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Click to Download: Resonance FM, Take Away Shows, Cloud Nothings
The UK's foremost experimental radio station continues to provide all manner of weird pleasures, writes Chris SalmonIf you live in London, you may well already enjoy Resonance FM, the wonderfully...
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Click to Download: Abbey Road composition competition, Okkervil River, Odd...
Abbey Road Studios has started its own talent competition – and it beats the heck out of the X Factor, reckons Chris SalmonEarly in 2011, Abbey Road Studios launched a contest for unsigned composers as...
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Click to download: Xmas calendars
Digital Advent calendars are spilling from behind every digital door this yearAnd, lo, December begins and digital-minded folk everywhere have the same idea: to create an interactive musical Advent...
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Click to download: Spotify's next step
Spotify is now helping users sift through its songsFrom the moment Spotify appeared late in 2008, debate has raged about whether its music-streaming service is a sustainable business model for artists,...
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Best albums of 2011: how Guardian critics voted
You've seen our top 50 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Here's the full list of votes from our critics. We asked them for their top 10 albums and tracks of...
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Click to download: Undiscovered Christmas tunes
Want great music at Christmas? Ho ho ho! Chris Salmon tracks down the best festive releases'The ratio of good to bad Christmas songs is one of the worst," said Gruff Rhys this week, "they're probably...
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Click to download: the sound of January
New year, new bands. Chris Salmon wonders who will make it big in 2012And so to January where another bunch of (relatively) unknown musicians are told they have a good chance of making it big, despite...
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Click to download: Rick Ross's midwinter rhymes
Rick Ross's latest giveaway sets the bar high for his forthcoming album, writes Chris Salmon"London, England, January. The weather, grey. The rain, thick. I wake up, depression all around me." That...
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Pop stars working the web
Rihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caffAs recently as the mid-1990s, when record companies still sent postcards...
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Once musicians were too cool for the terraces – not now
There was a time when music shunned sport – then something changed: sport started generating more money than musicIn the mid-80s, when John Peel was the compere at Reading festival, the...
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Blur – Olympic Closing Celebration Ceremony Concert review
Hyde Park, LondonThe stated ambition of London 2012 was, of course, to inspire a youthful generation. Tonight's sold-out Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert does inspire a generation, but one that was...
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Brandon Flowers: 'The world is against the Christian man'
The Killers singer on the evils of coffee, hanging out with Mitt Romney and putting Richard Dawkins right on GodHello Brandon. What did you have for breakfast today?I have the same thing every day. I...
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Dionne Warwick: 'I refused a couple of Bacharach and David songs'
The Walk On By singer has five Grammys – but she reveals she would really like the chance to win an Oscar or an EmmyHello Dionne. Your latest album, Now, has some previously unheard Bacharach and David...
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The best albums of 2012: our critics' individual choices
Guardian and Observer writers voted for the best album and best tracks of 2012 … now you can see who they voted for and take your anger out on them personallyVote for your favourites in our end of year...
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Devendra Banhart: 'I love almost every Britpop band'
The Venezuelan singer and artist on Britpop, life under Chávez and childhood memories of bugs' gutsHello Devendra, how are you?I'm all right. It's snowing here in New York. It's beautiful. After we...
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Click to Download: Resonance FM, Take Away Shows, Cloud Nothings
The UK's foremost experimental radio station continues to provide all manner of weird pleasures, writes Chris SalmonIf you live in London, you may well already enjoy Resonance FM, the wonderfully...
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Click to Download: Abbey Road composition competition, Okkervil River, Odd...
Abbey Road Studios has started its own talent competition – and it beats the heck out of the X Factor, reckons Chris SalmonEarly in 2011, Abbey Road Studios launched a contest for unsigned composers as...
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Click to download: Xmas calendars
Digital Advent calendars are spilling from behind every digital door this yearAnd, lo, December begins and digital-minded folk everywhere have the same idea: to create an interactive musical Advent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Click to download: Spotify's next step
Spotify is now helping users sift through its songsFrom the moment Spotify appeared late in 2008, debate has raged about whether its music-streaming service is a sustainable business model for artists,...
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Best albums of 2011: how Guardian critics voted
You've seen our top 50 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Here's the full list of votes from our critics. We asked them for their top 10 albums and tracks of...
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