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 Rihanna's 
 Rated R 
 a Dark Treat 

Singer channels tumultuous year into great music

50 minutes ago
(Newser) - Rihanna's been through a lot since she released her last album, and the excellent Rated R is all the better for it, writes Greg Kot. After the much-publicized Chris Brown incident, her music has become darker and more serious than the airy pop of "Umbrella" and "SOS."... More »

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entertainment • music • domestic violence • Rihanna • music review • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • Rated R

 Wake Up: Radiohead 
 Kinda Sucks 

Thom Yorke doesn't care if you like him, and honestly, you shouldn't

Nov 18, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - We all listen to them, grin plastered on our face, blocking out “that guilty nagging feeling that actually, in some ways, when you think about it… Radiohead kinda blow.” Everyone’s convinced Radiohead defines the cutting edge, but Chris Norris of Spin isn’t fooled. Go to one... More »

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music • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • music review

MOVIE REVIEW

 Pirate Radio Rocks 
 on Good Tunes, Cast 

Playful 60s love/music comedy is more party than plot

Nov 13, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Critics agree that the soundtrack of Pirate Radio can't be beat, and the top-notch cast is a joy. So when it comes to the shaky plot and pacing, some can turn a blind eye:
  • "There’s no denying the comic energy of the cast," Peter Travers writes
... More »

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entertainment • music • film • movie review • rock and roll • Britain • Philip Seymour Hoffman • 1960s • rock music • Pirate Radio • Richard Curtis • Bill Nighy • Rhys Ifans • January Jones

 Best Buy, Dr. Dre 
 Woo Would-Be DJs 

'Club Beats' area will offer pro gear to budding novices

Nov 11, 09 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Best Buy is hoping the fascination with sound quality and all things DJ will make its new “Club Beats” in-store sections a hit. The new areas will be heavily promoted by Dr. Dre—whose Beats by Dr. Dre headphones will feature prominently—as well as other artists like Lady... More »

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music • headphones • Best Buy • Dr. Dre • Lady Gaga • Monster Cable • DJs • sound equipment

 Santa Cruz Seeks 
 Deadhead Archivist 

UC offers $70K for job made in hippie heaven

Nov 11, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Far out. The University of Santa Cruz is seeking an archivist to help handle its horde of Grateful Dead material—for a very un-hippie-like $70,000 salary, plus benefits. The school is seeking a "creative" professional with a master's degree, and preferably "expert knowledge" of the "history... More »

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music • California • rock and roll • University of California • Santa Cruz • Grateful Dead • Jerry Garcia • UC Santa Cruz • Bob Weir • David Grisman • archives

the next big thing

 Brooklyn Bands 
 Heat Up Music Scene 

Dirty Projectors, MGMT just a few of the borough's exciting indie acts

Nov 9, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Brooklyn is returning to the forefront of the indie music scene—with a vengeance. New York delves deep into the borough’s offerings with a list of the top 40 songs from Brooklyn musicians, the most important music bloggers, and a map of the best places to see shows. The... More »

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music • Brooklyn • indie rock • MGMT • Jay-ZTV • Jace Clayton • Dirty Projectors

WATCH THE VIDEO


Totally Crowdsourced 
 Song Hits YouTube 

BBC's ChartJackers raising money for charity with 'I've Got Nothing'

Nov 9, 09 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Four teenagers are trying to break into the UK charts with no experience, no money, and no musicians...but with a lot of help from YouTube. They put together an entirely crowdsourced music video using contributed YouTube comments for the lyrics, a YouTuber-written melody, and a band, producer, and actors... More »

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music • YouTube • music videos • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Hit 'Pause' on 
 Rock and Roll 
 Hall of Fame 

Clueless cabal turns landmark into a joke

Nov 6, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re a music critic trying to fill out your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot, like Patrick Goldstein , you’re facing some pretty slim pickings this year. The nominees: ABBA, the Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, KISS, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Red... More »

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music • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 Beatles Break Free of CDs 

Pricey USB drive holds band's remastered studio albums

Nov 5, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Beatles songs still aren't available on iTunes, but you can get them on an apple—a USB drive shaped like an apple, that is. EMI is charging a mere $279.99 for all of the band’s remastered studio albums, previously available only on CD, and a slew of video,... More »

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entertainment • music • EMI • digital music • Beatles • apple • remastering • remastered • USB

 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
... More »

