Last weekend, Radiohead played a Haiti benefit concert at Music Box in the Fonda Theatre in LA. The gig raised a ton of money for the troubled nation, thanks to the tickets only being available to buy through auction. The setlist was a pretty inspired one for a band deep into recording their new album, [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Max
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In recent days, YouTube has become the latest internet service to provide users a service that allows them to discover new music. The YouTube Music Discovery Project and Playlist Creation Tool, or better known perhaps as YouTube Disco (I’m presuming that ‘disco’ is meant as the short term for ‘discovery’ as opposed to paying tribute [...]

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Max
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Kano has recently recorded a song to promote the government’s diploma scheme. More Than One Way, which you can download for free at his official website, is the result of this partnership. However, the London rapper had a problem recently with the Sunday Times’ reporting of the collaboration. He said on the Guardian’s music blog:
The [...]

Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Max
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In the US, talk shot host Conan O’Brien is leaving NBC after a row over late night show scheduling that involved Jay Leno, Jeff Zucker, and many social networking groups in honour of the quiffed one. This isn’t major news in the UK but for someone like me who watches O’Brien I am genuinely quite [...]

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Max
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If you needed any further proof that Brighton was a hot bed of musical talent (then again you’d be a fool if you actually needed more proof), then Esben And The Witch is another shining example from the seaside. They’ve already been making waves among indie tastemakers Drowned In Sound and The Line Of Best [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Max
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