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The internet loves the mystery of a speeding car.

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Sample quote from the trailer for the documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields: “The Best of Olivia Newton John. I’ve haven’t heard her version of ‘Me and Bobby McGee.’ That’s audacious of her.” Cannot wait to see this. [via The Awl]

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NPR piece on compression and the trending of loudness in modern music.  Anchor Robert Siegel interviews legendary mastering genius Bob Ludwig, who has 40 years of experience in sound engineering. He references the following YouTube clip entitled “The Loudness War” as an example of the decline in dynamic range.

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The trailer for The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning looks and sounds equally amazing and cheesy: “In 1975, Rock was a man’s world.” Consider me there. And I take back anything I may have ever said about Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett. She looks awesome. And Sadie over at Jezebel is spot on […]

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The video for I Blame Coco‘s new single “Caesar” has just debuted on MySpace. The physical version will be officially released on January 25th in a limited edition 10″ format with a special remix by Miike Snow. It’s a jolting change of direction from the reggae-influenced pop of her demos that have been floating around […]

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Although, he may look a little rougher than he did 25 years ago (who wouldn’t?), Ian McCulloch’s voice still sounds amazing. Rolling Stone has footage (which, annoyingly, is un-embed-able) of the Echo & the Bunnymen frontman performing a few new songs from the band’s latest, The Fountain, as well as a killer version of “The […]

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