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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: Original Soundtrack

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 1:49 p.m.

In this adaptation of an indie comic, Michael Cera plays bass in the hapless garage band Sex Bob-Omb when he's not battling his love interest's "evil exes." For the soundtrack, Beck phoned in a few slacker-punk novelties for the cast members to deadpan (including the noisy, gleeful "We Are SEX ...

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Full circle: Why is Sandie Shaw back on stage?

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pop, seven

Published Aug. 7, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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Sandie Shaw is giving me a guided tour of her feet. "That's been taken off." She rubs her finger along the side of her shapely right foot just below a purple-nailed big toe. "Bunions?" I say, nervously, for these are celebrated size seven-and-a-halfs. As she was clocking up three number ones in the mid 1960s ("Always Something There to Remind Me", "Long Live Love" and "Puppet on a String"), Shaw was labelled "the barefoot pop princess" on account of her habit of singing on stage without shoes

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Martin Drew, British Jazz Drummer, Dies at 66

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Published Aug. 7, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

Mr. Drew was a drummer for Oscar Peterson and also for Ronnie Scott ...

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Book Review - Little Girl Blue - The Life of Karen Carpenter - By Randy L. Schmidt

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pop

Published Aug. 6, 2010 at 2:52 p.m.

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A biography of the ill-fated 1970s pop star Karen Carpenter ...

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CDs of the week

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pop

Published Aug. 6, 2010 at 5:36 a.m.

A round-up of this week's biggest music releases including Pop, Jazz and World CDs ...

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Album: Caitlin Rose, Own Side Now (Names)

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pop

Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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There's always been an uneasy balance between country music's fidelity to its establishment priorities and its reliance on inspired renegade outsiders – Hank Williams being the classic case – but in recent decades, those roles have become strangely confused. These days, it's the supposedly conservative Nashville music establishment that has been steadily broadening its reach by diluting its core values with the commercial pop imperatives of the likes of LeAnn Rimes and Taylor Swift, while

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Album: Travie McCoy, Lazarus (Fueled By Ramen)

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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Travis "Travie" McCoy made more UK chart impact with the recent ersatz reggae-rap hit single "Billionaire" than he did in over a decade as frontman of pop-rappers Gym Class Heroes, and while there are a couple more hits to come from Lazarus, it's unlikely to make him a household name ...

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Story of the song: 'Don't Speak', No Doubt, 1996

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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When Gwen Stefani walked into the Anaheim house she shared with her brother and bandmates, she heard Eric Stefani playing a tender piano figure that stopped her in her tracks. The pair immediately set about writing the song that would become "Don't Speak". Gwen gushed out some lyrics: "I can see it all in an eye blink/ I know everything about how you are/ I can understand exactly how you think/ Between you and me, it's not very far." The verses celebrated Gwen's long-standing relationship with

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