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Watch this: a history of hip-hop sampling video games
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SkyDrive music player references discovered, hint at web-based streaming
Liveside has discovered code and assets hidden on the SkyDrive website that indicate a new web-based Continue reading…
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Music Hack Day project maps out lyrics to Johnny Cash's 'I've Been Everywhere' in realtime
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MTV, race, and radio: How Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' prevailed during troubling times
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iTunes 11 hands-on: a faster, cleaner, more connected version of Apple's jukebox
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Clever color wheel posters feature 730 artists and songs like Pink and 'Blue Orchid'
Designers at We Are Dorothy have outdone themselves with posters featuring musicians and song with Continue reading…
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Pandora faces off with traditional radio as Congress debates music royalties
Today the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on music licensing as a first step toward voting Continue reading…
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Deezer lays the groundwork for its own music apps following Spotify's success
Deezer recently celebrated its international success by announcing that it had amassed 20 million Continue reading…
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The sudden burnout of obscure music download blogs
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How Trent Reznor has evolved his musical identity for more than two decades
Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that Trent Reznor is one of the most prolific and iconic Continue reading…
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Life-sized Lego X-Wing smashes world record with five million bricks
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen rocks out with Joe Walsh and Chrissie Hynde on major label debut
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Apple's new iPhone 5 ad 'Music Every Day' celebrates life with moving melody
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'The Daily Show' rips fawning Senators at Tim Cook's tax hearing
