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Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:33 AM PDT


Taylor Tinkers!
Apologies to those who sought out this blog and noticed it missing last week: I forgot to write it! But for those who keep track, I probably would've said nice things about the latest album by Jamey Johnson, paid half-hearted lip service to Benjamin Gibbard's newest, yawned at the Ben Harper compilation, made a joke [...]

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 10:31 PM PDT


Rice Dream: Chris Mann & Christina Aguilera's "Blower's Daughter" Duet
Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice is quickly becoming a go-to inspiration for talent show contestants seeking quality cover-song material. Last year's "X Factor U.K." winners, Little Mix, released Damien's "Cannonball" as their coronation single; this year's "American Idol" champion, Phillip Phillips, arguably had his best moment of "Idol" Season 11 when he covered Damien's "Volcano"; and [...]

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 06:43 PM PDT


'The Voice' Battle Rounds, Pt. 5: Whataya Want From Them?
Monday kicked off the final week of battles on Season 3 of "The Voice," before some new twisty thing called a Knockout Round comes along and likely renders much of what happened during the past three weeks of Battle Rounds totally moot. But despite such an unsure future, all of this Monday's "Voice" battlers gave [...]

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT


Lana Del Rey, Framed
Hey, look who'd back in Framed! It's our old friend, songstress Lana Del Rey! This is Lana's second go-round here, and, frankly, we couldn't be happier. The occasion is her new single/video, "Ride," which already has over 7 million views on Vevo. And this is one strange song, readers. It has a spoken word intro [...]