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Refinery29: The 20 Best Albums of 2009--Complete With Downloads!
Drawing by Fanny B, www.fannyb.com
Here's another edition of our biased and imprecise best albums of the year list. Yet again, rock 'n' roll and "authenticity" receded, pop advanced, and we got to sit back and listen to the two battle it
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Goodbye 2009: Top 20 Albums, 20-11
20. Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart
It has been an exceptional year –- hell, decade –- for women in popular music. More than ever there are significant trendsetters, boundary-busting ground-breakers, even rewarding pace-keepers. This spot could have
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Lights Extends Tour Plans
12/20/2009
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Lights Extends Tour Plans was a top story for this week. Here it is again: Keytar-wielding synth-pop sensation Lights has extended her tour with Owl City. Beginning January 21st in Kansas City, MO, the dates will continue through May 2
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Records Of The Year
This is terrible: for the first time in as long as I can remember the Sunday Telegraph hasn’t found space to run my records of the year. So here they are anyway. My taste is immaculate: you cannot go wrong. They’re in only rough order of preference,
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The decade's must-have music collection
As the "Aughts" come to a close, National Public Radio, the US listener-supported radio which covers news and culture, selected "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings." The long (and perhaps incomplete) list covers a full spectrum of genres,
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Full Day in Pop Top 09 from Jan -June 09 Recap
Pop star Michael Jackson died Thursday afternoon after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in a coma. He was 50 years old.
Initial reports said that Jackson suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to UCLA Medical Center by paramedics 12:30 p.m.
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Top 10 music acts to watch out for in 2010 - hear (and see) them all
The winner of X Factor has been decided, the snow has begun to fall and the countdown to the New Year has begun - which can mean only one thing.
Yep, it's that time of year when music lovers the world over (well, at least on the 22nd Floor of Canary
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THE 2000s: Amy, Beyonce, Kanye, made decade's best albums
1. "Denials, Delusions and Decisions," Jaguar Wright: Who? WHO? OK, OK, she's not the best-known artist of the decade; she could win an award for most obscure. But this R&B singer-songwriter should have won top accolades for her amazing
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THE DECADE IN MUSIC: Which albums mattered most
The task: select one album for each year of the preceding decade that continues to resonate. This isn’t meant to be any comprehensive “best of” list – you’ve probably seen, oh, one or two of those in recent weeks – so much as an esoteric assessment on
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Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire
The compositions of Arnold Schoenberg has to be some of the more challenging listens in 20th century classical music. Yet there is something instantly likable bout his seminal work titled . Written for voice and six instruments, the singer/narrator
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BBC Sound of 2010: The Drums
Advertisement New York-based band The Drums talk inspiration and aspiration The BBC Sound of 2010 list showcases music's most exciting emerging stars, selected by more than 165 leading critics, bloggers and broadcasters. At number five, New York band
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NPR Streaming New Spoon, Patty Griffin, Vampire Weekend Albums
Last year, NPR’s “Exclusive First Listen” program brought us Bob Dylan’s Tell Tale Signs, followed by albums by WIlco, Bjork, The Dead Weather and Norah Jones. Today you can head over to NPR.com to preview new albums by Patti Griffin, Vampire Weekend,
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Mark Hoppus' Pick of the Week: Ratatat
THE BASICS:
Multi-instrumentalist Evan Mast and guitarist Mike Stroud met as students at Skidmore College and began making music under the Ratatat moniker in the early '00s. While they've toured with indie stalwarts like Interpol and remixed Shout
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Shape of strings to come
Next Big Things
Photos A look at this year's group of the next big things in music.
This year's group of the Next Big Things in music could
be Metro's best bunch yet, write Sacha Molitorisz and Rachel
Olding.
