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February 2012
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There will definitely be another Blur album.
– Graham Coxon, delivering the best news I’ve heard all day. Coxon and Damon Albarn debuted a new song a couple days ago, and it looks like the band is going to be playing the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics as well.
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iTunes Match = royalty checks for musicians →
I had no idea the $25 I paid for iTunes Match turns into royalty payments to the musicians I listen to through iTunes Match. From Jeff Price:
A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks on the song and plays it. No one is getting paid. The same person pays iTunes $25 for iTunes Match. She now clicks on the same song and plays it through her iMatch service. Copyright holders get...
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The Magnetic Fields have a new album coming out on March 6 called Love at the Bottom of the Sea. “Andrew In Drag” is the first video to be released from it.
And in case you’re sitting at work not working, you should know that this video has nudity in it.
/via NPR
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January 2012
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#1 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
Myths (+2) by Pickwick
No band has had more of an exciting 2011, and no band has made 2011 more exciting to me, musically, than Seattle’s Pickwick. Unless you are immersed in the Seattle music scene or listen to KEXP regularly, chances are you’ve not heard of Pickwick.
Pickwick are the future of Seattle’s music scene. We’re emerging from a Fleet-Foxes...
December 2011
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#5 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow
I’m starting to see a pattern here. With the King of Limbs at #7, Bon Iver at #6, and now Elbow at #5, my affinity for rich orchestration and heavy layering is readily apparent. Maybe even a tad predictable. Thankfully, numbers four through one don’t fall in this same category, so predictions can remain off target.
Elbow is...
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#7 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
The King of Limbs by Radiohead
Strangely, even though I view this album as the 7th best album to have been released in the past year, this will not be an entirely favorable review. It’s pretty good if a band’s new album can be labeled as “the second-worst album they’ve put out in their 18-year history,” and yet still have it rank better than all albums...
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#10 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
The Youth Die Young by Mad Rad
The Top 10 of the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar starts with an album that won’t be found on any other Best of 2011 list anywhere, because it came out 2010. As the list starts counting down on Dec. 1, I can’t very well include albums that come out in December on the list. Additionally, I feel an album needs at least a month of...
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#11 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
Last Night On Earth by Noah and the Whale
According to Last.fm, I listened to Noah and the Whale more than anyone else in 2011 with the exception of Radiohead. Before logging on to Last.fm to see just how much NatW I had listened to in the past year, I had a hunch they were at #1. But being second to the allmighty Radiohead is a comfortable spot to be...
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#14 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys
What the Beastie Boys have been able to accomplish doing the same thing for 25 years defies common sense. Creating very intelligent, highly derivative, mocking, biting, white-boy hip hop year in and year out cannot be easy, but Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock always seem to be having the most fun possible doing pretty...
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#19 on the 2011 Musical Bacon Calendar
My Goodness by My Goodness
Two-musician bands — one on drums, one on guitar — seem to be quite the popular arrangement of late. White Stripes (god rest their souls), The Black Keys, and Wye Oak all fit that mode, along with My Goodness, who come in at #19 on the Musical Bacon Calendar.
From Seattle, this duo really packs a punch. You’d be hard pressed...
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