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Album Review: R.E.M. ‘Accelerate’

After a string of listenable, yet lackluster releases (Up, Reveal, Around the Sun), R.E.M. retools and gives us a taut and energetic album.
I remember listening to 2004’s Around the Sun and thinking, “Man, these guys are ready to hang it up.”  Well, all that has changed with Accelerate.  In keeping with the album’s title, the […]

Hip Hop is Changing: Meet the New Players

Every so often, music goes through a change. The guard swaps up, and a little freshness starts to waft in. Hip hop is changing. It’s getting really really good. Here’s some of the youngsters you should already know, and if you don’t… well, get familiar. Here is a few of the best we’ve seen cropping […]

Book Review: Stephen King’s Blaze

If you’ve read the introduction to the out of print omnibus The Bachman Books you’ll know that the majority of the novels Stephen King published under the nom de plume Richard Bachman were what he calls “trunk books”. That is, early efforts that he couldn’t get published for one reason or another. The first four […]

Michael Arrington Thinks Musicians Shouldn’t Get Paid for Recorded Music?

In an interview to the New York Times, artist Billy Bragg claims that some of Bebo’s recent earnings should be given to the musicians who posted their songs on the site. I can’t say that I agree with this notion (we’ll get to that in a moment) but I have a bigger issue with TechCrunch’s […]

Song of the Week - March 21

Every other week each of our writers shares the song that made his/her week just a little bit brighter.
Lee H
Ruin My Day by Steve Dawson
I sent this song to my ex. She cried. Score one for me.

D Thompson
Ring Road by Underworld
Underworld’s been around for a while, first putting out the quirky single “Doot […]

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