The headlines aren't good. The
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Fantasia Barrino's long and winding road
You'd be hard-pressed to find an artist who lives her life more openly than Fantasia Barrino. In the six years since she became the third “ American Idol,” Fantasia -- who, like Bjork or Madonna, needs no last name -- has published a bestselling memoir,
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The Paul Slavens Show: Live Blog for Jan. 10, 2010
hello Paul-my first post of 2010. WHAT a year for music 2009 was!
any nasty personal feelings about Folk music have been dispelled by exceptional albums by the likes of The Unthanks, Micah P. Hinson, Devendra Banhardt, and Langhorne
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Delphic's debut album 'Acolyte' - out now
i like them a lot but they are really very diet new order
someone make an ellie goulding post soon please, i am sharpening my claws in anticipation. stupid fat bitch.
lol i heard someone describe hurts as watered down new order too.
i think delphic
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Big Ears Adds New Bands
01/13/2010
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The National, Dirty Projectors, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Iva Bittova, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Tracy Silverman, and Buke & Gassjoin expanding lineup for second Big Ears Festival March 26-28 in Knoxville, TN
Click here to read today's
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Big Ears Adds New Bands
The lineup for Big Ears 2010 continues to grow, with the National, Dirty Projectors, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Iva Bittova, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Tracy Silverman, and Buke & Gass now announcing their participation in the groundbreaking weekend of music,
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Sexually, violently graphic film Antichrist coming to Windsor
WINDSOR -- Unsimulated sex, mutilation in close-up and a talking fox — Is the city ready for Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist?
The Windsor International Film Festival is hoping so, because they’re bringing the controversial arthouse horror movie to the
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Rob Fields: Real Alternatives for the Grammys' "Urban/Alternative" Category Nominees
Honorable mentions (bubbling under and worth keeping an eye on):
Highly anticipated for 2010:
The Grammys happen in a couple of weeks. Though it may be a fun show to watch, the Urban/Alternative category still leaves me wondering: alternative
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Instrument set to be clear favourite
Centrepiece … the glass harmonica in Fractured Again.
Photo: Dallas Kilponen
BEWARE the sinister forces of the "glass harmonica".
Such warnings revolved around an instrument that was used by the
likes of Mozart and Beethoven but later fell out of
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Fantasia's new tune: 'Idol' winner hopes reality TV show and album will revive her career
FANTASIA FOR REAL. 10 p.m. Mondays, VH1. LOS ANGELES - You'd be hard-pressed to find an artist who lives her life more openly than Fantasia Barrino. In the six years since she became the third "American Idol," Fantasia - who, like Bjork or
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Ellie Goulding : Starry Eyed
Want to be the cool one later this year that gets to say “oh I had this months ago” when people are raving about this new artist they have discovered? Well now is your chance! Ladies and gentlemen I introduce you to a new genre called folktronica and
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Paul Morley Showing Off ... Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding, who has already topped the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll and won the Brits 2010 Critics Choice Award - even before her album has been released - talks to Paul Morley about pop, hype and future-folk Link to this video
Thinking
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Spatial View and UVPHACTORY bring glasses-free 3D to the iPhone with Grammy Award Nominee The Crystal Method
2010-01-23 01:43:02 -
recent album “Divided by Night” which is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category. The Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, January 31 st at 8 p.m. ET/PT. After UVPHACTORY created
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The Grammys: You’ve Been Snubbed
You know that the Grammy board stays trippin’. So in honor of their consistently leaky coverage of the country’s best music, we’ve decided to dedicate a week to the good, bad and ugly of the Grammys over the last decade. Whether it’s our list of their
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Who's Behind 'Iamamiwhoami' Viral Clips? Not Christina Aguilera...
Lady Gaga, Goldfrapp, MGMT, Trent Reznor suspected as source of mysterious YouTube clips.
It all started in December, with a 55-second video clip that featured plenty of trees, spindly, spooky appendages, and one particularly grisly live birth (or at
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Mumford & Sons Move Up Album Release
01/27/2010
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London's latest indie rock sensation Mumford & Sons announce the new, earlier release date of their debut Sigh No More. The album will be released February 16th in the US on Glassnote Records.
In conjunction with the new release
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Fantasia Barrino lets reality TV show cameras into her life
she derived from her mother and grandmother and even Miss Celie, her character on "The Color Purple" — kept her from buckling.
