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Tuning in to the Rdio iPad App
Michael Berk  |  Jul 28, 2011  | 

While Spotify and MOG have been getting the lion's share of the press, Rdio has been running a perfectly useful little subscription streaming music service for almost a year now. Overlooked by many (admittedly, even by S+V) in the glare surrounding the arrival of Spotify in the U.S., Rdio is now poised to be the first streaming service to release an iPad app.

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CD Review: Brad Paisley, Ronnie Milsap, Ashton Shepherd
Billy Altman  |  Jul 29, 2011  | 

Throughout its long history, country music has often found itself staring at the mirror and trying to make sense of the reflection.

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CD Review: Perahia Plays Bach
Robert Ripps  |  Aug 07, 2011  | 

Murray Perahia’s recordings of Bach’s Keyboard Concertos, originally released from 2001 to 2003, have now been reissued in this specially priced Limited Edition three-CD set (with a new essay by Jeremy Siepmann) — and if you missed them the first time around, do not make that mistake again.

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Witt & Wisdom
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 16, 2011  | 

YOU’RE SCRAMBLING NOW, thinking, Wait — I recognize her . . . don’t I? Yes — yes, you do. Can’t quite place her though, hmm? (She might actually appreciate that; she doesn’t like or seek being typecast.)

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We Have Our Winner!
Michael Berk  |  Aug 16, 2011  | 

District 97 has won over some impressive fans. Bill Bruford and John Wetton have been singing the praises of the band's debut, Hybrid Child. And S+V's editorial staff was equally unable to resist the Chicagoans' progressive pop in selecting the band as our first Breaking Out contest winner.

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CD Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West
Jeff Perlah  |  Aug 19, 2011  | 

Watch out, hip-hop: If you don’t stay on top of your game, you might get bumped out of the limelight by other forms of pop music. That’s the meaning behind the title of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s brash, lavishly produced collaboration, as Jay himself has acknowledged.

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Retro Remixing: You're Gonna Love It, Too
Michael Berk  |  Aug 25, 2011  | 

To celebrate Buddy Holly's 75th birthday (coming up September 7th), online music creation marketplace Indaba Music has launched - oddly enough, though it is the business Indaba is in - a remix contest, inviting contestants to take on Jenny O's version of Holly's "I'm Gonna Love You Too."

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The Vinyl Never Lies: The Full Henry Rollins Interview Page 2
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 25, 2011  | 

We bring you, at last, the full version of our talk with Henry Rollins that ran in the September print and iPad editions of Sound+Vision. Enjoy!

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The Vinyl Never Lies: The Full Henry Rollins Interview
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 25, 2011  | 

We bring you, at last, the full version of our talk with Henry Rollins that ran in the September print and iPad editions of Sound+Vision. Enjoy!

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Picking Up Good Vibrations
Michael Berk  |  Aug 31, 2011  | 

One of the most famous (and probably most bootlegged) unfinished albums in rock history is about to see the light of day in an offical release, authorized by the band, including Brian Wilson (who had in 2004 released - with Van Dyke Parks - his

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Rush Signs to . . . Roadrunner
Michael Berk  |  Aug 31, 2011  | 

In a sign of the times for the changing music industry (and an interesting twist in the lengthy tale of the most popular band - 40 million albums sold worldwide and 11 Stateside top tens - to only make it into Rolling Stone magazine once), Canadian prog superheroes Rush have signed with U.S. metal indie Roadrunner (they'll be staying with Anthem/Universal in Canada only).

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CD Review: Beethoven’s “Fidelio”
Robert Ripps  |  Aug 31, 2011  | 

In his monumental six-part work The Oxford History of Western Music, Richard Taruskin begins the volume devoted to the 19th century with Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, which debuted in Vienna in 1805 before its final revised version was staged there in 1814. Here we have an opus of searing intensity that signaled the arrival of Romanticism in music.

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Listening in High-Res: Phish Out of Water
Philip Ryan  |  Sep 12, 2011  | 

Can't make it to the gig? These days, that won't stop you from listening in high resolution - soundboard recordings aren't the cassette tapes of yore anymore. FLAC HD is the format of choice nowadays, and our new blogger Philip Ryan (who in his spare time serves as the technical editor of S+V's sister publications Popular Photography and American Photo) will be checking out a wide range of high-res recordings to see how close he can get to being there.

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This Week in Music and Blu-rays: September 13, 2011
Brett Milano  |  Sep 13, 2011  | 

This Week in Blu-rays

Gene Newman checks out the latest in high-definition releases: Orson Welles' Citizen Kane gets a deluxe 70th-anniversary edition, Thor and X-Men: First Class bring big superhero action to the small screen, Hesher tries to teach you a lesson (and just

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Live at the Union County MusicFest
Dan Bracaglia  |  Sep 21, 2011  | 

This past weekend, the Union County MusicFest brought an impressive roster of local and national acts to the Union County Fair.

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