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North American night owls who were up at 4am ET and also happen to be fans of U2 (wait, does such a combination exist?) were in for a treat last night when the band’s twelfth studio album, No Line On The Horizon officially leaked, two weeks before release date (March 3 in North America) on Universal Australia’s legal download platform getmusic.com.au. Continue Reading »

Trent Reznor posted a note last night on the Nine Inch Nails forums announcing that the band will tour with the newly reformed Jane’s Addiction later this year and that it may very well be the last Nine Inch Nails tour ever. Continue Reading »

So the name Manu Dibango may not mean anything to you, but about 10 of his syllables may ring a bell: he sued Michael Jackson back in the day over MJ’s hit Wanna be Startin’ Somethin’ because Dibango claimed that “Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa,” was ripped off from his 1972 hit Soul Makossa (considered by many as the first recorded disco song), but nothing was resolved and the whole thing just kinda went away, until very recently. Continue Reading »

So by now everyone knows that both Chris Brown & Rihanna were no-shows among last night’s Grammy Awards performers, and it’s allegedly because Chris Brown was being detained due to a domestic violence charge? So now Chris Brown’s under full investigation, but some sites are claiming that the reason he’s so violently enraged is because Rihanna gave him herpes?!

Huh. Count me among the list of people who didn’t even know these guys were dating.

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When I moved from St. John’s to Halifax I quickly found out about the history of Africville, Nova Scotia. I couldn’t believe that having lived so close to Nova Scotia (in Newfoundland) for my entire life; I had never even heard of Africville and then was shocked even more to find so many people across this country who hadn’t heard of the community, the history and the relocation of its residents.
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So I was at the inauguration in Washington yesterday. It was the most amazing thing I have ever been a part of - millions of people, energy that was almost tangible. A television can’t do it justice…words can’t describe it…but there is always song. It’s by an artist called Khalel and it’s called “Obama” - check it out below and let me know what you think!

- Matte

Links:
YouTube: Khalel
MySpace: Khalel