Taobao removed listings for 50,000 iTunes accounts after complaints. – A popular Chinese online marketplace has removed 50,000 Apple iTunes accounts being offered on its Website following a controversy that erupted last week.
The decision by Taobao follows a Jan. 6 report by the Global Times that revealed the accounts were available for between 1 and 200 yuan, whic…
CHROMEO ANNOUNCE LIVE FROM MONTREAL iTUNES SESSION OUT JANUARY
18TH; DUO TO APPEAR ON CONAN FEBRUARY 21ST; ADDS DATES TO “RISKY BUSINESS”
TOUR
 Chromeo |
The 80′s inspired electro-pop duo Chromeo has announced the release of Live From Montreal iTunes
Session exclusively on iTunes January 18. The band performed 13 songs live at the Sainte Catherine
Apple store in Montreal. The album includes choice cuts from all three of Chromeo’s full-length albums and will be
available for all fans of powerful electronic pop music, track listing below.
Furthermore, the two funk-masters will continue their late night television appearances by playing live on
Conan on
February 21. Along with these special announcements, Chromeo has added several dates to their upcoming North
American “Risky Business” tour in support of their Billboard ranked 2010 release Business Casual on Big
Beat/Atlantic Records. With most major markets already sold out, the tour will now include new dates in Toronto,
Washington DC, Vancouver and Reno.
LIVE FROM MONTREAL ITUNES SESSION TRACKLISTING
1. I’m Not Contagious
2. Tenderoni
3. Call Me Up
4. Hot Mess
5. Waiting 4 U
6. Needy Girl
7. Bonafied Lovin
8. Don’t Turn The Lights On
9. You’re So Gangsta
10. Night By Night
11. Momma’s Boy
12. 100%
13. Fancy Footwork
CHROMEO “RISKY BUSINESS TOUR” DATES:
January 20, 2011 Quebec City – Imperial de Quebec
January 21, 2011 Montreal – Metropolis
January 22, 2011 Toronto – Opera House SOLD OUT
January 23, 2011 Toronto – Opera House
February 03, 2011 Boston – House Of Blues
February 04, 2011 New York – Terminal 5 SOLD OUT
February 05, 2011 Washington – 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
February 06, 2011 Washington – 9:30 Club
February 10, 2011 Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom SOLD OUT
February 11, 2011 Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom
February 12, 2011 Portland – Roseland Theater
February 17, 2011 Reno – The Knitting Factory
February 18, 2011 Oakland – Fox Theater
February 19, 2011 Pomona – Fox Theatre
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Some 50,000 iTunes accounts are being sold using a popular Chinese online store, according to a report. – Roughly
50,000 active iTunes accounts are reportedly being sold online for as
little as 15 cents.
According
to China’s Global Times
newspaper, the accounts are being sold through taobao.com, a popular
Chinese-language online store, for between 1 and 200 yuan the equivalent
of between 15 …
SteelSeries has announced a new headset that uses a behind the neck band for comfort called the Siberia Neckband. The headset has a retractable mic and inline controls for calls and music. Chinese hackers have put 50,000 stolen iTunes accounts up for auction on the site TaoBao. The site knows that the listings are stolen [...]
Google is allegedly mulling a periodical publication push for Android smartphones and tablets to challenge Apple’s iTunes store for its iPad magazine and newspaper apps. – Eyeing Apple’s digital content strategy, Google is making a stronger push
for getting major publications onto smartphones and tablet computers based on
the Android operating system.
The search engine is courting publishers to build versions of their publications
tailored for Android mobile gadge…
A GIFT TO FZ FANS IN HONOR OF HIS NATAL DAY
In honor of Frank Zappa’s birthday this week, a new digital download, available here. Entitled Anything Anytime Anywhere For No Reason At All, Again Also, the set details are as follows:
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1. “Willie The Pimp” by Frank Zappa
Artists: DMC, Talib Kweli, MMM & Ahmet Zappa; Produced By Jared Lee Gosselin
For Monsterfoot Music; Recorded and Mixed By Jared Lee Gosselin, UMRK;
Vocals – DMC (Darryl McDaniels), Talib Kweli (Talib Kweli Greene courtesy of
Blacksmith Music) & Ahmet Zappa; Drums – Marshall Goodman; Guitar – Orbel
Babayan; Bass – Kurt Morgan; Scratches – Mix Master Mike
2. “Bobby Brown” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Ahmet Zappa; Produced, Recorded & Mixed By Jared Lee Gosselin, UMRK;
B.G. Vocals – Rama Duke; Guitar – Orbel Babayan; Keys – Fred Kron; Bass -
Kurt Morgan; Drums – Joe Travers
3. “Treacherous Cretins” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Frank Zappa; Pau, France, 16 March 1979; Produced & Recorded Live by
FZ; Guitar/vocals – FZ; Vocals – Ike Willis; Slide guitar/vocals – Denny
Walley; Guitar -; Warren Cuccurullo; Keyboards – Tommy Mars; Keyboards -
