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• Tom Petty Unearths Shimmering Lost Song 'Somewhere Under Heaven'

  02-06-2015 23:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tom Petty has unearthed and released a "new" song, "Somewhere Under Heaven," the first from a trove of tracks that didn't make his 1994 album, Wildflowers, but will comprise the upcoming collection, Wildflowers: All The Rest, Stereogum reports."Somewhere Under Heaven" was co-written with Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and finds Petty...
  
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• Amber Rose: I’m keeping Wiz tattoo

  02-06-2015 23:03 via music-news.com
  
  Amber Rose thinks she would still be with estranged husband Wiz Khalifa if they weren’t famous.
  
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• SoundHound Is Trying to Compete with Siri, Cortana, and Google Now…

  02-06-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SoundHound isn’t going to idly sit around as Shazam adds features like TV and visual recognition. Hell, SoundHound is no longer content with having Shazam...
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• The Best Noise Music in May: Adeptus Mechanicus, Bryce Elman, Sunatirene

  02-06-2015 22:22
  
  Whether you're sweating buckets, getting eaten alive by horseflies, or hyperventilating over the pitiful quality of candidates running for national office, there's only one surefire cure for the pre-summertime blues: Turn up the distortion. The Netherlands' Adeptus Mechanicus strikes like a pair of super-charged defibrillation paddles to the chest: A deep, threshing rumble of hoarse incantations and synthesizer gristle distorted way beyond recognition.
  
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• Florence + the Machine top charts in 18 countries

  02-06-2015 22:08 via music-news.com
  
  How Big How Blue How Beautiful, the new album from Florence + the Machine, is out now, reaching #1 in 18 countries worldwide including
  
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• Kylie Jenner: Singing isn’t a priority

  02-06-2015 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  Kylie Jenner is focusing on her new website rather than a career in music.
  
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• Live Music, New Cocktails, Sear and Sautee Class

  02-06-2015 21:01 via denver.eater.com
  
  BALLPARK— On Tuesday, June 2 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Cook Street School of Culinary Arts will host a Sear & Sautee class where guests can learn and practice a variety of methods and techniques while preparing a meal. GOLDEN — Starting on Wednesday, June 3, The Briarwood Inn will offer live music on its patio starting at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday evening. Slanted Hat will kick off the summer tradition, playing some classic Frank Sinatra.  To make a reservation, call 303.279.3121.
  
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• YouTube: “We’ll Never Stop Focusing on Free Content”

  02-06-2015 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Major labels want an end to free, ad-supported content, and are pressuring music services to fall in line.  Only one problem: the biggest music streaming...
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• YouTube: “Free, Ad-Supported Content Will Always Be Our Focus”

  02-06-2015 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Major labels want an end to free access, ad-supported ‘freemium,’ and are pressuring music services to fall in line.  Only one problem: the biggest music...
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• Hear Omar Souleyman's New Syrian Dance Jam 'Bahdeni Nami'

  02-06-2015 19:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  At one point, Omar Souleyman's biggest gigs were wedding parties and special events in Syria, his home country. Then, 25 years into the 49-year-old's career, the rest of the world began to find out what they'd been missing. In 2011, Björk asked him to remix three tracks off her...
  
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• Jack White's Third Man Records Opening Detroit Location

  02-06-2015 19:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jack White's Third Man Records will open a new retail and office space in the rocker's hometown of Detroit after partnering with Shinola, a local watch and high-end goods manufacturer, to purchase a building in the city's Cass Corridor neighborhood.The new store is scheduled to open by November 27th,...
  
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• The Difference Between ‘Apple Music’ and Spotify…

  02-06-2015 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
      *Beats Music paying subscriber figure of 303,000 supplied by the Wall Street Journal, June 1st, here.
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• Mariah Carey Joins Match, Debuts 'Infinity' Video on Dating Site

  02-06-2015 19:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mariah Carey has signed up for Match and debuted the music video for her new single "Infinity" on the dating site.The singer's sparkly new video sees her lounging in her luxurious abode, swiping through the selections on the dating app, including potential beaus Tyson Beckford and Empire's Jussie Smollett....
  
