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Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith died at age 64 of pneumonia in London Thursday just days before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th. Smith had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday with a chest infection, a complication from a 2003 spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed below the ribcage. If you’re not familiar with just how important a part of the British Invansion and The Dave Clark Five were read the band’s bio here.

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The Red Romance – Hesitate
Having toured with indie pop kings The Killers on several occasions, New York band The Red Romance have always aimed high… and it’s certainly a mystery why they’re not yet ruling the airwaves with their lush and gloriously infectious 80s influenced romantic rock. Could 2008 be their year? It certainly should be.
Zuby – Before
The Oxford pupil, Zuby, showcases his intelligent lyrics over a syncopated symphonic melody on his delightful track, ‘Before.’ In the background are stuttering bass lines and a sample of an old man moaning. indiestore listeners should also place their mouse on  ‘Start All …read more

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Buddy Miles, who co-founded and played drums in the Band Of Gypsys with Jimi Hendrix, passed away on Tuesday yesterday in Austin, Texas at the age of 60. Here’s some great footage of Buddy from the Hendrix documentary:

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Apple recently cut prices on several models of iPods and more cuts are rumored. Now Creative is following suit with price cuts to its popular line of Zen players.
Just a couple weeks after cutting the price of their 32GB model to $299, Creative has cut the price of the 4GB Zen to just $99, and the 8GB model to $149. That’s the same price as the 4GB iPod Nano.
Stay tunes for news of the rumored Zen Share that is said to be an amped up version of the Zune with WiFi capabilities.

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No I don’t work for or own stock in Amazon.
And yes it’s me who is the official calling this announcement official.
But here are the facts:

The catalog is deep. As of this morning Amazon offered 4,116,8832 (that’s 4+ MILLION) individual tracks and 348,349 digital downloads
Only Amazon has DRM free mp3 downloads from all four major label groups (Universal, Warner Music, EMI and Sony BMG)
Most tracks cost 89 cents. That’s 10 cents cheaper than iTunes and most other online retailers.
The user interface is wonderfully simple and offers one click ordering after you register.

Yes, there still a few strange gaps in the …read more

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Dolly Parton continues to make top notch country music after decades in the biz. Hear what she’s up to now on “Better Get to Livin’”  which you can download  free between now and Monday, March 3rd.  Amazon has the new album “Backwoods Barbie” on sale for $8.99.
Download “Better Get To Livin’” free.

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Using P2P’s and bittorrents to find music on the net can be a bit overwhelming.  Torrent trackers like Pirate Bay try to solve the problem, but there are dozens of those and increasingly some are coming legal scrutiny.
To help clear away the confusion comes PiraBoogle, a somewhat tongue-in-cheek mash-up of Google and Torrent sharing websites. Type in a song or artists and links to dozens of torrents pop up quickly. The developers even wrote us, “We thought it fun to showcase how easy it is to provide a really easy-to-use Torrent file search engine with Google’s …read more

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“How Do You Do” – Mouth & MacNeal. If you don’t remember this song, click the video start button at your own risk.
“Mickey” – Tony Basil. After the third time she sings “Oh Mickey you’re fine. You’re so fine you blew my mind. Hey Mickey!” my headed explodes.
“Mac Arthur Park” – Richard Harris. The first time I heard this extremely talented actor “sing”, I thought he was joking. Sadly, I was wrong.
“I Want Candy” – Bow Wow Wow. Fortunately there was no “I Want Cheesecake” follow-up single.
“Rock ‘N Roll – Part II” – …read more

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My fellow bloggers around the b5media Music Channel have made their own lists of One Hit Wonders and other tracks that are stuck in their heads both good and bad. In addition to my list:

Toronto Unplugged has Songs That Get Stuck In Your Mind.
Metal Martyr has listed some terrible songs that Scott wouldrather he forgot.
Beatles Invasion goes back in time for some gems like “Come On Eileen” and a “Kung Fu Fighting”/
Check out great Rock quotes like this at Rock Dose from MacArthur Park – “Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don’t think that I can take …read more

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