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New Single from Crystal Castles
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Pitchfork's Overlooked Albums of 2015 So Far
Pitchfork released a list of some of the best, least noticed albums of the first half of the year. With Apple Music out there, there should be no excuse not to check out some of these weird little gems.
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Apple Changes Course on Paying Artists During Free Trial
Apple has decided to change course and pay labels for the rights to stream their music during a 90-day free trial. The moves come after Taylor Swift penned an open letter to the hardware giant, writing that she found the company's insistence "disappointing" and "shocking."
- via The Hollywood
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Taylor Swift Rightfully Takes Apple to Task on Free Music
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Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing. I say this with love, reverence, and admiration for everything else Apple has done. I hope that soon
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It’s Simple: Buy Your Music If You Want to Own It
I’m going to make a wild prediction: the iTunes Music Store, with its gobs and gobs of DRM-free M4A files isn’t going to go away on Monday, or any time for the foreseeable future.
- Richard Anderson for Sanspoint.
Rich makes a good argument why we needn’t be worried about “the return
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The Anti-Tidal Press Continues
That’s Business, Man: Why Jay Z’s Tidal Is a Complete Disaster - Bloomberg
Some of the Tidal artist-owners can’t pull their work from rival services—because their record deals don’t allow it—but this raises a delicate question: If they could, do Jay Z and his partners really believe that their
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More Artists Comment on the Disaster That Is Tidal Music
Tidal relaunched 2 weeks ago, and I was a critic of the service right off the bat. I think the messaging is horrendous (millionaires in million-dollar outfits complaining about not getting enough money) and the service itself is worse and more expensive than it’s competitors.
Mumford & Sons are most concerned with making
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2015 Music to Kill Your Winter Blues
These are some of my most-listened to songs from the year so far[1]. This midwesterner is over winter, so most of what I’ve been listening to is pretty upbeat. I hope you like happy music!
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Deeper Than Love by Colleen Green
I just had to share this amazing new song from Colleen Green.
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New Album from Passion Pit Coming in April
Passion Pit holds a special place in my heart. Their debut album, Manners, took me by surprise. I had never heard a song like "Sleepyhead", and "Little Secrets" was simply a joy-explosion. Their sophomore album initially left me disappointed, but it grew on me over time. They make joyous music
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My Favorite Mashup of All Time
Happy weekend, everyone!
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Bandcamp is one of my favorite places to discover new music. SoundCloud and The Hype Machine are great as well, but discovering a new artist on Bandcamp
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The PonoPlayer Just Sucks
I try to keep this site pretty positive. I want to believe in a world that embraces enthusiasm and joy over knee-jerk pessimism and Twitter one-liners, but it has to be said that the PonoPlayer looks like a crappy device.
David Pogue has my favorite review yet. In his review, he says this
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The Best Remixes, Covers, and Original Songs Recently Featured on Highest Notes
If you like remix and electronic music but don't subscribe to my music blog, Highest Notes, you should fix that right now!