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Oh, How the EMIghty Have Fallen: OK Go, Danger Mouse and Pink Floyd Tussle With Label

Poor EMI. First, they received a public lashing over a rumor that they planned to sell the historic Abbey Road Studios. OK Go bested them in the public arena during a spat over allowing the YouTube superstars’ music videos to be embedded in blogs and news items. Then, Brian Burton, AKA: Danger Mouse, squeezed a go-ahead out of the label for the release of his long-sequestered Dark Night of the Soul collaboration with David Lynch and the recently departed Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. As if that didn’t constitute a sufficient serving of humble pie, the British high court and OK...  read more

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Vatican Releases Top 10 Pop Albums List

Turns out things are slightly groovier at the Vatican than many might have thought. L’Osservatore Romano (which translates to The Roman Observer) is a newspaper covering the Holy See’s public activities, amongst other related things. In a rather out of character move, the paper ran an article Sunday listing its “semi-serious” choices for best pop rock albums, remarking, “our modest guide can point you on the road to good music.”...  read more

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For Sale: Abbey Road Studios

You can’t put a price on history, but apparently EMI is going to try. The music giant has put the legendary Abbey Road studios up for sale, according to the Financial Times, apparently in an attempt to reduce their debts. Although perhaps the building itself isn’t all that valuable, relatively speaking (only a couple hundred million), it is the brand and history of the legendary studio that makes this this situation a bit of a bummer. In addition Beatles recording most of their music in the studio, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and several Radiohead albums were also...  read more

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Download Fol Chen's Covers of Pink Floyd and Prince

Download Fol Chen's cover of Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh" here and Prince's "The Beautiful Ones" here.Fol Chen will be on tour opening for Liars starting April 10....  read more

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Flaming Lips Reveal Dark Side of the Moon Release Details

The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs have more than a few things in common, not least of which is the influence of Pink Floyd. Now, at long last, the pair has announced details of the track-by-track cover of Floyd’s 1973 classic, The Dark Side of the Moon, which will be available online Dec. 22....  read more

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Flaming Lips to Cover Dark Side of the Moon

If we had to pick a logical predecessor to The Flaming Lips, could it be any other band than Pink Floyd? Both were underground sensations with a mainstream-audience love affair, both made spacey, freak-out rock and, maybe most importantly, both loved inflatable stage props....  read more

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Twenty Ridiculously Literal Album Covers

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Music to Commemorate That Giant Leap for Mankind

When John F. Kennedy promised the world in 1961 that Americans would land on the moon by the end of the decade, most people thought the notion ridiculous. But 40 years ago today, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, making good on the presidential promise. The Russians may have their Sputnik and their Yuri Gagarin, but it's the American flag that protrudes from the moon's surface, providing a source of pride for all (well, most) Americans. In celebration, then, this playlist: ...  read more

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Seven Bands Named After People Who Are Not Actually In The Band

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A couple days ago, someone told us that the frontman for exciting new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes is not really named Edward Sharpe. We did not know this, but it seems to be true. And it got us thinking about other bands whose names cause similar confusion. Skynyrd we could explain off the top of our heads. Others, not so much. Anyway, read all about it, and impress your friends—especially if they are nerds—with your newly acquired music-trivia knowledge.   ...  read more

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Different Songs With The Same Names

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There are a lot of songs out there—every artist runs the risk of doubling up on a title or two. Here are some of our favorite songs with the same titles. As you read this list, my fellow editor Steve is writing a song called "Stairway to Heaven" for his band Attractive Eighties Women. And it's not a cover. ...  read more

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