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Record Store Day
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 

[UPDATE: This year's event is over now, but the RSD Web site remains active all year.]

Since this is the fourth annual Record Store Day, you should know what to do: Go to your local store and buy lotsa "records," be they vinyl LPs, CDs, or whatever else your shop happens to carry.

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Rope Burns!
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

I spoke with producer Butch Vig at length about the all-analog approach he took to recording the Foo Fighters’ kick-ass new album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA) in bandleader Dave Grohl’s garage.

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In case you doubt the power of Twitter
Michael Berk  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

Seems that a misinterpreted tweet was responsible for Soundgarden's return to active duty.

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The Summer of YouTube
Michael Berk  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

Google's revamp of YouTube as a platform for live events has generated plenty of excitement already, if mainly for its potential to dominate the rapidly expanding streaming market.

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Happy birthday, Klipsch
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Klipsch turns 65 this year. The venerable US manufacturer (based in Indianapolis since 1989 but still turning out speakers in its Hope, Arkansas plant today) has posted a retrospective video (with some nifty vintage ad images) today tracing the company's evolution from its humble beginnings in ham enthusiast Paul W.

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Blood in the water
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Grooveshark may still be smarting at its ejection from the App Store last August (well, you can still access the service v

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Early audiophile?
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Looks like paleontologists have at last pinned down the emergence of the middle ear from the lower jaw during the Mesozoic; it remains to be revealed what Liaoconodon hui—the earliest mammal yet found to possess the distinct malleus, incus, and ectotympanic bones involved in mammalian hea

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Record Store Day recap
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

At the Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, New Jersey, I got two of the Record Store Day exclusives, both EPs:

• The Decemberists: Live at Bull Moose (CD)

• Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (10-inch pink-marble vinyl)

In addition, I found these:

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Radiohead extends Supercollider's range
Michael Berk  |  Apr 19, 2011  | 

Radiohead's UK only Record Store Day 12", "Supercollider" backed with "The Butcher" (both outtakes from the sessions for the The King of Limbs), obviously disappeared within moments on Saturday morning, but you're in luck-both tracks are

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Sonos' AirPlay play
Michael Berk  |  Apr 19, 2011  | 

Whole-house connected audio veterans Sonos today announced both AirPlay support and a full-featured (and free) controller app for the Android platform.

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Let Me Ride
Michael Berk  |  Apr 21, 2011  | 

Having captured the headphone market with the his ubiquitous red-cabled cans, Dr. Dre announced yesterday at the New York International Auto Show that he'd extended his Beats by Dr.

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It's Official
Michael Berk  |  Apr 25, 2011  | 

Nintendo has confirmed-with a concise press release in the always-refreshing company style-that the rumored Wii 2 (well...a successor to the Wii, of

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High-rez that bites
Michael Berk  |  Apr 25, 2011  | 

Sure, we love Diana Krall too, but here are a couple of reminders (courtesy

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PlayStation Network, still on the fritz
Michael Berk  |  Apr 25, 2011  | 

Things are still looking bleak for the PlayStation Network; the gaming network (along with Sony's Qriocity streaming music-and-movie service) has been down

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A hostile and retaliatory measure with great hubris
Michael Berk  |  Apr 26, 2011  | 

The Beastie Boys have struck back against bootleggers (who've been distibuting an unauthorized copy of the final mix of the upcoming Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2), posting a full stream

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