New Music: New Young Pony Club: "The Bomb (Villains Xplosive Remix)" [MP3] (Pitchfork)
As heard on last year's Fantastic Playroom , New Young Pony Club 's "The Bomb" was a taut, energetic entry under dancefloor post-punk's latest marketing banner, new rave. But isn't a bomb supposed to explode? Los Angeles electro-house duo Villains bring London-based NYPC's little explosion to Justice, or at least the synth-thwomping house-as-rock of those † -worshipers' ...
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Radio beats CD and MP3s when it comes to music listening, survey finds (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans said they listen to music nearly every day, according to the report.
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Introducing the Digital Music & Video Superguide (Macworld)
Macworld is introducing a new book, the Macworld Digital Music and Video Superguide.
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Napster To Offer Digital Music Service Across Wide Range Of Lenovo Notebooks And Desktops (BIOS)
Napster (Nasdaq:NAPS), the pioneer of digital music, and Lenovo today announced a co-marketing agreement under which Napster's award-winning music subscription service will be offered as a free 14-day trial on most new Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs in the U.S. an...
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How to download free books, music, and movies from local libraries (The Christian Science Monitor)
In a time when practically any question can be answered through a Google search, brick-and-mortar libraries are evolving to remain relevant. Rather than cede ground to search engines, e-book readers, and download services, more than 7,500 US libraries are adopting their competitor’s tricks and offering digital means to access books, music, and movies – free of [...]
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Sketch view (left) and accessories (right) (Linux Devices)
In an email, Cool-Idea developer Brian Wang wrote, "What is special about Cool-Karaoke is that the user can play an ordinary audio file, lower the vocal in it, hear his/her voice mixing along with the background music in the earphone, and record his/her singing performance in MP3 format in realtime."
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Was 1980s music that bad? (CNET)
NPR asks listeners which year featured the best music, and the 1980s emerge as a bleak era. Personally, the '80s figure prominently in my collection, but well behind the 1970s.
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Napster to Offer Digital Music Service across Wide Range of Lenovo Notebooks and Desktops (Centre Daily Times)
Napster (Nasdaq:NAPS), the pioneer of digital music, and Lenovo today announced a co-marketing agreement under which Napster's award-winning music subscription service will be offered as a free 14-day trial on most new Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs in the U.S. and Canada.
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iRinger Turns Music and Video Files into iPhone Ringtones [Featured Windows Download] (Lifehacker)
Windows only: Desktop app iRinger converts any video or music file into an iPhone ringtone, including YouTube videos. You already saw how to make a ringtone using only iTunes, but iRinger brings...
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Since iTunes has forced the music industry into a singles-driven business, how can labels ever sell albums? (Fast Company Magazine)
Since iTunes has forced the music industry into a singles-driven business, how can labels ever sell albums?
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