YOU'D BE HARD-PRESSED to find an artist who lives her life more openly than Fantasia Barrino. In the six years since she
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Fantasia Barrino lets reality TV show cameras into her life
she derived from her mother and grandmother and even Miss Celie, her character on "The Color Purple" — kept her from buckling.
American Idol 2004 winner Fantasia Barrino performs on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, during an Independence
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Nedry Set US Release and UK Tour
02/02/2010
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London, UK trio Nedry, whose dazzling fusion of electronica, instrumental rock, dub-step rhythms and hauntingly beautiful vocals has generated a wellspring of excitement in the UK media, announces the U.S. release of its debut album
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Michel Gondry Teases Top Secret Project with Bjork
Michel Gondry and Bjork aren’t exactly strangers. The two have worked together for several of Bjork’s music videos, and Gondry initially wanted her to star in The Science of Sleep. but she refused to return to acting after her miserable experience with
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Better Scores: Music Choices From 2009 For Your Next Game Video [Clips]
It happens far too often. Some kind tipster submits a fascinating video game montage clip our way, full of impressive dexterity. Head to YouTube, click on the video, and the Drowning Pool starts playing. We've had enough.
No offense, but we're sick of
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A Decade of Oscars Style
The singer was obviously told it was backwards day. It's impossible that she could actually think a John Galliano tux worn in reverse looked fashionable.
Most people borrow jewels during award season. But the Best Actress winner's $160,000 40-carat
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Critics’ Choice: New CDs
The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion.
Massive Attack is less a band than a cloud of free-floating anxiety. Its members, Robert Del Naja (or 3D) and Grant Marshall
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The Passion of the Weiss Winter Mixtape
Why a winter mixtape? Because your Wu mixtape with “Winter Warz” and “Cold World” cracked in half. Because London just got through the biggest snowfall in decades. Yes, this mixtape is being posted on a website better known for summer jamz, but I’d
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Field Day announces headliners for 2010 including main act Phoenix
Saturday 31st July 2010 will see the return of Field Day to London’s leafy
green corner of Victoria Park. Embarking on their fourth annual outing,
Field Day have an incredible line up of bands and DJs plus the Village
Mentatlity returns, the
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Tributes paid to designer McQueen
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, following his sudden death at the age of 40. "Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers," said Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman. "His death
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Brand's Winehouse liver gag tops Brits list
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Harlem Stage Presents VAN HUNT
Join us as Grammy Award winning artist Van Hunt graces the stage to kick off an an unforgettable season of Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage! Van Hunt and his powerhouse band will present masterful classics from his self-titled album, Van Hunt, On the
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Nedry - Condors
There seem to be two competing theories as to how Nedry got their name. The first, being put about by a certain national newspaper, is that it’s an anagram of ‘nerdy’; an easy assumption to make given that this London trio’s modus operandi is
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Second Miami.com party's twice as nice
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Miami.com celebrates its second anniversary Wednesday night at LIV at Fontainebleau, arguably South Florida's hottest nightclub during this past Super Bowl weekend.
The party begins at 11 p.m. with Stoli vodka cocktails and entry
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Tegan & Sara charm audience at Tampa Theatre
TAMPA - Selling out even an intimate venue such as Tampa Theatre ought to confer rock star status on performers.
Tegan & Sara, though, despite packing a devoted crowd of 1,423 into the downtown Tampa landmark, came off as sweet, lovable nerds at
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My Brightest Diamond - Shark Remixes
The new remix album from genre-hopping, classically trained Shara Worden is – no, wait! Come back! Please. Really. I know what you’re thinking. Fact is, this might be the best remix album since Nine Inch Nails’ Further Down the Spiral; i.e. one of the
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Nedry - Condors
Lets cut through the bullshit and get straight to the dilemma that surrounds . What we have here is arguably the first play to make dubstep palatable. If we are to draw comparisons with the mainstream rise of trip hop in the nineties, then if
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Q&A: Laila Biali on singing jazz, Canada arts grants and doing yoga in Italy with Sting
Back home in Toronto
in advance of a sold out show Friday at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio and
a pair of upcoming shows in Hamilton she sat down with The Ampersand's
Sammy Younan:
NP: Who are you and what do you do?