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• Eric Church, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt Join CMT Music Awards Performers Lineup

  02-06-2015 18:12
  
  The CMT Music Awards will be here before we know it -- and Nashville's biggest and brightest are ready to take the stage! Eric Church, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt and Zac Brown Band have joined the show's performance roster, which already includes superstars Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, and Lady Antebellum. Meanwhile, Pitch Perfect 's Brittany Snow and Dancing With the Stars co-host Erin Andrews are on tap to serve as the masters of ceremo
  
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• Nat Wolff's New Song for 'Paper Towns' Could Totally Rival the Music in 'TFIOS'

  02-06-2015 18:12
  
  As the agonizing wait to Paper Towns continues - we only have a month and a half to go, guys - there is one thing that will tide us over: the soundtrack. Nat Wolff revealed that he and his brother's band, Nat and Alex, will have a new song called "Look Outside" on the soundtrack, and with original tunes from our June cover star, it's obviously going to be a great album.
  
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• The 2015 Westword Music Showcase Schedule

  02-06-2015 18:12
  
  Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for the 21st Westword Music Showcase , featuring Flume, The Black Angels, MisterWives, Robert DeLong, Wave Racer, Roadkill Ghost Choir plus more than 100 local bands and artists. And now, you can start planning your day with the full schedule! The Showcase is a celebration of our state's vibrant music scene.
  
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• See Pixies Play 'Planet of Sound,' New 'Um Chagga Lagga' at RS Office

  02-06-2015 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Are we serious enough?" Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago asks, midway into the band's chuckle-filled interview with Rolling Stone."'Are we serious enough?!' We're Pixies!" frontman Black Francis interjects. "We are by definition Pixies in our temperament: a little mischievous, a little playful, a little not-too-serious, small." Santiago laughs.
  Today, though, Pixies...
  
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• See Pixies Play 'Planet of Sound,' New Song 'Um Chagga Lagga'

  02-06-2015 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Are we serious enough?" Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago asks, midway into the band's chuckle-filled interview with Rolling Stone."'Are we serious enough?!' We're Pixies!" frontman Black Francis interjects. "We are by definition Pixies in our temperament: a little mischievous, a little playful, a little not-too-serious, small." Santiago laughs.
  Today, though, Pixies...
  
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• Chris Cornell Announces New Album 'Higher Truth,' Acoustic Tour

  02-06-2015 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chris Cornell has announced plans to release his new solo album Higher Truth and embark on an extensive acoustic tour this fall. The new album will arrive on September 18th and was produced by Brendan O'Brien, who served as mixer on Soundgarden's Superunknown before becoming a go-to rock producer. Higher Truth...
  
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• Iggy Azalea Cancels Great Escape Tour, Including Miami Concert

  02-06-2015 16:05
  
  After a breakout 2014, with the release of her debut full-length album, The New Classic , and monster summer hit "Fancy," Iggy Azalea announced her first solo headlining tour, dubbed The Great Escape . It was set for 24 North American cities in 47 days through April and May 2015.
  
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• For Sofia Weir, Playing Latin Music in Dallas Can Be a Stressful Way of Life

  02-06-2015 16:05
  
  It's rough to be a musician living in Dallas. This is especially true for Sofia Weir, percussionist for Latin bands Supersonic Lips and Mayta.
  
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• Premiere: Dead Rock West salutes Everly Brothers' 'I Used to Love You'

  02-06-2015 16:05
  
  L.A. alt-country duo Dead Rock West--Frank Lee Drennen and Cindy Wasserman--will release their Everly Brothers tribute album "It's Everly Time!" on July 17. L.A. alt-country duo Dead Rock West--Frank Lee Drennen and Cindy Wasserman--will release their Everly Brothers tribute album "It's Everly Time!" on July 17. It was a passing remark made to L.A. musicians Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen, but one that set off a five-year-plus musical odyssey that culminates July 17 with the release of De
  
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• Lionel Richie: I used to keep sex score

  02-06-2015 16:01 via music-news.com
  
  Lionel Richie remembers witnessing the "fear, shock and awe" in young male musicians when they realised they had become dads.
  
