Jacob Ganz
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On 11/11/11 — and in honor of the Nigel Tufnel, the Spinal Tap guitarist whose amps went up to 11 — we've taken thousands of your nominations and compiled a list of songs that sound best turned up loud.
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The rapper, famous for making light of being overweight, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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The Nova Scotian stalwarts attribute their longevity to a tight code of democracy and avoiding the spotlight.
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The service has won over users in Europe and generated interested in the U.S. by offering a simple service. It has a huge catalog of music that can be streamed, combined into playlists and accessed from any computer with an Internet connection, for free.
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After unsold tickets and canceled tours marred last year's summer concert season, the industry has regrouped in an effort to win back fans who have grown tired of high ticket prices and fees.
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Apple's cloud-based service tracks the music and other digital property on a listener's hard drive and makes it available wirelessly to devices that can connect to the Internet. iCloud, which arrives after a long negotiation with the major record labels, will be available for free this fall.
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The huge success of Lady Gaga's new album says a lot about what we want from our pop stars today.
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Your editors co-host an episode of the Planet Money podcast dedicated to musicians and the Internet.
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How singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton made big bucks without the help of a record company.
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Smother, the new album from the English quartet, finds the band still obsessed with sex, but the new songs gentler, and somehow even more intense.