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12 Ideas The Olympics Committee Rejected Before Deciding To Have Liam Gallagher Sing "Wonderwall" At The Closing Ceremony
July 20, 2012 in Sound of the City
The latest rumor about how the Olympics will close themselves out next month comes from The Sun: "[Oasis's Liam Gallagher] will perform a new arrangement of... 'Wonderwall' with bandmates Gem...
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"Beware The Spectre Of Polyphony": Seven Innovations That Have Been Accused Of Killing Music
July 18, 2012 in Sound of the City
T-Pain: Accused of killing music with the microphone, on the Internet. People have been concerned for a very long time with what's killing music. The current boogeyman is undoubtedly Auto-Tune,...
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All of the Arguments About Digital Music, Summarized
June 26, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Piracy is theft. Piracy isn't theft because nothing physical is being stolen. You are taking money out of the hands of artists. Artists were already being ripped off by labels. Artists can make the...
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All Of The Arguments About Digital Music, Summarized
June 25, 2012 in Sound of the City
Piracy is theft. Piracy isn't theft because nothing physical is being stolen. You are taking money out of the hands of artists. Artists were already being ripped off by labels. Artists can make the...
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U2 Gets Lost In The Sorta-Ironic, Definitely Opportunistic "Discotheque"
June 12, 2012 in Sound of the City
This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents...
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SOTC's March Madness Pits Thelonious Monk (2) Against Norah Jones (10) In The Round Of 32
March 20, 2012 in Sound of the City
?Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week, with battles in the Round of 32 daily. Keep up with all the...
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Laura Nyro (10) And Paul Simon (2) Take SOTC's March Madness Tournament Down By The Schoolyard
March 19, 2012 in Sound of the City
?Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week. Today, all the remaining contenders in the Uptown division battle it out in...
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Oddsmaking: Will Thom Yorke Dance Away With The Short-Form Music Video Grammy?
February 10, 2012 in Sound of the City
Unlike MTV's Video Music Awards, which usually reward some combination of pop excellence, symbolic audacity, and likelihood of being controversial, the Grammys' short-form music video category is a lot like...
Let's Stay Together: The Messages Of Barack Obama's Re-Election Playlist
February 10, 2012 in Sound of the City
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Nicki Minaj Masters The Art Of The Diss Video With "Stupid Hoe"
January 27, 2012 in Sound of the City
Nicki Minaj's "Stupid Hoe" is supposed to be a diss track aimed at Lil Kim, but in the tradition of diss tracks, it's pretty weak. Something like Jay-Z's "Takeover" uses...