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• Game of Thrones: The Musical - This Really Happened

  02-06-2015 15:05
  
  Red Nose Day started as a biannual telethon held by British charity organization Comic Relief to raise money for children and young people living in poverty.
  
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• Hear Eminem's Hard-Hitting 'Southpaw' Song 'Phenomenal'

  02-06-2015 15:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  After Eminem spent weeks teasing his new track "Phenomenal" by dropping snippets and scoring a recent Beats by Dre commercial, the rapper finally premiered the hard-hitting cut at midnight Monday night. The song will appear on the soundtrack of the upcoming boxing drama Southpaw and shares many of the film's...
  
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• This Is How Sharon Van Etten Thrives at (and Survives) a Music Festival

  02-06-2015 14:07
  
  Flower crowns, neon bodysuits, glitter-spackled war bonnets, and an assortment of flashy, sequined, illuminated, offensive, or otherwise eye-snaring accessories are common sights on the major-music-festival landscape in 2015 - but not too many fans are heading to the main stage sporting a straitjacket. One guy did, though, and that dude stands out to Sharon Van Etten as one of the weirdest things she's encountered while endlessly looping the festival circuit.
  
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• Gabrielle Aplin to play Wilton’s Music Hall

  02-06-2015 13:31 via music-news.com
  
  After 63.5 million Spotify streams, 80 million YouTube views, 1.5 million sales of singles from her debut album ‘English Rain’, and #1 chart positions in the UK and Australia,
  
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• Jason Derulo confirms arena tour

  02-06-2015 13:18 via music-news.com
  
  Hot on the heels of landing his fourth UK #1 single with ‘Want To Want Me’ with first week sales of 127,000, the phenomenally successful Jason Derulo
  
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• How Does the Jazz Age Lawn Party Avoid Shtick? Focus on the Music

  02-06-2015 13:05
  
  The Jazz Age Lawn Party's organizer says the event has grown organically over its ten years, as more and more people dress to the nines . For two weekends every summer , the boarding line for the Governors Island Ferry is New York's best fashion show.
  
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• Grateful Dead fans prove to be loyal and generous

  02-06-2015 13:05
  
  When three cofounders and one longtime member of the Grateful Dead stroll onto stages in California and Illinois this summer, they'll be greeted by a multigenerational community they helped form. In other words, their fans.
  
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• The Mr. and Miss Texas Hard Body Contest Was Just a Little Surreal

  02-06-2015 13:05
  
  "Jessie loves boxing and Fast and Furious ." This is only one example of the many hilarious and uncanny things our less-than-verbose host mumbled into the microphone as Jessie walked the catwalk showing off his glistening pecs and chiseled calves.
  
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• Muse to headline Lollapalooza Berlin

  02-06-2015 12:58 via music-news.com
  
  Alternative rock band Muse are the last remaining headliner of Lollapalooza Berlin.
  
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• Bryan Ferry releases 'Johnny & Mary' video

  02-06-2015 12:44 via music-news.com
  
  Shot at the Chateau Marmont and Wolf's Lair Castle – Hollywood and starring model Eliza Cummings, the video for 'Johnny and Mary' can be viewed below.
  
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• Blur reflect on Abbey Road recording

  02-06-2015 12:38 via music-news.com
  
  Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon talk about their experiences at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.
  
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• Will Young announces 'Love Revolution' tour

  02-06-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Will Young announces a UK nationwide tour to take place during October and November 2015.
  