LB: Well: my name is Laila Biali. I’m
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Harlem Stage Presents VAN HUNT
Join us as Grammy Award winning artist Van Hunt graces the stage to kick off an an unforgettable season of Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage! Van Hunt and his powerhouse band will present masterful classics from his self-titled album, Van Hunt, On the
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Ellie Goulding: Lights
What’s in the name on an album? This past week it was announced that the core of the Welsh band Feeder would be returning to the fray as The Renegades, which only goes to show that frontman Grant Nicholas hasn’t heard Randy Newman’s satirical 1979
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Mumford & Sons promote 'Sigh No More' with club trek
After a March European run, English indie-rockers Mumford & Sons [ tickets ] will head to North America for a headlining tour in support of their full-length debut, "Sigh No More."
The quartet--singer/guitarist/drummer Marcus Mumford, banjo/dobro
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Doyle Dazzles With Her Salute
Victoria Doyle (Class of 2011), originally from Philadelphia, is a Rollins student studying music and voice performance. Doyle specializes in the jazz/lounge style, which she considers her life and passion. In addition to giving performances and
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SXSW 2010: Midlake
Formed in the late 90s by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas, Midlake has come a long way from its jazz fusion roots. Counting actor Jason Lee -- who directed and produced the video for their first single, 'Balloon Maker' -- and
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Cheap weekend thrills
Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Fenway Regal Stadium, 201 Brookline Ave., and several Boston-area theaters; all-ages, $12.50
When “The Boondock Saints” was released in January 2000, it played one week in five theaters. Since then, it’s pulled in roughly $50
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New classical music
ON SUNDAY, classical music fans are being given an opportunity to be present when a new piece of music is performed for the very first time.
While it’s an exciting event for music lovers, in terms of nerve-jangling experiences it must be akin to
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Meaghan Smith's Modern Vintage Sound
Meaghan Smith grew up watching old movies and musicals in London, Ontario. She took those influences and turned them into an album that sounds both old-fashioned and timeless. The song "I Know," for example, could be mistaken for a remastered jazz
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Bring in Da Noise
Although Matthew Herbert’s music has never even dented the pop charts, he plays sold-out performances in places as diverse as the Sydney Opera House and the Hollywood Bowl. His music has been described as “fluffy electronica,” “smooth Glenn Miller
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Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Kronos Quartet's New York Tundra
In the Indian music tradition, each rag was written to be played during a certain time of day. To this day traditionalists stick to that format. The idea is that this captures the essence of nature's movement in song; it also attunes the musicians and
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Gondry teams with Bjork on IMAX 3D project
French helmer Michel Gondry, who got his start as a musicvid director, will reteam with pop singer Bjork on an IMAX 3D musical, according to a recent interivew with the Playlist.
"We have a very ambitious project, a sort of scientific musical,"
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This is not a biopic, Joan Jett says of big screen take on The Runaways
"Initially, it was misrepresented as a biopic, which to me, sounds like something that focuses mostly on the band workings and would delve more into all the girls' stories and stuff," Jett said in a recent interview from New York.
"It's more of a, I
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Getting his continental drift
Toumani Diabate describes Ali and Toumani, his collaboration with the late African guitar hero Ali Farka Toure, as “an education about music, about tradition, about a culture, and I think the world needs that today … when you listen to this music you
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: Graham Massey, 808 State
Now, seven years after their last album, 808 State are back - with a stack of deluxe reissues and tentative talk of a UK tour.
For Graham Massey, the band's mainstay for the past 22 years, it provides an opportunity to put 808 State's history and
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ohnotheydidnt @ 2010-03-19T15:30:00
They changed the release date of the CD to the 20th, ~by the way~
And either way, the songs will be out on iTunes Monday night anyway.
eh
oh wait. i don't have to listen/watch this shit.
imagining it is still offensive.
taking itself seriously and
