’s most rocking ceremony in its 31-year... More...
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Devendra Banhart’s Megapuss Joins Fab Moretti’s Little Joy for New Video

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 2:15 PM

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Freak-folk icon Devendra Banhart’s new project Megapuss pals around with Fab Moretti’s (of the Strokes) side project Little Joy — who you may remember from their exclusive... More...
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On the Breaking Blog: Bell X1 Download

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 1:35 PM

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Irish rockers Bell X1 will return March 3rd with Blue Lights on the Runway, the follow-up to this year’s Flock. Singer-guitarist Paul Noonan says the group’s new sound is “a... More...
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Critics’ Picks: Will Hermes’ Top Albums and Singles of 2008

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 12:45 PM

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You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — and checked out readers’ picks for LPs, songs and videos — but what did the folks who... More...
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According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 was the year of the rat. But if you ask us, ‘08 belongs to a different animal: The Collabo. And no artists cross-pollinated more than Fall Out... More...
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News Ticker: Freddie Hubbard, Jay-Z and Bjork

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 9:45 AM

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Famed jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died yesterday in Los Angeles, more than a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70.  In a career in jazz that spanned 50 years and more than 300... More...
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Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel Engaged

by Rolling Stones on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 8:35 AM

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Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and She & Him singer-actress Zooey Deschanel are engaged, a source close to the couple tells Us. The couple are “so thrilled,” the source says,... More...
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Playlist for house parties

by jam! on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 12:19 AM

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We've put together a selection of playlists for your New Year's Eve partay. More...
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Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dies

by jam! on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 7:02 PM

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Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins,... More...
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Men in Tights: Meet the Real Life Superheroes

by Rolling Stones on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 3:45 PM

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In the current issue, Joshuah Bearman dives into the wacky world of Real Life Superheroes — actual folks named Master Legend (his sidekick is Ace), Disabler, Genius Jim and the Black Panther... More...
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Cream Cuts by Tussle

by MetaCritic on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 3:31 PM

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Thom Monahan produced the latest album from the San Francisco-based quartet. [Rock, Indie] More...
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Never Never Love by Pop Levi

by MetaCritic on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 3:31 PM

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This is the second release from the ex-Super Numeri member and former Ladytron bassist. [Rock, Indie] More...
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Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling

by MetaCritic on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 3:30 PM

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The debut album for the ex-Noah And The Whale member was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize. [Rock, Alternative] More...
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The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

by MetaCritic on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 3:30 PM

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The sophomore album for the New Jersey punk-rock band was produced by Ted Hutt. [Rock, Punk] More...