Music
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Music downloader may get do-over
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. The issue is whether record compa...
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The new British invasion
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Singer Duffy sits next to a clear blue swimming pool on a hotel rooftop patio, the sun setting behind her blond bouffant. She takes a sip of he...
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Obama leads in delegates ... and songwriters?
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago -- no superdelegate...
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Meet Neil Young, arachnid
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- You can call Neil Young the new spiderman. A biologist has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider after rock star Neil Young: Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi...
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Retro-soul ingenue Duffy shows promise on her debut album
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Duffy's debut album could slip in between Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield on a collector's shelf, but the 23-year-old pop-soul ingenue says she developed her sound ...
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Music Review: Death Cab For Cutie take dramatic leap
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Making the jump from an indie label to a major one can spell disaster, and many a fan heralded the demise of Death Cab For Cutie after their unfairly criticized Atlantic...
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Talking Head will make building sing
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument. State officials say Byrne will create a...
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Rapper DMX arrested on drug, animal cruelty charges
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said. The 37-year-old rapper, whose given name ...
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Frontman Jourgensen to put Ministry to restMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - After 27 years, Al Jourgensen is putting Ministry to rest. Jourgensen, perhaps America's most legendary name in industrial rock, moved to Texas during the 1990s but bega...
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Instrumental weaponMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the most gratifying, semi-unspoken parts about independent music is discovering bands that few people among the radio-listening public can identify and rolling th...