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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

meditatION

Rock Legend Chuck Berry, Top-Notch Short Story Writer

"Memphis, Tennessee" shows Berry's sociological side: Klinkenborg

Nov 2, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song... More »

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entertainment • music • Tennessee • rock and roll • Memphis • cover song • Chuck Berry • songwriter • short story • Johnny Rivers • Buck Owens

 How to Tell If Your 
 Wedding Band 
 Hates You 

Led Zeppelin and Van Halen are not good signs

Nov 1, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The Dexter Lake Club Band is a fixture at a certain type of New York-area wedding. Guests leave exclaiming over how good the music was—if the happy couple and their entourage have behaved in a way that suits the musicians. If they haven't, and what the band members the... More »

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music • wedding • musician • weddings • women's issues • Dexter Lake Club Band • Matthew Stinchcomb

london calling

Spice Girls Will Help Kick Off 2012 Olympics


Nov 1, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - When the eyes of the world turn to London for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, the land of Shakespeare and the Beatles will present ... the Spice Girls. "They stand for so much in British music history and I can’t think of a better time for them... More »

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entertainment • music • London • England • 2012 London Olympics • Victoria Beckham • Simon Fuller • Spice Girls • Beatles • Melanie Brown • William Shakespeare • Emma Bunton • Mel B • Melanie C • Melanie Chisolm • Geri Halliwell

music review

Bad News: Chris Brown's New Song Is Good

Is it OK to like the music but hate the abusive jerk behind it?

Oct 29, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown may be a reprehensible guy, but unfortunately, he can still sing. With the ink barely dry on his guilty plea, Brown released the lead single on his upcoming album last month, and it’s actually good, Jonah Weiner is sad to report. The instrumentals from Swizz Beatz lay... More »

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music • Lil Wayne • Chris Brown • R&B

LISTEN (IF YOU DARE)

 Scariest Albums 
 Ever Made 

Celebrate Halloween with these psychologically creepy albums

Oct 28, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Montgomery, tasked with listing the scariest albums ever made for MTV in honor of Halloween, resisted the temptation to include Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing. Instead, he went for the "dense, raw, positively horrifying albums, guaranteed to turn your Halloween into a total fright-fest." Check... More »

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entertainment • music • Nine Inch Nails • Halloween • Jay-ZTV • The Cure • horrorcore

 Jay-Z Cleans Up 
 'Empire' for 
 World Series 

Rapper will keep his language PG while performing for Yanks

Oct 28, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean things up when he performs his city anthem at the World Series. A source close to the rapper says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raunchy... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • World Series • rapper • rap music • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • 2009 World Series

VIRGINIA M. MONCRIEFF

 At Last, Rockers 
 Shut Up and Sing 

Really, it's about time rockers made concerts all about the music

Oct 27, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bono—he of the eons-long concert diatribes about everything from Burma to the whales—has done the unthinkable. "Bono has started editing himself," Virginia M. Moncrieff realized during U2's Rose Bowl concert. And it's about time: Though Moncrieff admires their causes, she has reached the age where the... More »

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entertainment • music • Bono • celebrity • political activism • Jay-ZTV

 Concert Earnings 
 Defy Recession 

Big-name acts, up-and-comers see modest rise in attendance

Oct 26, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concert tours remained surprisingly strong this year despite the weak economy, with slightly more people heading out to see their favorite acts than in 2008. Gross revenue held steady at $1 billion for the period from May 1 to Sept. 1, matching earnings a year earlier. Big-name acts like Kenny... More »

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entertainment • music • concert • tour • Bruce Springsteen • Beyonce • Kenny Chesney • Coldplay • Jonas Brothers • concert tour • Dave Matthews Band • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Kings of Leon

MUSIC REVIEW

 Bob Dylan's 
 Xmas Album 
 'Sort of Insane' 

Even so, the 'beloved iconoclast' puts together an interesting collection

Oct 26, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the announcement of Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart, “smirkers got smirkier”—you try picturing Dylan singing the lyric, “How’d ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?” without smirking—but in the end, the collection is interesting,... More »

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entertainment • music • Bob Dylan • celebrity • Christmas • Christmas music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Christmas album

 Brooks' Vegas Gigs 
 Sell Out in 5 Hours 

30K tickets sell briskly as country star ends retirement

Oct 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in... More »

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music • retirement • country music • Garth Brooks • Wynn Las Vegas • sellout

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