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Earlier this week, U2 unexpectedly released their new album Songs of Innocence for free on iTunes, making it the largest album release ever. Though this method of putting a new album into everyone's iTunes library is pretty cool and groundbreaking (and not "invasive," stop whining), there are plenty of other bands we would have rather gotten a free surprise album from than U2, who aren't exactly at the top of their game musically. Here are eight artists we would have rather gotten a free surprise album from. -
David Bowie To Release 'Nothing Has Changed' Box Set, Featuring New And Unreleased Songs
Though it's not quite a new album, we will be getting some new music from David Bowie before the end of the year. Consequence of Sound reports that the 67-year-old rock legend will be releasing a career spanning compilation box set called Nothing Has Changed, which features his biggest hits alongside new and previously unreleased material. -
12 Legends Covering Songs By Other Legends: Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, And More [LISTEN]
It's pretty common for an up-and-coming artist to cover a song by a legendary artist to get themselves going, but there have been many times where these covers of classic songs have come from other legendary artists. Here are 12 legendary artists who have covered other legendary artists. -
5 Albums Named After Lyrics By Other Bands: Steely Dan, Spoon, And More
One of my favorite types of album titles are those that are taken from the album's lyrics, but these five artists took a slightly different approach. Instead of naming their album after one of their own lyrics, they named their album after a lyric by another band entirely. -
7 Musicians Who Should Get Their Own Sitcoms: Nicki Minaj, Dave Grohl, And More
With the news that Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, of all people, will be developing his own sitcom on Fox, we started thinking about some other famous musicians who should also get their own sitcoms. Here are seven musicians who we think would do a pretty good job. -
9 Albums That Open With Instrumentals: Simon & Garfunkel, Modest Mouse And More
Last week I wrote about albums that end on instrumental tracks, which I described as sort of epilogues to the album's narrative structure. If ending an album on an instrumental is an epilogue, opening with one must be a prologue, a way to ease the listener in. Here are nine albums that open with instrumental tracks. -
‘David Bowie Is’ Documentary Will Open In 100 Theaters In September, Exhibit Heads To Chicago
David Bowie Is, a documentary film directed by Hamish Hamilton about the “touring art exhibition” of the same name, will soon be released in over 100 theaters in the United States, Rolling Stone reports, beginning on September 23. The film premiered just last year at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and shows a number of items from the legendary musician’s archive. -
9 Songs To Celebrate The Anniversary Of The Moon Landing: David Bowie, The B-52's, and More
Today, July 20, marks the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and to celebrate, here are nine awesome songs that are about outer space and space travel. -
David Bowie Promises New Music To Be Released 'Soon'
David Bowie has confirmed work on new music that he says will be released "soon," NME reports. He issued a statement at a London charity event, which was held to celebrate 50 years of his music and raise money for the Terrance Higgins Trust. -
11 Great Albums That Open With Their Longest Song: Black Sabbath, David Bowie, And More
When an artist writes a lengthy song for an album, they usually place it towards the end of the album, long after the listener has already settled in. However, these artists chose to place their album's longest song not only close to the beginning, but as the album's opener. -
12 Classic Albums Produced By Musicians Outside The Band: Weezer, Beck, And More
Today marked the tragic passing of Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, and along with being a founding member of one of the most influential bands in history, another one of his crowning achievements was his production of the Replacements' classic 1985 album Tim. Here are some other classic albums that were produced by musicians outside of the band. -
21 Albums Known By Two (Or More) Different Names: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, And More
Though most albums are given official titles, sometimes these titled prove to inconvenient or confusing, which leads to fans referring to the album by another name entirely. Here are twenty-one albums known by at least two different names.
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