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Magnifier Goodies Now in Google Play 11 Dec 2012 | 02:22 am
Magnifier's mission has always been to bring you amazing new free music every day. Back when we launched, this site was the most convenient way for you to add those songs to your Google Music locker. ...
A Fine Frenzy, "Now Is the Start" 7 Dec 2012 | 07:08 pm
Ethereal as ever, A Fine Frenzy (a.k.a. Alison Sudol) pushes her vocals into an electropop dance realm on "Now Is the Start," the first single from her third studio album Pines. The inspiring sing-alo...
Erran Baron Cohen, "Ocho Kandalikas" 6 Dec 2012 | 07:09 pm
Erran Baron Cohen, who also scores the infamous work of his brother Sacha, was inspired to make Songs in the Key of… Hanukkah after noticing a decided lack of good Jewish holiday albums. Cohen's playf...
In Memoriam: Dave Brubeck 6 Dec 2012 | 06:19 am
One of the towering figures in jazz, Dave Brubeck passed away on December 5, 2012, a day shy of 92. The maverick pianist, composer and bandleader was a major star for decades who kept writing new work...
XTC, "Senses Working Overtime" 5 Dec 2012 | 07:14 pm
XTC were five albums in when "Senses Working Overtime" broke through to FM radio and the then-new MTV network. A still-succulent mix of grey-skied British freak-folk verses and soaring Beatles-style s...
El Perro Del Mar: Siren Song 5 Dec 2012 | 12:18 am
El Perro Del Mar rises from the same Gothenburg, Sweden indie pop scene that has produced artists such as Jens Lekman, Jose Gonzalez, Love is All, and others. What unites El Perro Del Mar (a.k.a. sing...
Antenna: New Artists You Need To Hear 5 Dec 2012 | 12:03 am
In a year when many genres seemed to reinforce themselves—indie folk got folkier, retro soul more soulful and so on—December's Antenna recognizes some acts that have made late 2012 that much weirder a...
Jay-Z, "December 4th" 4 Dec 2012 | 07:08 pm
Though it was announced as a retirement release, Jay-Z's The Black Album was equally a victory lap. It opens with "December 4th," Jay's formal toast to himself, complete with his mom narrating the day...
Paul Wall, "That's the Way Luv Goes" 3 Dec 2012 | 07:24 pm
While Paul Wall's national popularity peaked shortly after the Houston rap gold rush of the mid-2000s, the rapper and his famous fronts have receded quite comfortably into his hometown's still-bubblin...
KT Tunstall, "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" 30 Nov 2012 | 07:10 pm
Scottish songbird KT Tunstall ascended to stardom in 2004 on the strength of this addictive tune. Tunstall tells a story that's a cross between a Brothers Grimm fable and a Gothic romance, but the who...
