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 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

 Public Enemy Hooks Up 
 With 'Crowdfunding' Site 

Hip-hop innovators will raise $250K through Dutch site Sellaband

Oct 7, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hip-hoppers Public Enemy, one of the first groups to release on mp3, is entering the brave new world of crowdfunding. The group has partnered with Dutch site SellABand to raise the $250,000 necessary to record a new album entirely through $25 donations from fans. The payout? Donors—or “... More »

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social networking • Netherlands • hip-hop • rap music • Sellaband • album • recording • fundraising • Public Enemy • Chuck D • Flavor Flav • crowdfunding

 Two-Disc 
 Jackson 
 Album Has 
 New Song 

Two-disc compilation will include one new song

Sep 23, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world hasn’t heard the last of Michael Jackson. On October 28, Sony Music will release This Is It, a two-disc compilation album tying into the upcoming Jackson documentary of the same name. The album will include one brand-new song—the title track—along with previously unreleased versions... More »

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Sony • documentary • Michael Jackson • Sony BMG Music Entertainment • album


 With New No. 1, 
 Jay-Z Grabs 
 Record 
 From Elvis 

Beatles, meanwhile, maintain dominance with big week

Sep 16, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z and the Beatles lit up the charts this week, Billboard reports. Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 sold 476,000 copies, easily capturing the top spot for the week, and giving the rapper his 11th No. 1 album. That nabs him the record, previously held by Elvis, for the... More »

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Beatles • music sales • Billboard charts • album • Jay-Z • album sales

music review

 Beatles Remasters 
 Pack a Wallop 

CDs showcase Fab Four as they were meant to be heard

Sep 8, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Beatles just got better: every one of their original albums and a batch of collected singles has been remastered, boosting the quality to the level “the Beatles themselves would have heard and intended,” writes Matt Hurwitz in the Washington Post. The stereo CDs remind us that the... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • John Lennon • CDs • Beatles • George Harrison • album release • Ringo Starr • rock music • music review • album • remastering • Jay-ZTV

album review

 Arctic Monkeys Go Darker, 
 Show Staying Power 

Album maintains the 'good stuff,' tries something new

Aug 24, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - With their latest album, Britain’s Arctic Monkeys show they haven’t let the media hype get the better of them. Alex Turner and Co. try some new directions without abandoning the “good stuff” from “their usual territory,” writes Joe Tangari for Pitchfork. Humbug is “their... More »

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entertainment • rock and roll • music review • album • Jay-ZTV • Arctic Monkeys

 Mel, Babymamma Record Duet 

Duets with babymama to be released, plague us all

Aug 14, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 40th anniversary of Woodstock—what a perfect day for the announcement that Mel Gibson is making what is sure to become known as musical history. The actor provides guest vocals for two of the tracks on babymamma Oksana Grigorieva’s upcoming album, the Mirror reports. In not nearly... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • Mel Gibson • album • Oksana Grigorieva • duet

 Radiohead: No More Albums 


Aug 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead has recorded its last album, frontman Thom Yorke told the Believer in a recent interview. Instead, the band will focus on download-only singles and EPs. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again,” he said. Though the band believes... More »

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music industry • music downloads • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • album

(Newser) - Forty years ago today, the Beatles walked out of No. 3 Abbey Road and shot one of the most famous album covers of all time. Seemingly fraught with symbolism and precision, the image was actually a rush job, the BBC reports. Photographer Iain Macmillan “was given about 15 minutes,... More »

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pop music • Beatles • album • Abbey Road

 Ghostface on New Album: 
 No 'Slinging Crack' in R&B 

Rapper will still be in the game when he's 70, he says

Jul 31, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ghostface Killah is one of today’s most critically acclaimed rappers, and he doesn’t plan on quitting any time soon: “I’ma definitely be old in hip-hop. This is a mental thing. You can write music till you 70,” he tells New York. His new album,... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • rapper • rap music • Ghostface Killah • album • R&B • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Apple has joined forces with four major record labels on a mission to get music buyers to start buying albums again instead of just single tracks, the Financial Times reports. The project—codenamed "Cocktail"—will bundle album downloads with lyrics sheets, sleeve notes, photos, and assorted interactive features... More »

