Poppy & the Jezebels: Dig the New Breed! - PopMatters

Poppy & the Jezebels: Dig the New Breed!
PopMatters
Slap in the middle between erudite London and the indie warring hordes of the hipster north, and forever cast by the gonzo metal of its loudest sons, Ozzy and Sabbath, to those for whom music is a thinking man's game, Birmingham is, by way of American ...

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Spotify hits Australia - is Freemium the future? - Sydney Morning Herald (blog)


Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Spotify hits Australia - is Freemium the future?
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
We've known for a while that the Spotify all-you-can-eat streaming music service was coming to Australia, it was just a question of confirming the price. Now we know Spotify Premium will set you back $11.99 per month, for which you get access via your ...

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YPSILANTI: 'The Mute Quire' coming to Mix Studio Theater - Heritage Newspapers


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YPSILANTI: 'The Mute Quire' coming to Mix Studio Theater
Heritage Newspapers
"The Mute Quire" is devised and performed by Jim and Paul Manganello with Josh Berkowitz and features original music by Michael Malis. Jim Manganello graduated from the University of Michigan, where he directed shows for theater troupes Rude ...

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Family-operated Pedrini Music can find you anything - Glendale News Press

Family-operated Pedrini Music can find you anything
Glendale News Press
At a time when local, family-owned retailers are threatened to the point of extinction by the Internet and national chains, Pedrini Music's ability to survive is a not-so-mute testimony to the power of hard work, loving care and a little bit of luck.

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Chris Brown under fire for lip-syncing at Billboard Music Awards (Video) - TheCelebrityCafe.com

Chris Brown under fire for lip-syncing at Billboard Music Awards (Video)
TheCelebrityCafe.com
Pink received a slew of backlash from her tweets, including “@Pink You can read :o” as well as “Pink So you're mute all of a sudden? You wanted another 15 minutes of FAME well here ya go. Shine for now, then become irrelevant again!

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A life less ordinary - This is Total Essex

A life less ordinary
This is Total Essex
But if music is his day job, he does a bit of moonlighting too. You may have recognised Wilko's distinctive looks in HBO's epic series A Game Of Thrones, where he's played a mute executioner and, by all accounts, loved every minute of it.

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Single of the month: POLIÇA - 'Dark Star' - The List


The List
Single of the month: POLIÇA - 'Dark Star'
The List
Liars new track, 'No 1 Against The Rush' (Mute Song ●●●), is three-and-a-half minutes of slithering synths and laid-back cool. Hot Chip's latest single, 'Night and Day' (Domino ●●) is a toe-tapper from upcoming fifth LP In Our Heads, but not their ...

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Lost and Found Sounds by Captain Beefheart, Can and a Mother of Invention - RollingStone.com (blog)


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Lost and Found Sounds by Captain Beefheart, Can and a Mother of Invention
RollingStone.com (blog)
Don Van Vliet – the late singer-composer-provocateur known as Captain Beefheart – was recovering from the deepest nadir of his musical life, two mid-Seventies albums of straight-line rock and sugar-rhyme ballads, when he hit another: the 36-year exile ...

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Control music in Chrome without switching tabs - CNET (blog)

Control music in Chrome without switching tabs
CNET (blog)
It's really a nuisance when I have music playing on one of my many tabs and can't locate it quickly to mute the song that's playing to answer the phone. Enter Music Controller, a Chrome extension that adds a button to the right of your URL bar.

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The 'return' of Ska music - The Poly Post

The 'return' of Ska music
The Poly Post
I usually try to read something and put the TV on mute during commercial breaks to avoid having to sit through the same news teasers. But last Tuesday, I kept hearing the anchors say “And next, the return of Ska music.” All I could think was, ...

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