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10 Great Music Documentaries Streaming on Netflix
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 02, 2010

In the heyday of Blockbuster, music documentaries and concert videos were tough to find unless you were willing to settle for musty oldies like the Three Tenors or musty newbies like Britney Spears. But the rise of video-streaming technology - and in particular, Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service - has made music-video content of all types easier to access.

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Review: Logitech Squeezebox Touch
Grant Clauser  |  Jun 18, 2010

Logitech's latest addition to its Squeezebox family of network music players is the Touch, a small LCD touchpad that taps into your wired Ethernet or 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network and connects to your audio receiver. It resembles the company's Harmony 1100 remote and, like the remote, brings multiple systems, or in this case multiple services, easily under your control. 

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Exclusive Interview: Tom Petty on Recording 'Mojo'
Mike Mettler  |  May 31, 2010

Here's the thing about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' stunning new album, Mojo: While you've never quite heard the band play this way before on record, the songs sound like you've known them all your life.

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CD Review: The Flaming Lips' Embryonic
Rob O'Connor  |  Jan 07, 2010
Embryonic (Warner Bros.)
Music •••• Sound •••••

Wayne Coyne envisioned Embryonic as an old-fashioned double album whose 70 minutes would meande

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Vinyl LP Review: Mark Knopfler's Get Lucky
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 02, 2010

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CD Review: Brand New Eyes
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Dec 17, 2009
paramore
(Fueled by Ramen)
Brand New Eyes Music •••• Sound ••••½

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Review: The Beatles Remastered CDs
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 03, 2009
Key Features
THE BEATLES IN MONO 13 discs, $300 • Includes every remastered CD from Please Please Me to The White A
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Music Review: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
Billy Altman  |  Oct 05, 2009
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Pearl Jam
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One usually thinks of the spring rather than the fall as the pr

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Use care when operating CD player
Jeff Perlah  |  Jun 22, 2009
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
Music •••• Sound ••••
"Push down & turn." That's what you'll see etched onto the CD when you crack open
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Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 28, 2009
Review
Reprise
Music ••• Sound ••••½
It's been 5 years since Green Day sounded the alarm wit
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All Dolled up and someplace to go
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 19, 2009
Atco/Rhino
Music •••½Sound •••½
Rarely has a reunion been as successful as the 2004 reconstitution of the New York Dolls.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Rob O'Connor  |  May 18, 2009
Dress Up/DGC/Interscope
Music ••• Sound •••
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third studio album is another major advancement in the Manhattan-hatched trio's so
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Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
Billy Altman  |  May 04, 2009
Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
Before delving into anything pro or con about Bob Dylan's latest album - a collection that, right out of the
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Allen Toussaint, from “St. James Infirmary” . . .
Brett Milano  |  Apr 28, 2009
Nonesuch
Music •••½Sound •••½
It took Elvis Costello (via the 2006 collaboration The River in Reverse) to remind the world
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The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
Brett Milano  |  Apr 26, 2009
Capitol
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It's no surprise that, after going semi-conceptual for The Crane Wife in 2006, the Decemberists have now gone al
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