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• Jason Derulo: I'm a White House regular

  02-06-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jason Derulo has been to the White House seven or eight times, which he's happy about as it's "really nice there".
  
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• Which Music Festivals Have the Most Drug Use?

  02-06-2015 10:01
  
  In a study that could be subtitled "Which Festival to Go to If You Like to Get High," the Coalition Against Drug Abuse found that cocaine rules Coachella, DMT is rampant at Burning Man, Electric Daisy Carnival is a veritable supermarket of MDMA, and people smoke pot at Marley Fest. Or at least they Instagram about smoking it.
  
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• Iggy Azalea engaged

  02-06-2015 09:34 via music-news.com
  
  Nick Young has proposed to Iggy Azalea with a 10.43-carat ring.
  
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• Rachel Bolan blasts Skid Row 'keyboard banging dipsh--s'

  02-06-2015 09:04
  
  Skid Row's Rachel Bolan told fans on Facebook: "If you don't like me or SKID ROW , stay off the f---ing page." The New Jersey rocker got heavy with so-called metalhead Facebook followers of the band Skid Row, calling out "haters, trolls and keyboard banging dipsh--s" in an angry missive last week.
  
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• Jay-Z’s Tidal in serious trouble

  02-06-2015 08:43 via music-news.com
  
  The Tidal music streaming service owned by Jay-Z with a number of big artists as “shareholders” may be headed for a big fall.
  
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• Liquid Music series has Laurie Anderson, Banhart, Mackey

  02-06-2015 07:57
  
  Performance artist Laurie Anderson, indie rockers Devendra Banhart and Wye Oak, avant garde composer Steven Mackey and poet/rapper Saul Williams are among the acts set to perform during the newly announced fourth season of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Liquid Music series. With a goal to expand "the world of classical music through innovative new projects, boundary-defying artists and unique presentation formats," Liquid Music features new works, premieres and collaborations.
  
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• Ischia Global Film and Music Festival Sets Whitney Houston Retrospective

  02-06-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Italian fest will fete the late pop star with a screening of a Lifetime biopic and a selection of her films, including 'The Bodyguard.'
  
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• Mariah Carey Gets Matched With 'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett in "Infinity" Music Video

  02-06-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shot by Brett Ratner, the video showcases Carey in all her diva glory as she drinks champagne and daubs herself with her very own brand of perfume.
  
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• CMT Music Awards: Eric Church, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt Added to Performers Lineup

  02-06-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zac Brown Band also joins the second wave of performers set to entertain country fans June 10.
  
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• Drag Race's Pearl, Violet, and Ginger Debut Sickening Music Videos

  02-06-2015 05:52
  
  As the season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race winds down, we celebrate season 7's three finalists, Pearl, Ginger Minj and Violet Chachki. We also celebrate the premiere of their music videos, which were all released simultaneously.
  
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• Iggy Azalea talks tour cancellation

  02-06-2015 05:14 via music-news.com
  
  Iggy Azalea decided to call off her The Great Escape Tour because she “needs a break”.
  
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• Music Monday (6/1): This Week's New Albums + Videos

  02-06-2015 04:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Jenny Lewis, Tame Impala, and The Weeknd, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of Arthur Russell, Arca, Beirut, Muse, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic
  
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• Iglesias has reconstructive hand surgery

  02-06-2015 02:02 via music-news.com
  
  Enrique Iglesias appreciates the “wishes and prayers” of his fans after slicing his fingers open during a concert at the weekend.
  
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• Sweet announce last ever tour

  02-06-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  It was the era that had it all – glitz, glamour and musical innovation. Providing a musical bridge linking the rebellion and counter culture of the 60s
  
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• On the first day of the 2015 hurricane season, 10 songs inspired by storms

  02-06-2015 01:43
  
  "Maybe I'll put together a compilation called 'Katrina's Greatest Hits,'" a local musician mused on a recent afternoon, as we considered the upcoming tenth anniversary of the storm. "It'll be a 75-disc set."
  
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