What’s been going on in the world of music lately? Read on to get the scoop on your favorite artists, and start some discussion about current music-related events!
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MTV may not be as cutting edge as it once was, but its website is currently in the middle of an advertising controversy.
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Pete Doherty lets fans in on some of the details of his forthcoming solo album, featuring guitar work from Blur’s Graham Coxon.
Pete Doherty
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Be sure to catch Fleet Foxes on Saturday Night Live this week.
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Your bootleg this week comes courtesey of the Aquarium Drunkard blog. Check out a great Guided By Voices’ 1995 show.
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Ben Taylor will play the High Noon Saloon on February 8th. Blog readers looking for a handful of mp3s to sample before he hits town should head over here to have a listen.
Ben Taylor
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NPR celebrated 50 years of Motown Records with a discussion with Detroit critic and author, Gary Graff. Click here to listen.
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Reflections on the great year in music that was 2008 keep pouring in. Check out this local fan’s impressions here.
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Rolling Stone has rounded up the favorites of your favorites! See what musicians like Ezra Koenig, Noel Gallagher, Gregg Gillis, and Santogold liked in 2008.
Santogold
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Hip-hop fans will want to check out NPR’s list of the best “mixtapes” of 2008.
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It’s hardly news anymore: Kanye West overreacts. This time it’s over grey hair. Seriously.
Kanye West
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Billy Zantzinger, the villian inspiration for Bob Dylan’s “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” passed away on January 3rd. Here is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Robert Levon Been performing the moving song in a session for Minnesota Public Radio.
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