Peter Wolf; Percussion – Ed Mann; Bass – Arthur Barrow; Drums – Vinnie
Colaiuta; Mixed by FZ; Mastered by John Polito 2010
4. “The Deathless Horsie” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Dweezil Zappa (Live with ZPZ); Produced by Dweezil Zappa; Mixed by
Dweezil Zappa & TJ Helmerich; Mastered by Dweezil Zappa & TJ Helmerich; Live
Recording Engineer: Dave Tobias; 2011 GRAMMY NOMINEE – Best Rock
Instrumental Performance
5. “City Of Tiny Lites” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Frank Zappa at Hammersmith Odeon; London, England, 26 January 1978;
Produced & Recorded Live by FZ; Guitar, vocals – FZ; Drums – Terry Bozzio;
Guitar, vocals – Adrian Belew; Percussion – Ed Mann; Bass – Patrick O’Hearn;
Keyboards, vocals – Tommy Mars; Keyboards – Peter Wolf; Mixed by Craig
Parker Adams, December 2010; Mastered by John Polito 2010
6. “Your Mouth” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Macy Gray (Courtesy of Concord Music Group); Produced By Jared Lee
Gosselin For Monsterfoot Music; Recorded & Mixed By Jared Lee Gosselin,
UMRK; B.G. Vocals – Rama Duke; Lead Guitar – Dweezil Zappa; Horns – Scheila
Gonzalez; Keys – Fred Kron; Rhythm Guitar – Orbel Babayan; Bass – Kurt
Morgan; Drums – Joe Travers
7. “My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Frank Zappa; Syracuse, NY, 21 March 1988; Produced & Recorded Live
by FZ; Lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal – FZ; Vocals – Ike Willis; Rhythm
guitar, synth, vocal – Mike Keneally; Keyboards, vocal – Bobby Martin;
Vibes, marimba, electronic percussion – Ed Mann; Trumpet, flugel horn, synth
- Walt Fowler; Trombone – Bruce Fowler; Alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax
- Paul Carman; Tenor sax – Albert Wing; Baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass
clarinet – Kurt McGettrick; Electric bass, Minimoog – Scott Thunes; Drums,
electronic percussion – Chad Wackerman; Mixed by FZ with Bob Stone, UMRK
1989; Mastered by John Polito 2010
8. “Jumbo Go Away” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Frank Zappa at Hammersmith Odeon; London, England, February 1979;
Produced & Recorded Live by FZ; Guitar/vocals – FZ; Vocals – Ike Willis;
Slide guitar/vocals – Denny Walley; Guitar – Warren Cuccurullo; Keyboards -
Tommy Mars; Keyboards – Peter Wolf; Percussion – Ed Mann; Bass – Arthur
Barrow; Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta; Mixed by FZ with Bob Stone, UMRK circa
1981; Mastered by John Polito 2010
9. “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Dweezil Zappa, Zappa Plays Zappa with N.M. Brock & Steve Vai
Produced by Pierre & Francois Lamoureux
Mixed by Denis Normandeau & Dweezil Zappa with Francois Lamoureux
Mastered by Bryan Martin & Francois Lamoureux at Sonosphere, Montreal
2009 GRAMMY WINNER – Best Rock Instrumental Performance
10. “Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance” by Frank Zappa
Artist: Holland Greco; Ukulele / Vocals / Kazoo / Bells – Holland Greco;
Drums – Andy Sanesi; Tracking Produced by Joe Travers, UMRK; Engineered by
Richard Landers; Additional Recording, Engineering, and Synths by Starvon
Washington at S1V Music Studios; Mix by Jared Gosselin
11. “The Torture Never Stops” by Frank Zappa
Artists: Chloe & Robert Trujillo (on Bass); Guitar – Jamie Kime; Keys – Fred
Kron; Drums – Andy Sanesi; Tracking Produced by Joe Travers, UMRK;
Engineered by Richard Landers; Mix by Jared Lee Gosselin, UMRK
12. “Stairway To Heaven” by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Artist: Frank Zappa; Buffalo, NY, 9 March 1988; Produced & Recorded Live by
FZ; Lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal – FZ; Vocal – Ike Willis; Rhythm
guitar, synth, vocal – Mike Keneally; Keyboards, vocal – Bobby Martin;
Vibes, marimba, electronic percussion – Ed Mann; Trumpet, flugelhorn, synth
- Walt Fowler; Trombone – Bruce Fowler; Alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax
- Paul Carman Tenor sax – Albert Wing; Baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass
clarinet – Kurt McGettrick; Electric bass, Minimoog – Scott Thunes; Drums,
electronic percussion – Chad Wackerman; Mix by FZ with Bob Stone, UMRK 1989;
Mastered by John Polito 2010
NEW ALBUM AND VIDEO OUT TODAY; PHYSICAL RELEASE IN FEBRUARY
With the much anticipated release of their 13th studio album All You Need Is Now, British pop
legends Duran Duran have
stormed straight to #1 on the Pop Download Charts in the UK, US, Canada and Italy within hours of the album’s
release today, December 21, exclusively on the iTunes Store. The 9-track LP, produced by the Grammy Award-
winning Mark Ronson, is currently #2
on the U.S. iTunes Album Chart. An expanded physical LP with additional original, new tracks will be released in
February 2011 in various format deluxe packages.
