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Kids, Indie Rockers, Hipsters? Classical Music Streams Into Summer

Double vision: Stars of the Lid team with strings for a Wordless Music performance.
Double vision: Stars of the Lid team with strings for a Wordless Music performance.

With as many musical genres competing for your attention as there are iPods currently plugged into ears, there’s a huge demand today for aurally inclined curators. What regular person has time to sort through everything?  read more »

Heroes Soundtrack, With Bowie, Wilco, Hits Stores March 18

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The soundtrack for NBC's popular superhero drama, Heroes, will hit stores on March 18, bringing fans 18 songs from the show that mix the old (Bob Dylan and David Bowie -- the Bowie track is "Heroes," obvs!), with the new (Wilco, Panic! at the Disco, and Imogen Heap), according to The Hollywood Reporter. More notably, the disc will also include a track by '80s fuzz-rockers the Jesus and Mary Chain, which is the duo's first new studio recording in a decade, as well as four songs -- including the Heroes theme song -- written by former Prince collaborators Wendy & Lisa. And for the die-hards, who are currently lamenting the show's hiatus, "executive producer/director Allan Arkush has crafted five music video montage podcasts -- featuring Heroes footage set to select tracks from the album." But for those, they'll have to hit up the Zune online store (the exclusive free download spot) or MSN, where they will be streaming.

Mellowing Jeff Tweedy Trades His Denim for Cords

Good old boys: Tweedy, second from right, and his big, sweet band.
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Good old boys: Tweedy, second from right, and his big, sweet band.

On Sky Blue Sky, Wilco’s frontman shows the soft side of his ever-expanding rock band.  read more »

The End Of Summer

Don't ask me how I know this, but I hear that summer's on the way out.  read more »

Wilco Stretches, Grins, And Shows Summer Teeth

Folk rock, like Cher, is one of the record industry's distress signals.  read more »