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The latest single by the Guillemots, “Annie, Let’s Not Wait” is coming out on January 15th and there’s a video to go along with it. This will be the fourth release from their debut album, Through The Windowpane. Other releases have included “Trains to Brazil”, “We’re Here”, and “Made-Up Lovesong #43″.
One thing I’ve learned over [...]

After just observing the unique musical collaborations that have been happening lately, low and behold there are a couple of tribute albums coming out that will knock your socks off.
Good things come to those who wait and it looks like we’ll be waiting until spring of 2007 for the new Joni Mitchell tribute album. Talk [...]

Very interesting indeed. Justin Timberlake and Duran Duran have been working together on Duran Duran’s forthcoming album to be released next year. Timbaland is also collaborating with them on their new album.
It seems that Justin Timberlake is all over the news lately - which isn’t anything new really. As mentioned here before, he is also [...]

Fall Out Boy recently caught my attention when they released their latest single, “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” in November. They’ve written a very well put together R&B pop song with a twist - unlike Fall Out Boy’s usual rock/pop/emo sound.
I never thought that they would one day be producing a song [...]

CBS, Yahoo! and the Recording Academy have certainly come up with one of the more creative contests that I’ve seen in awhile. The winner of the “My Grammy Moment” talent search will have the opportunity to sing with Justin Timberlake at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS February 11th.
Entrants have until January 3rd, 2007 [...]

El Perro Del Mar…just rolls off the tongue. At first glance you might naturally relate this name to a Spanish themed group playing music by the sea. Good guess, but not quite right. El Perro Del Mar (”The dog of the sea”) is actually the name that Singer/Songwriter Sarah Assbring from Gothenburg, Sweden came up [...]

The Rolling Stones have been making headlines recently for having the most successful tour of 2006. Their A Bigger Bang tour brought in about $437 million which is something worth batting an eye at.
Their website on the other hand isn’t full of the exciting tour news that’s been making it’s way around the net or [...]

The most exciting tour so far on the radar is coming to a town near you early next year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gnarls Barkley are going to be touring together for the first time, and have now announced the tour dates scheduled to begin on January 12th in Oklahoma City.
Gnarls Barkley is [...]

Gnarls Barkley sure hit the nail on the head with the pop hit “Crazy” off of their debut album St. Elsewhere. Making headlines earlier in the year for being the UKs first ever #1 single for downloads alone, the song has obviously left more than a taste of novelty with it’s fans and Rolling Stone [...]

NPR listeners have chosen The Decemberists album The Crane Wife as their best album of the year.
If I had to pick the Most Interesting Inspiration for an Album of the Year, I would choose The Crane Wife as well.
From Wikipedia:
The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale
The Story of the Crane Wife
The Crane Wife [...]