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The Beatles: Rock Band

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 14, 2009 2:20 pm
Yes, The Beatles: Rock Band is indeed worth the hype. It may just be one of the greatest music-related video games ever released. Its only flaw is the number of songs. The best way to fully experience the game is to play it in "Story" (career) mode. Played this way, The Beatles: Rock Band begins with the group's early days at The...
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The Beatles: Rare And Unseen

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 3, 2009 1:27 pm
Countless DVDs and videos — official and unofficial — have been issued about the Fab Four, and The Beatles: Rare And Unseen suffers from the same problems as other videos in the latter category. It features some of the first live footage of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, along with video of the band shooting Help!...
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The Beatles — Love

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) November 21, 2006 10:36 am
There's good reason for an involuntary twitch of discomfort when considering The Beatles' Love album. After all, a seamless concoction of Fab Four tracks that act as the soundtrack to a Cirque Du Soleil performance has a greater chance of coming out like a crude megamix mash-up than anything of calibre. It's a relief, then, that chief producer...
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WATCH: The Flaming Lips cover The Beatles' “She's So Heavy” (ft. Wilco's Nels Cline!)

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 25, 2012 11:18 am
The Flaming Lips have already taken on the Beatles with their weirdo cover of “I Am The Walrus,” and now video has surfaced of the band's take on “She's So Heavy,” which they performed during their NYE 2012 dates.Joined by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, the Lips deliver a faithful rendition, minus the fact that it lasts seventeen minutes. All the...
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Nine songs about solitude by notorious recluses

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By Jordan Darville (CHARTattack) January 23, 2012 2:02 pm
There are fewer things more valuable in the music industry than a little bit of mystery, so when an artist shuns press, touring, or the public sphere in general, people start to pay attention. This list celebrates some of our favorite shut-ins who keep us curious with their reticence. ... 1. R. Stevie Moore - “I Like To Stay Home”Like a lot of...
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EMI gets bought by Universal and Sony, evil music industry execs cackling maniacally

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By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) November 11, 2011 4:40 pm
In what can only be described as an industry game-changer, today EMI was sold to both Universal and Sony for a whopping total of $4.1 billion. EMI’s recorded music division was sold to Vivendi/Universal Music Group for $1.9 billion while EMI Publishing Group was nabbed by Sony for $2.2 billion. This means that the "Big Four" major labels, who...
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Thirty-Two Banned Album Covers

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) July 7, 2011 2:55 pm
A while back, we ran a story about 20 amazing album covers with boobies on them. It was good PG-13 fun and all, but we wanted to get a little heavier, a little darker. So we decided to seek out the badasses.Here's 32 albums that have been either banned or censored after their initial release. World Trade Center Destruction 1) Dilated Peoples — "...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending April 1, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 1, 2011 1:54 pm
Madonna is being sued by eight former workers of the Malawian girls' academy she had originally planned to fund, but overhauled in January because she said it "would not serve enough children." They're saying they were unfairly dismissed because the pop star's strategy changes weren't properly explained to them. —Agence France Presse Bret Michaels...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 4, 2011 4:42 pm
Death From Above 1979 have posted a statement about their reunion on their website. Sebastien Grainger's called 2011 a "yes" year. More people should definitely say "yes" to more things more often. —deathfromabove1979.com The Beatles and Apple are definitely BFFs now. They're so buddy-buddy these days that iTunes will drop two previously...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 26, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 26, 2011 3:54 pm
A special fundraiser's being held for Bruce Peninsula's Neil Haverty, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Toronto's Music Gallery will host the day-long event on Saturday, and funds raised will go to Haverty and his family to help him treat his illness and recover. —brucetrails.blogspot.com Here's something that's a bit weird, but not at the...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 13, 2010 3:44 pm
BlueBeat.com were probably so proud to be selling Beatles songs last year, but now the folks running it are probably none too pleased that they've been found guilty of copyright violation for doing so. —Rolling Stone DMX isn't coming out of jail, where he's being held for allegedly violating his probation. The Maricopa County Superior Court in...
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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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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 10, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 10, 2010 2:36 pm
Kanye West says Coldplay are better than The Beatles, proving he has not heard a single Beatles song in his entire life. —The Sun In other Kanye news, a porno based on the Taylor Swift incident is coming. Wow. I guess you really can make porn about anything... that or the porn industry is really running out of ideas. —Hollywood Life Death Cab For...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 9, 2010 12:25 pm
DJ Hero 2 comes out Oct. 19 in North America and Australia and Oct. 22 in Europe and it features a hell of a lot more Tiesto. Plus, it's got (to quote Beck) two turntables and a microphone. Check out the trailer: More Jimi Hendrix reissues are also coming on Oct. 19. They'll include Jimi Hendrix: Blues (originally released in...
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Rain's Beatles Tribute Triumphs Both Aurally and Visually

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) July 28, 2010 10:21 am
To celebrate my 50th birthday last night, my wife and I went to see Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles at Toronto's CANON Theatre. While I was initially skeptical about the prospect, I had taken several people's secondhand word that it was just like seeing the real thing. So I ponied up the cash and purchased a couple of tickets in the left...
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Video Of The Day: Jack White Does The Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son" At The White House

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By CHARTattack Staff July 22, 2010 1:02 pm
Paul McCartney was honoured with the Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize for songwriting last month at the White House. Jack White was there, and gave what may have been the most nerve wracking performance of his life, right in front of U.S. president Barack Obama, playing The Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son." He did a pretty great...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 21, 2010 12:00 pm
Sorry, Calgary, but the Calgary Jazz Festival has been cancelled... the same week it was supposed to start. Bummer. CBC News Sarah Harmer's announced extensive summer tour plans in support of her upcoming new album, Oh Little Fire, which is out Tuesday (June 22). sarahharmer.com Dates for the first ever Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar festival,...
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I Read The News Today... For May 17, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 17, 2010 1:58 pm
My Chemical Romance have offered Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player LeBron James a lifetime of free tickets if he signs with the New York Knicks. He'll be a free agent when the off-season begins. —VH1 A-Trak's Dirty South Dance 2 mixtape is available for free download here. Liam Gallagher's new band will write the soundtrack to his upcoming...
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Today In Music History: The Beatles' Let It Be Opens In Theatres On May 13, 1970

Submitted by Kate Harper on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:03am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 13, 2010 11:03 am
The Beatles' Let It Be documentary, which featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recording the 1970 album of the same name, premiered on this day 40 years ago.   The Michael Lindsay-Hogg-directed documentary was shot in January 1969. It doesn't contain any narration or interviews, and simply shows the band...
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