Gene Simmons blames illegal downloads (The Star) bi13251200 Kiss frontman Gene Simmons appealing to music fans to stop downloading songs illegally, blaming the move for the demise of the music industry

With the Music Industry Switching to Downloads, Is the World Ready for a $40 bi13251200 New acoustic music label, Blue Coast Records, challenges the current trend and declares value the ears of the Discerning Listener

POP MUSIC (Washington Post) bi13251200 The music of San Antonio, was celebrated Thursday night at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sometimes called "Tex-Mex," but that tag barely begins to cover all the styles heard at the festival tent dubbed the Dancehall. There were Spanish-language ballads and Nashville-style country..

Journey inside an art piece: 'The Sunshine Underground' (The Pantagraph) bi13251200 NORMAL -- The art installation ?The Sunshine ? explores the vastness of the universe, the minuteness of parts and all connections between. It about everything that ever was and be ? seen through the microscope, the eye and the telescope, from all of time and from before time, there was a time before time. It how humankind connects to the supernova, the cosmic ..

Down the Underground (Phoenix New Times) bi13251200 Unless you consider Nickelback rock ?n? roll, you probably don?t rely on the radio to find the hottest new rock music, so why settle for FM-radio-filtered hip-hop? As most music genres today, you want to hear the best, you need to go . One of the best Chicago rap ..

Monster music invades the Landmark July (Newport News-Times) bi13251200 An unprecedented flood of local, regional and national musical performers slated to invade the Landmark Yachats during summer's month-long ?July Music Monster.?..

Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Tom Di Nardo, Shau bi13251200 Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Tom Di Nardo, Shaun Brady, Sara Sherr, Jonathan Takiff and Damon C. Williams

Western Underground Takes Center Stage (KKCO Grand Junction) bi13251200 They?re most notorious for backing country music legend, Chris Ledoux

Disc jockey vies for top 10 title (Goshen News) bi13251200 Many Goshen-area residents know disc jockey Sticky Boots, either from work The Music Place sound and light or Friday night show The HyperMiXx on radio station U93

iTunes Sings About 5 Billion Songs (WebProNews) bi13251200 Sometimes comments are made at inauspicious times. Just a day after KISS bassist Gene Simmons declared that the music industry dead and fans had killed it, Apple announced iTunes reached the 5 billion song download mark. That's 5 billion legally purchased downloads. The company also proud to announce along that milestone, iTunes customers are renting or purchasing around 50,000 ..

Concert preview: Lo-fi band flies high on Internet (Memphis Commercial Appeal) bi13251200 Ohio noise-pop band Times New Viking the biggest, most-talked-about band on the planet. At least seems that way you happen to spend a lot of time certain corners of the Internet

Labelled love (The Age) bi13251200 Major record company sales may be dropping but Melbourne's indie scene thriving

Can Lil Wayne save hip-hop? (Salon.com) bi13251200 He insists he's "the best rapper alive" -- and many agree. But can smash-hit new album really redeem a flagging genre?..

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