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Chris Schlarb is leaving Section IV open for your remix interpretations. The song is from his upcoming Twilight and Ghost Stories album, waiting to be released on December 4 through Asthmatic Kitty. The remix project is called Twilight Variations, and the song can be downloaded as WAV files or Garageband 3 file with all the arranged parts.

“With Twilight Variations I’m opening up Section IV so that anyone can pick it apart piece by piece, re-arrange it or add their own instrumentation. The beauty of this is that it allows for a deeper cross-section of what…

Chris Walla’s solo album is set for a release on January 29 via Barsuk Records, and information about the album is beginning to surface… in spite of the Homeland Security’s attempt to quiet his voice. Sing Again, the first single for Field Manual, has been released to the blogging community.

Chris Walla - Sing Again

Field Manual comprises of twelve tracks of Walla performing nearly every instrument. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie tracked the drums for The Score, Geometry &c., Everyone Needs A Home, Our Plans Collapsing, Archer v. Light,…

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It’s Hard to Find a Friend music blog is releasing a Christmas benefit album, Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album. Peace on Earth is sold as a digital download via E-Junkie for $7, and every penny goes toward Toys for Tots.

The album is made up of eighteen tracks, and include artists such as Rosie Thomas, TW Walsh, Chris Walla, Great Lake Swimmers, The Long Winters, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

“No one is receiving a single penny from the sales…

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Chan Marhall has a passion for covering classic folk songs, and on January 22 she will release her second album of covers, Jukebox, on Matador Records. Cat Power entered the studio to share her interpretation of twelve songs that were originally tracked to tape by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, Hank Williams, George Jackson, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lee Clayton, James Carr, Billie Holiday, and Janis Joplin.

Where Cat Power’s previous album, The Greatest, was recorded with some…

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Two months after In Rainbows was released, Radiohead streamed live videos of the band celebrating, djing, and performing several of their songs.

The band performed Jigsaw Falling Into Place, with video cameras attached to helmets, as Thom Yorke sang into an EV RE20 microphone. Reckoner followed, as well as a cover of Unravel by Bjork.

http://www2.radiohead.tv

During the video stream, Thom Yorke held a mic and called Johnny over “for moral support,” and then said:

“Hello, yes. This is thumbs down, because it’s , and we are here. We’re going to play some music…

Last.fm began offering Audio Fingerprinting on August 29, to recognize and properly classify each track submitted to their enormous database. Within 24 hours, Last.fm received over one million fingerprints from their users, or 42 fingerprints per second.

Last.fm coined the term Audioscrobbling, their “unique music recognition system”; scanning and gathering song information (artist, track, album, etc.) as Last.fm members listen to songs… then using this data to create a musical profile of each Last.fm member. According to Wikipedia, over ten million songs are scrobbled every day.

The problem is that artist names are often misspelled, track names may or may…

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RIO DE JANEIRO - The entire festival reunited about 57,100 people between October 25th and 29th. Last year, the Festival had about 52,000 people in four cities. In 2005 there were 61,000 in just São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Tim Festival had 26 international artists and 16 Brazilian ones this year.

Tim Festival - Rio de Janeiro

The structure here was quite huge in despite of beauty. It had four stages, three tents and a social area with a stage (for three Brazilian bands and DJs), stores, snack bars and a…

Facebook is beginning to test Facebook Pages, clean looking business pages that embrace elements of viral marketing. With the expandability of Facebook Applications, any business can setup a Facebook Page with elements that best suit their needs. Facebook Pages are accessible to anyone, not just Facebook members.

Artists have the option to set up an individual artist page. The built in applications include: photos, events, music player, videos, comments, fans, discussion board, short bio, influences, website links, products, and contact information.

When signing up with a business page, Facebook will review your business, and within 48 hours your page will…

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Sigur Rós released Hvarf-Heim two disc album today, November 6. Hvarf-Heim are actually two albums packaged together.

Hvarf, which is Icelandic for haven, comprises of five unreleased tracks recorded during previous album sessions. Flip the case over for Heim, Icelandic for home, for six live acoustic recordings, “comprising delicate new unplugged versions of some of Sigur Rós‘ best moments, which have never been performed before.” (Beggars Banquet)

Hvarf-Heim is a companion to Heima, Sigur Rós’ 97 minute documentary film that is currently premiering in art-houses around the world. John Best followed Sigur Rós as…

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Pela began recording in Los Angelas on November 2 and they’re inviting fans to follow them through the process by reading their studio blog. “This time we’re trying to introduce video along with text and photos. We are aware that many people don’t know what goes down during recording, so we decided to post typical Pela shenanigans, and include you in our adventures”

The album will be called Rise Ye Sunken Ships, and it appears that they have the time and budget to follow up Anytown Graffiti.

The studio blog echoes the recording experiences…