No idea if this works, but apparently an app has been released into the tubes that allows one to download any manner of flash embedded tunes from sites like Pandora, MySpace, et al. Bad name – FreeMusicZilla – interesting concept.

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Well, as promised, and previously mentioned, The Cassettes Won’t Listen (free) EP featuring re-imagined covers of tracks from the early ’90s No Alternative Compilation. The cover of Pavement’s classic Cut Your Hair is worth the price alone. Download away!

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You Ain’t No Picasso‘s 12 days of Mixmas features a mix from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, among others. As a huge fan of My Brightest Diamond, it’s interesting to see her selections and explanations.

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If merely lying down with them is cause enough for fleas, then those who – of their own volition no less – agree to lip synch to one of the worst songs by one of the biggest, mangiest bitches since Cujo deserve nothing less than the beheading of their first born by spoon and their […]

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I freakin’ love Depeche Mode, but honestly, I never cared all that much for “Personal Jesus.” It’s flimsy little guitar riff (wait, someone in Depeche Mode owns a guitar?) is too cheap and choppy, and it’s trite, blues-like progression makes for one of the weaker cuts off Violator. And Mr. Gore, just how exactly does […]

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Taking an ungodly-for-them three weeks to record the 47 minutes and 44 seconds found here, newly relocated power duo The White Stripes (Jack’s in Nashville with his pregnant supermodel wife; Meg’s off being reclusive somewhere in L.A.) have delivered their longest long-player since 2003’s Elephant. Here’s how the new guy stacks up, track-by-track:

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Never one to shy away from political haughtiness of his own, folk-punk troubadour Billy Bragg has chimed in on the Morrissey “not a racist” PR scandal via The Guardian’s editorial pages. Bragg lightly slaps Morrissey for stirring up drama when the former Smiths singer knows good and well everything he said was caught on tape. Morrissey contends […]

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