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The Franks – Suzy Can’t Spell They’re playing Glastonbury Fest this summer, they were selected from over 2300 entrants in Q Magazine’s New Talent competition, they’ve had Radio 1 airplay and they’ve toured America’s East Coast. Now The Franks have released their debut album Suzy Can’t Spell on indiestore, and 2008 is looking like it might just be their year “At a time where world-weary means tight-jeaned indie, emotional means EMO, and ‘popular’ means affected, this is odd, exciting, and refreshingly honest.” [Fireline Music Magazine]
Hari and Aino – I Will Leave If you can taste the rainbow in …read more

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Flowers are fine, but they die in time. A great mix tape lasts forever.  So grab a CD-R and start recording tracks for Mom.  Tell her how much you love her Make her laugh.  Do not make her listen to the emmo angst you prefer.
Don’t have the tracks in your collection?  Grab mp3’s from Amazon or Walmart.com so you can use them again and again. After all Freud though love for Mom and love for your girlfriend were related; and they’ll both be thrilled to list to the write song expressing your never ending …read more

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Since Friday, more than a half million Trojan horse programs disguised as media files have been detected on consumer PCs, according to McAfee Avert Labs.
“This is one of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years,” according to Craig Schmugar, a McAfee Avert Labs researcher. “We have never before had a threat this significant that arrives as a media file.”
The Trojan “malware” is called as Downloader-UA.h,
SOLUTION: Keep you virus program up to date and never ever open an mp3 or other media file from an unknown source.  The free and paid downloads we point you towards here …read more

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This week’s free MP3 is “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” from former Doobie Brothere Michael McDonald. His album album of soul classics “Soul Speak” might make a perfect gift for Mom.
Download “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” free through Monday, May 12 here.
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From NIN.com.

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are
giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free,
exclusively via nin.com.
the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or
M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD
quality 24/96 WAVE.  your link will include all options – all free.
all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.
for those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan
to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july.
details coming soon.
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For me the song is everything. I love a ripping guitar solo as much as the next person. But give me some intelligent and heartfelt lyrics inside a well constructed song and I don’t care if the singer sings well or the musicians play past the third grade level. Here are two great songs that are fighting for #1 on my mp3 player right now.
“Moment Of Forever” is a fabulous Kris Kristofferson love song done here by Willie Nelson.
For another view of love, here’s “Falling Slowly” from the fabulous Once film soundtrack.
WHAT ARE THE TOP TWO SONGS ON …read more

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One of the best things about blogging is interacting with other bloggers who love music as much as you do.  Here at the B5 music channel we’re a diverse bunch of fanatical fans and today we’re all sharing two favorite tracks that in our humble opinion deserve to be on any iPod anywhere in the world.  OurDigitalMusic’s are posted just above. But here are the rest.

Anything with Dylan is good, but this Rock Dose is the best.
The Jazz and Blues Lounge is our online authority.
Keeping with the jazz era The Good Musician gives us two of the greatest of all …read more

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Lizzyspit – Laura’s Diary Bubbly, bouncy, smart and sassy – Londoner Lizzyspit puts a spin on traditional pop, using a unique, conversational, yet sing-song tone to express her wistful romanticism in a sharp and spirited way. She addresses the anguish inherently inevitable in love in a very realistic, easy-to-understand style. With simple lyrics peppered in a fresh, frisky way, woebegone lovers will feel uplifted after giving these attractive songs a listen.
Frank Hamilton – Waking Up @ 3 Frank and his band of misfits play catchy songs of heartache that would make even The Beautiful South jealous. …read more

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From Traffic to great solo albums in the 19990’s Steve Winwood has had a great run. Now he’s back and his distinct voice is sounding as strong as ever. You can get a great feel for his new album, “Nine Lives”,  by download the first single “Dirty City” absolutely free.  You can also learn more about Winwood including his 2008 tour dates, photos and more here.
Download a free DRM-free mp3 of Steve Winwood’s new track “Dirty City” here for free.  And check out the video for Dirty City featuring Eric Clapton here.

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Coldplay will make the single “Violet Hill” from their new album “Viva La Vida” available as a free download via their web site  (here)  for a week starting at 7:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 29th for one week before it goes on sale.
The band’s site will also share details of free shows at London’s Brixton Academy on June 16 and at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 23. The new album will be released June 12th worldwide.
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