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I Read The News Today... For July 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 21, 2011 3:06 pm
Adele, Kanye West and Katy Perry lead the nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator is also up for an award, and apparently "cried" when he heard about his nomination. Awww. See, guys? Homophobic misogynistis have feelings, too. Gwar's Oderus Urungus used to periodically appear on Fox News' late night Red Eye...
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I Read The News Today... For June 16, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 16, 2011 2:32 pm
Really? This guy says he only got $2,500 to allegedly shoot Tupac? Doesn't that seem a little low to you? Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta's solo album will feature guest appearances from members of Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying and All That Remains, along with Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde. Play it around your mom to annoy her. Metallica are...
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I Read The News Today... For June 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 6, 2011 4:22 pm
Here's the bad news: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are releasing another album. The good news is it's not titled Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head. Here's some more bad news: That long-threatened Limp Bizkit album is actually coming out. Gold Cobra's in stores June 28. Unfortunately, there's no "silver...
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I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 3, 2011 3:09 pm
Thrice are returning with a new record dubbed Major/Minor on Sept. 20. It's described as "entirely different" than their last album, which is a relief because if a band literally released the same record over and over again, that'd be kind of, you know, awkward. Angry at mom and dad? Got a lot of xxxaggro bullshitxxx to take out on people you'll...
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I Read The News Today... For May 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 19, 2011 3:49 pm
People! The Sheepdogs made the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest! Clear your fucking cookies like crazy and go vote like crazy over here! Hey! Apparently the world is ending on Saturday (what a damper on your long weekend)! So CHARTattack contributor Steve McLean has made the perfect playlist for you. Montreal singer/...
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I Read The News Today... For April 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 11, 2011 4:34 pm
TheScore sports television network is releasing a compilation called TheScore Rocks on April 19. It'll feature all the jock rock jams you'd expect to hear at sports games, like tunes from Nickelback, Disturbed, Billy Talent, Shinedown and more. Limp Bizkit's Gold Cobra album has been pushed back to June 28. Can't they just push the release date...
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I Read The News Today... For March 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 14, 2011 4:45 pm
Want to see a guy screaming into a microphone while a silent film plays in the background? Head to this year's Images Festival, then. 54-40 are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year by releasing a new album entitled Lost In The City. It's their 13th studio LP and it's out June 14.The Kills are offering a free download of "DNA" from their...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 23, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 23, 2011 5:27 pm
Gord Downie's playing some U.S. dates in support of last year's The Grand Bounce. He'll head south of the 49th parallel in April, will play a set at this year's Coachella and will also support City And Colour on a few U.S. dates in March. —gorddownie.com Braids have announced a few more North American dates that'll take place this spring,...
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Vampires, 3D Leading For Stupidest Trend In Year-End Readers' Poll

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 16, 2010 5:09 pm
It seemed like any time a movie was released in 3D IMAX this year, everyone wet their pants. That was a major trend in 2010, and there's now 3D DVDs and 3D televisions that you can buy. You can 3D up your life in tons of different ways now. But wait a second — isn't your life 3D already? Why yes, it is. It seems the rest of you realize this and...
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16th Annual Year-End Readers' Poll - Stupidest Trend

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 10:23 am
#7 The Follow The Herd Award (Stupidest Trend)online surveys Next Question: #8 The Thank You Much—Ly Award 2010 (Best Video)
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Beatles Now On iTunes

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 16, 2010 12:14 pm
Apple went to the music store the other day, bought some records by these Beatles guys and really liked them, so they've now put their music on the interwebs for everyone else to enjoy. Just doing their job to, you know, set a trend and get everyone in on the awesome. You can now legally download The Beatles on the internet via iTunes. This...
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Trent Reznor Vs. Facebook

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 12, 2010 11:00 am
Trent Reznor may have worked on the music for The Social Network, the recently released film about Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, but that doesn't mean he's a fan of Zuckerberg's baby. Reznor recently told Drowned In Sound that he feels Facebook turns people into "avatars" of themselves, which he sees as patently false. "I've seen that with...
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Apple May Launch Music Subscription Service

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 8, 2010 11:26 am
Ever get kind of sick of paying for every single album you download on iTunes and wish the service just offered a flat fee to let you pick up unlimited albums?That may be in the future, since Apple is reportedly talking to the major labels about starting a subscription service which would see users pay a fee for unlimited downloading every month.A...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Song In Apple iPad Ad

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By Kate MacRae (CHARTattack) May 19, 2010 4:02 pm
Apple have released a new ad for the iPad featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Gold Lion," from their 2006 Show Your Bones album. The iPad is not the first instance of Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahs being used for sneaky background earworm action, as their song "Runaway" was used for a 2009 episode of Gossip Girl. It's Blitz!'s "Heads...
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Moby Releases Canadian Apple Store Session On iTunes

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) March 1, 2010 4:26 pm
Musical acts like Billy Talent and The Shins have done it, and now Moby can add himself to the list: the electronica DJ will release his own Apple store performance session on March 2. Moby iTunes Live From Montreal was recorded during his extensive Canadian tour last fall, where Moby made a stop at the Apple Store's Saint Catherine Street...
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Rock Band iPod Touch, iPhone App Features Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 9, 2009 12:43 pm
Rock Band fans will soon be able to play some of their favourite songs from the video game series on their Apple iPod Touch and iPhones. EA Mobile will release a Rock Band iPod Touch and iPhone application sometime this month, which features 20 tracks from the likes of Foo Fighters, AFI, Smashing Pumpkins and others. The application will let...
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Metallica Apple iPhone App Launches

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 8, 2009 3:39 pm
Metallica have launched a new iPhone application that will let their fans listen to tracks recorded live at their shows while they're jogging, going to work or whatever else. The iPhone application lets fans download tracks they've previously purchased from LiveMetallica.com to their iPhones. There's a small fee of 99 cents. That means if you...
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7digital Launches In North America

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 7, 2009 3:28 pm
Apple's iTunes and Amazon now have a new competitor in 7digital, a low-price MP3 website that launched in North America on Tuesday. The website, which was previously servicing the United Kingdom and Europe, offers "daily deals" of entire albums in MP3 format for the equivalent of four British pounds (about $7 Canadian) on the British...
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