Music: Sneaky Pop Hits
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Three new albums prompt the question: How do we explain playing something (a lot) that we donât even like that much?
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Those synthesized tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theaters have been recognized as part of the music industry by Billboard Magazine.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Never mind the hugely anticipated new  releases from U2 and Eminem, the real contest on the U.K. pop  charts during the upcoming holiday season will be among a  multitude of hits packages.
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New releases from 50 Cent, Animal Collective, Simian Mobile Disco and Cupid.
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Jazz, Pop, and Country all make an appearance in this week's roundup of new releases.
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Ever wish you could traverse 42 years of pop music history in 37 minutes? R. Luke DuBois' new CD employs "time lapse phonography" to reduce hit songs to a string of tiny, amorphous sound clips that highlight big shifts in musical taste. By Alexander Gelfand.
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The soundtrack has lively numbers, which the youth may love.
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Buying music from your computer over the internet is cool, but buying music from the portable player in your hand is cooler. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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The flood of music online is a lot to wade through, but websites that "taste match" can point you to new artists by tracking what you like. By Scott Gilbertson.
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Still listening to this classic Dead song.  And writing about it on Twitter... It's an MP3 that I ripped from the Mars Hotel album. Which I bought on CD many years ago. I've listened to this track about 1000 times. When I play it it puts a smile on my face. Because Cucamonga is a place with no pride, imho.  It's a joke, kind of like Truckin makes fun of New Orleans, a town that done the Dead wrong, once, a long time ago. Now if it were on vinyl I would have wore it out a long time ago. I'm sure there was a copy of the song on the disk Apple stole from me. There you have it RIAA. You can go after Apple. I'll support you because they stole from both of us. They have no right to listen to PofC. I imagine Steve Jobs and Phil Shindler sitting around smokin a doobie listening to Phil Lesh sing, thinking "Dave has good taste in music." BTW, Cucamonga is a suburb in southern CA. Near Ontario. Probably very non-descript. Might have been interesting 70 years ago. And that's your bedtime story for Saturday, boys and girls. Have a nice day, don't hit your brother (or sister) and be nice to the sitter!
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In an age when the fluffiest pop acts boast of penning their own songs, jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux may be a bit of an anomaly.
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New releases from Arcade Fire, Son Volt, Ry Cooder, Wynton Marsalis and the Stooges.
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DENVER (Billboard) - Music fans have been slow to buy music  on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded  with services that let users access from their phones music  that is stored on their computers.
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In the latest proof that the label is at least testing DRM-free music sales, consumers can buy gift cards from physical stores and redeem digital albums online. The bad news is that the music is also "anonymously watermarked."
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Our favorite genre-busters will roll, creep, slither, bounce, and wriggle their way into your free time--if you give them a try.
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Several artists are experimenting with offering new releases on USB devices packed with extras like videos and ringtones.
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Indie darlings Arcade Fire return to the spotlight in their own quirky downbeat way.