Via: paidContent The groundwork has already been laid and now it’s official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of giving both companies a better chance at success. Real will reduce its interest in the Rhapsody America joint venture to below 50 percent to match Viacom’s, giving up control of [...]

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Enough votes will get Happy Hollows’ new video “Death to Vivek Kemp” into regular rotation on MTVu! Watch the video and vote here (voting ends Friday): http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-020110/

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DFA just re-released Pylon’s second record, Chomp, and the band’s dug out a video they made for the song “Beep,” shot by the band and crew on Super-8 and VHS in the early ’80s on the road across the U.S., and edited by Pylon’s Michael Lachowski. Apparently, the video aired on MTV once, and only [...]

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“Daniel’s got his marbles in a row right now so I guess that’d be all right,” Daniel’s dad, Bill, told me. “Daniel’s a regular person, you know, like you and me.” “That might be so,” I said, “but Daniel’s done some things I’ve never done that I’m real curious about—plus I think we might have a fun time talkin’ to each other.” We did. This interview by Drew Denny and Chris Ziegler.

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Cold War Kids did their first-ever interview with L.A. RECORD—over burritos at night at Brite Spot—and we always knew they’d end up doing something pretty great because they showed up to the photo shoot in full perfect costume. Today they release an interactive version of their video for “I’ve Seen Enough,” made with Wilco doc [...]

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