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It took a Cincinnati jury less than a day to render a guilty verdict on Wednesday (November 26) in the murder trial of Hosea Thomas. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the jury convicted Thomas on all 11 counts he faced in the 2006 shooting death of rapper T.I.’s boyhood friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, 26, including murder, five counts of felonious assault and illegally having a gun after a felony conviction.

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With all things considered, Raphael Saadiq is the thread that has weaved the fabric of contemporary soul music together. His midas touch has turned the careers of countless "soul sisters"—Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Mary J. Blige—and "soul brothers"—John Legend, Musiq Soulchild and D'Angelo—into gold. And while his artistic resume is largely unknown by the masses, such high-profile collaborations expose a mere fraction of Saadiq's musical contributions.
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Tobacco’s Tom Fec just made one of the year’s best stoner-rock records — only it’s powered by synths, hip-hop beats and vocoders instead of guitars. Moonlighting from his electronic psych-rock band Black Moth Super Rainbow, Fec crafts spectacular, Air-style instrumentals (”Pink Goo”) and expertly spins reedy Mellotrons into indelible hooks (”Hawker Boat”). Bonus points for lyrics that get lost in pot-smoke profundity: “Honey Bunches of Oat
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A new study of British people’s attitudes towards drugs has revealed that amongst people considering sampling an illegal drug, three times as many are thinking about cocaine compared to cannabis. 32% of potential drug users polled in the Observer newspaper’s latest poll of over 1,000 adults said they were contemplating cocaine compared to 12% cannabis, despite the increasingly well documented health risks associated with using the class A drug.
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The Darkthrone of today are a completely different band than when they started out and redefined the genre of black metal in the early '90s.

The strict doctrines of old have long since been left behind, but only out of a natural progression. Darkthrone sound like they do today very simply because their songwriting has evolved. They want to honor true old school music and pay homage to their influences, such as speed metal, “a little bit boring thrash”, as Fenriz would put it, and punk.

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For all of the images introduced in various aliases or alter egos in the rock ‘n’ roll era — from David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust to Chan Marshall as Cat Power — what has ultimately mattered most is not so much a name as the quality of the music such personas represent.

As for Beyonce, who on her latest album assumes the fictitious role of Sasha Fierce — a name she’s long ascribed to her onstage semblance — she demonstrates how giving a character a voice has, in turn, enabled her to reveal far more of her own.

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If you plan on singing along to The Killers at V Festival 2009, frontman Brandon Flowers wants to make sure you get the words right. He has responded to confusion over the chorus of the band’s new single Human, in which he sings, “Are we human, or are we dancer?” As your year three schoolteacher will tell you, that last word should be a plural – which has led people to think the lyric is in fact “denser”.
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It is time for another gathering of all fans in the Buffy universe as Buffy The Vampire Slayer – The Score CD has just been released. While the television show is long gone, Buffy and her friends live on in DVDs, graphic novels, comics and an ever-increasing array of memorabilia.

This latest CD offering features the music of Christophe Beck from seasons two through five.

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For close to 25 years now, Swedish-born legend Yngwie Malmsteen has awed audiences worldwide with his groundbreaking brand of classical-style heavy metal and distinct approach to guitar playing. Whether it be slick, sweeping arpeggio riffs or lightning-quick shredding (which at times hard rock critics thought was a little overdone at the expense of stronger songwriting), Malmsteen has nonetheless earned irrevocable praise in the world of all things metal and electric guitar.

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Industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails continue US/Canada 2008 tour, and have 19 dates remained in their concert itinerary up to the middle of December. The band will visit Minneapolis (MN), Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), Victoria (British Columbia), Portland (OR), Sacramento (CA), Las Vegas (NV), and some other markets. Latest Nine Inch Nails’ album is ‘Ghosts I–IV’ also known as ‘Halo 26′ was released in March.

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