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Small Outposts Rule Online MP3 Salesnew

No longer the domain of a handful of power-brokers, online digital retail's future is most clear in little shops -- here are a few of the best.
Rocking the Invisible Guitarnew
Air guitar, once an embarrassing secret or a teenage hobby, is now an international phenomenon.
40 'Sgt. Pepper'-credited Innovations Exposed!new
Many of Sgt. Pepper's accepted innovations are now known to come from somewhere else.
Metro Times |
Serene Dominic |
06-19-2007 |
Music
Slowhand's Secret Shownew
Super-top-secret private concert featuring Eric Clapton to take place at Greenwich's super-exclusive Belle Haven Club in July.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Tom Gogola |
06-13-2007 |
Music
Tags: Eric Clapton
Are Your Ears Burning Yet?new
Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer.
Life After CDsnew
Vermont's mom-and-pop music stores struggle with life in the digital age.
Seven Days |
Casey Rae-Hunter |
06-08-2007 |
Music
Think Your Record Collection is Worth $20,000?new
Ask Stephen Braitman, the guru of nostalgia.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-06-2007 |
Music
Public Guilt Scratches the Surfacenew
Looks great, sounds even better -- the Baltimore record label helps midwife a noise document of right now.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
06-05-2007 |
Music
Show Snipersnew
Faced with hefty ticket prices, some locals take to the roofs around Kansas City's outdoor venues.
The Conversionnew
I've turned my 1,000 CDs into mp3s -- here's why I'll never go back.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Matt Charlton |
06-04-2007 |
Music
On Rock Reunions & Nostalgia Concertsnew
Somehow the Police's reunion has coincided with rock reunions of all types, and this is not a good thing.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
06-04-2007 |
Music
Professor Griff's Freaky Frequencynew
The former minister of information for Public Enemy says satanic messages are embedded in hip-hop grooves.
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
06-04-2007 |
Music
Paul McCartney Can't Stop Trolling for Public's Attentionnew
At what point is it OK to call a moratorium on the cute Beatle?
The Georgia Straight |
Elaine Corden |
06-01-2007 |
Music
Danzig: A Pool of Elf's Bloodnew
With a new collection of rarities and outtakes, it's time to review Glenn Danzig's sinister contributions to modern culture.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-01-2007 |
Music
The Children of Eltonnew

Gifted singer-pianists like Rufus Wainwright and Mika have emerged to extend John's genre -- call it cabaret rock, or simply Eltonia -- in new and exciting directions.
San Antonio Current |
Geoffrey Himes |
05-30-2007 |
Music