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music industry • iTunes • Apple • Universal Music Group • EMI • Warner Music • sony • album • record label • album sales

 Thriller Nears All- 
 Time US Sales Record  

Set to break Eagles' Greatest Hits figure

Jul 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buoyed by the singer’s passing, Michael Jackson’s Thriller looks set to match the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 as the bestselling album ever in the US, Billboard reports. The Eagles compilation was certified 29 times platinum in 2006, having sold at least 29 million copies—but Billboard says... More »

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music • pop music • Michael Jackson • The Eagles • Thriller • album • album sales

OPINION

 1959: The Apex of Jazz 


Jul 20, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of jazz’s best year jazz ever, Martin Johnson writes for the Root. 1959 saw canonical discs from genre royalty: “Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, John Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come, Dave Brubeck’s Time Out... More »

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entertainment • music • jazz • Miles Davis • Charlie Parker • album • Dizzy Gillespie • recording • Jay-ZTV • Charles Mingus • John Coltrane • Ornette Coleman • Dave Brubeck

OPINION

 2009's Best Music So Far 

Yes, Kelly Clarkson made the top five

Jul 15, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that 2009 is more than halfway over, James Montgomery runs down the best albums of the year—so far—on MTV:
  • Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion: The No. 1 pick is “the only thing I can remember that has actually lived up to the hype, if not
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entertainment • music • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • Phoenix • Animal Collective • album • Jay-ZTV • Wilco • Mos Def

GLOSSIES

 Kindles, iPods Spell 
 Tragic End to Snobbery 

How can we show off taste when it's onscreen?

Jul 8, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the subway or in a cafe, taking a peek at what others are reading has long provided a convenient way to judge them on the spot: a mindless crime-novel fan? A Joyce-toting member of the intellectual elite? But with the Kindle, we’re left guessing, observes James Wolcott in ... More »

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iPod • culture • record • book • Kindle • album • snobs • James Wolcott

 Will.i.am Reveals Jacko's Last 
 Album: Dance Music 

Singer kept demos extremely private

Jun 30, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson plotted his comeback album with Will.i.am, and the Black Eyed Peas frontman now tells the Mirror it was going to be “something Michael has never done before—a dance music album.” The King of Pop kept the demos “under lock and key,”... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • death • Michael Jackson • Black Eyed Peas • dance music • Will.i.am • album

MUSIC REVIEW

 Drake Album 
 'Compulsively 
 Listenable' 

Lyrics, though awkward, manage not to be petulant

Jun 29, 09 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Somehow, rapper Drake recorded an album concerned mostly with “the stresses and travails of fame, even if he recorded the damn thing when he wasn’t famous in any meaningful way”—and then became famous thanks to said album, writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Though he’s “... More »

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entertainment • rapper • album release • rap music • Rihanna • Lil Wayne • album • Jay-ZTV • Drake

(Newser) - It’s no exaggeration to say that Michael Jackson “made a more profound impact in the arenas of soul, R&B and dance-pop than any other singer or songwriter in history,” writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. But while many fans reach for Thriller, “... More »

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entertainment • music • Paul McCartney • celebrity • death • Stevie Wonder • Michael Jackson • Thriller • album • Off the Wall

GLOSSIES

Jonas Brothers Test Waters of Grown-Up Music 


Jun 24, 09 9:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Jonas Brothers are cautiously courting a more mature audience with their new album, but they don’t want to leave their teeny-bopper past totally behind. “We are working to make that trade without having to give anything up,” Kevin Jonas tells Rolling Stone, but the pop... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • Jonas Brothers • album • Nick Jonas • Kevin Jonas • Joe Jonas

(Newser) - A CD of Mikhail Gorbachev singing traditional Russian ballads has sold for $164,940 at a charity auction in London, the Guardian reports. The sole copy is now in the hands of an “anonymous British philanthropist.” The benefit was held to raise money for a foundation, named after... More »

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philanthropy • Russia • London • Soviet Union • auction • Mikhail Gorbachev • charity • album • Raisa Gorbachev Foundation • childhood cancer • benefit • ballad

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