Duran Duran’s video for lead single “All You Need Is Now” premiered today and can be viewed below.
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Apple iTunes continues to dominate the paid digital-download market, outpacing Amazon.com’s share, but faces a major rival if Google launches a music service. – Apples iTunes continues to dominate the paid digital-download market,
according to new data from research company NPD Group, comfortably outpacing
Amazon.com.
For the third quarter of 2010, iTunes share of that market rose to 66.2
percent, up from 63.2 percent for the same quarter in 2009. Meanw…
FEATURES STUDIO VERSION OF “FIRE & WATER”
 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros |
A new six-song iTunes Session by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is now available exclusively through the popular
online music store. Recorded at EastWest Studio in Los Angeles, the session features reworked, unique versions
some of the band’s most popular songs from their debut album Up From Below. Also included in the release
is a previously unrecorded live show favorite titled “Fire & Water”.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros finish up 2010 by playing a handful of US shows including KROQ’s Almost
Acoustic Christmas on December 12. The band will kick off 2011 with a trip to Australia and New Zealand for Big Day
Out.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – iTunes Session
1 Up From Below
2 Janglin’
3 40 Day Dream
4 Fire & Water
5 Brother
6 Desert Song
Edward Sharpe
& the Magnetic Zeros
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Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros News
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Edward Sharpe &
the Magnetic Zeros
Concert
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NEW SINGLE FEATURES LYNCH ON VOCALS AND PRODUCTION DUTIES
 David Lynch |
Legendary film director David Lynch has created his first original electronic single “Good Day Today,”
backed with a narcotic blues track “I Know,” and has signed it to leading U.K. independent label Sunday Best
Recordings. Both tracks materialize today, Monday, November 29 as an exclusive release via iTunes.
“Good Day Today” is joined by the trippy blues track “I Know” for its exclusive digital release on iTunes today.
Sunday Best has commissioned a stellar set of remixes of the single for full release in January which will feature
artwork created by Vaughan Oliver, the esteemed graphic designer behind timeless album covers by Pixies, The
Breeders and Cocteau Twins.
David Lynch comments: “In all my films, I have always been very involved with all that one hears. The creation of
this record was a natural extension of my love of sound and music. I am very happy to be with Sunday Best with the
songs ‘Good Day Today’ and ‘I Know.’ This feels like a good partnership and I’m looking forward to everyone having
a good day today.”
Just in time for Christmas, Coldplay has announced that it will wish fans Happy Holidays by releasing a new holiday-themed song — entitled “Christmas Lights” — “in the key of G,” to iTunes on Wednesday, Dec. 1.
We wouldn’t call it Beatlemania, but The Fab Four are definitely large and in charge on iTunes. The Beatles catalogue was released on iTunes, the world’s No. 1 digital music retailer, for the first time on Nov. 16, ending years of negotiations between Apple founder Steve Jobs. In the first week since the catalogue was [...]
The official Google Voice app for iPhone went live this week and our sister site SlashGear has already reviewed the app and offered up their judgment. The verdict is that the app is crazy simple to use and Google Voice fans will love it. Whoever runs the Twitter account for Verizon has hinted that the [...]
Here is a step by step guide showing you two ways to sync iTunes music to Motorola Android smartphone.
Apple is offering the Beatles’ 13 studio albums and associated material through iTunes, ending what many considered a glaring omission from the music service. – Apple is offering the Beatles 13 studio albums through its
iTunes service, alongside extras such as the “Live at the Washington Coliseum,
1964” concert film. The famed bands absence from Apples music service was
long considered a glaring omission.
Apple Corps, which publishes the Beatles work, h…
Every song, every note of the legendary sound that defined a generation has been given a facelift for the digital age. On Tuesday morning — after 24 hours of teasing — Apple revealed that its chatted-up “exicting” iTunes announcement is that the entire Beatles catalog is now available for download from the web’s leading online [...]
Apple Corps, EMI, and Apple today announced that the Beatles, the most influential and beloved rock band in history, is now available for the first time on the iTunes Store. Starting today, the group’s 13 legendary remastered studio albums are available for purchase and download on iTunes worldwide, either as albums or as individual songs. Said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, “We love the Beatles and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes.†He added, “we are now realizing a dream we’ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.â€
FROM ABBEY ROAD TO YOUR EAR BUDS
Perhaps the most anticipated and longed for addition to uber-MP3 service iTunes has been The Beatles’
catalogue. Well, it’s now available. Read more about it here.
Proporta has unveiled a new battery case for the iPhone 4 called the TurboCharger Back Pack. The case has an internal 1700mAh battery and can charge and sync with an included USB cable with a MSRP of $66.95. I mentioned the PLX Devices XWave brain interface a while back; the thing allows you to control [...]
The Beatles have finally agreed to make their songs available on iTunes for the first time, it has emerged. The band”s surviving members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, have so far held out against making their music available digitally but are finally ready to embrace [...]
