Double Stereo Blog: News 
Radiohead announced today the opening of their own digital music store on their w.a.s.t.e. website. The cool thing is that they have made Disk 2 from In Rainbows available digitally for everyone who didn’t get a chance to purchase the Diskbox. As of right now their digital store has four releases...In Rainbows, Disk 2 from In Rainbows, Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to the film There Will Be Blood (soundtrack) and Thom Yorke's solo debut The Eraser. We say hooray for Radiohead.
MSNBC - Researchers explore how melodies can help regulate heart, boost hormones
As Victor Fabry napped in his hospital bed, a quiet symphony filled his room. The steady pulse of a cardiac monitor marked the progress of his mending heart. Over that beat, the swaying strains of a Brazilian guitarist pumped nearly nonstop from a CD player on the shelf.
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From Times Online -
Kanye West is hardly known for his mild manner, but he has matched even his most famous tantrums after civilians dared launch Twitter accounts in his name.
The hip-hop star turned vocoder vocalist hit the caps lock and posted a rant on his website, pointing out that he was far too busy “being creative” to use Twitter and that the micro-blogging site should never have let anyone “tweet” using his name.
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The 2009 Austin City Limits Festival line up looks to be one of their best yet. Pearl Jam fans will be happy as they are set to be one of the headliners this year. Other bands include Beastie Boys, Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Ben Harper, Sonic Youth, Ghostland Observatory and more.
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The Tripwire - The French government has a reputation for their strong anti-piracy stance in regards to illegal downloading of music and movies via the internet, but it looks like the government has gotten itself into a small mess of hypocritical trouble for using MGMT’s song, “Kids” without permission. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty of using “Kids” at two meetings and on the internet without the permission of the American band.
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The news is out that Vampire Weekend is working on tunes for their second album. Stereogum has all the details and has posted a couple of tracks from the side project featuring Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and lead singer of Ra Ra Riot, Wes Miles.
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Band reveal details behind mystery release. Pixies have confirmed the release of 'Minotaur' after speculation mounted earlier today (April 21) that a new release by the reformed band was imminent.
Available to pre-order from June 15, 'Minotaur' is a luxury collector's box set featuring a wealth of material spanning the band's entire career.
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The L.A. Times music blog - The band's 'Tentacles' album has arrived, but its label, Touch and Go, has problems. Fortunately, the Long Beach band is self-sufficient.
Long Beach-based Crystal Antlers has, since its inception in 2006, stuck to the do-it-yourself model that punk bands honed in the 1980s. The sextet -- singer and bassist Jonny Bell, guitarists Errol Davis and Andrew King, organist Victor Rodriguez-Guerrero, drummer Kevin Stuart and multi-instrumentalist Damian Edwards (an L.A. cult hero known as "Sexual Chocolate") -- made its own CD packaging, screen-printed its own T-shirts and toured the country constantly.
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By SOLVEJ SCHOU, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of George Harrison's biggest fans and best friends, including Paul McCartney and Tom Petty, turned out Tuesday to see a posthumous star for the quiet Beatle unveiled during a raucous celebration on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fellow former Beatle McCartney stood next to Harrison's widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, as the star was unveiled in front of the landmark Capitol Records building.
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Billboard.com - Pearl Jam will play live dates in the U.S. later this year, including the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco Aug. 28-30, Billboard has confirmed. The band has also completed 14 songs for a new album and is working on a film with director Cameron Crowe, guitarist Mike McCready said in a radio interview late last month. McCready told Seattle's "Ron & Don Show" that the band is about halfway finished with its next album, which is being recorded in California with producer Brendan O'Brien.
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