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Peter Bjorn and John stream Living Thing on MySpace
Living Thing, the new album by Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, is currently available in its entirety for free streaming on the band's MySpace page.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU2 streams No Line on the Horizon on MySpace
More than a week before its release, U2's No Line on the Horizon was put up for streaming in its entirety and in high-quality format on the band's MySpace page. But it was not only the U.S. that enjoyed an early treat; many fans in Australia were able to obtain the release through Getmusic.com.au, a digital store operated by Universal Music. The tracks were taken down shortly after, but not before they spread through various peer-to-peer file sharing networks.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLily Allen to play secret shows
Lily Allen is in full-on promotion mode as she gets ready to drop her sophomore album, It's Not Me, It's You tomorrow (Feb. 10) in the U.S.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlack Lips on the run in India following indecent exposure
The Black Lips had an, oh, shall we say, interesting weekend. On Saturday, the band posted a letter to its MySpace fans saying it was thrown off the tour in India due to "indecent exposure" for its "most raucous set." Imagine that. From there, the guys literally had to flee the scene to escape getting thrown into a supposedly tuberculosis, maggot-infested prison. "This was a cultural clashing shitstorm," the letter reads. Just one more thing to add to the already-lenghty resume of infamy. Don't let 'em fool you: This is what they live for.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBruce Springsteen premieres song via MySpace/Amazon
In October, Bruce Springsteen premiered the title song of his new record, Working on a Dream, at a Barack Obama rally in Ohio. A few weeks later, we got a partial preview of the album version during a "Sunday Night Football" halftime highlight reel. Now, the Boss has put out another teaser for the Jan. 27 release, in conjunction with MySpace Music and Amazon.com.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKillers album on MySpace for free, this weekend only
The Killers' third studio album, Day & Age, drops via Island Records on Monday, but the band can't wait to share it with anxious fans. On Saturday morning, the entire record goes up on MySpace Music. It will be streamed free of charge for two days.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGuns N' Roses serves up free Chinese Democracy, Dr Pepper
Guns N' Roses' long-awaited followup to 1993's The Spaghetti Incident occupies a special spot in our pop culture collective unconsciousness - a piece of art whose creation story is so well known that it's impossible to disconnect the history from the actual product being offered. Regardless of whether it's actually any good, Chinese Democracy's fate has already been written: like a glam-rock Ozymandias, it stands as a towering monument to cost-be-damned tenacity, crushed expectations, and the sheer force of Axl Rose's ego.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Ben Folds Five's Reinhold Messner reunion show
A month after Ben Folds Five played together live for the first time in eight years for MySpace's Front to Back concert series, the social networking behemoth has made good on its promise to post video of the reunion show in its entirety. Kristin from Michigan, we bet you are totally squealing right now.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFacebook inching closer into music playback?
The gossip-laden New York Post has reported a juicy bit of news that, for now, has to be considered a rumor: Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg is close to taking his upstart phenomenon into the uncharted digital-music waters.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsiTunes rival MySpace Music launches, indie labels miffed
According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 80 percent of all online music downloads come from Apple's iTunes. So you can't blame MySpace for wanting to challenge the hundred-pound gorilla. As reported earlier, MySpace has been working on what it sees as a challenger to the Apple dominance, culminating with the launch its long-in-the-works MySpace Music site this past Thursday.... read more
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