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Wilco, Bright Eyes, Aimee Mann team for net neutrality

Since the beginning of time (OK, fine, the '60s), musicians and their various social/political/ethical causes have been inextricably linked. Taking that tradition of activism into the 21st century, we give you the newest trend (not involving Barack Obama) in musical stumping: network neutrality....  read more

Wrens' First Two Albums To Be Reissued

Wind-Up Records announced last week that they will reissue the Wrens’ first two records, 1994’s Silver and 1996’s Secaucus , on Nov. 14. Silver and Secaucus were originally released on Grass Records, which later became Wind-Up. Head of Wind-Up Alan Meltzer wished to polish the Wrens’ sound into more radio-friendly fare, but the band refused and moved to Absolutely Kosher in 1997. The Wrens grappled with Wind-Up for years for the rights to Silver and Secaucus , but they finally heard from their publisher Rough Trade that Wind-Up has decided to re-release the albums, this time with a stronger marketing...  read more