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  3375 readersYouTube announced today that it has launched the YouTube 100, a chart that measures song traffic. The chart will be published weekly. It can be found at youtube.com/music. Jennifer Lopez is on the top of the YouTube 100. Other major artists in the top ten include Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Nicki Minaj. A

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  InDigest Song of the Day: Callers – “You Are An Arc” | 09.16.10

  2253 readersListen: Callers “You Are An Arc“ Callers are a fantastic group from Brooklyn that is definitely going to get noticed very soon. This track feels oddly percussive. The guitars, the bass, everything feels as though it’s playing in the percussion section all backing the Fitzgerald smooth vocals of singer Sara Lucas. This track is off their

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  Let’s have a toast for the douchebags!

  947 readersWhy is the name for something that cleans you a condescending term? Meanwhile, Kanye West toasted them at the MTV awards. Please rate, comment and fave over at YouTube as [...]

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  InDigest Song of the Day: Shabazz Palaces – “Barksdale Corners” | 09.13.10

  2348 readersListen: Shabazz Palaces – “Barksdale Corners“ Recent Sub-Pop signees Shabazz Palaces have released this Wire-referencing track (which is awesome in itself) that is really pretty phenomenal. The group features former Digable Planets front-man Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, and a lot of the smooth jazz influenced beats and Butler’s incredible slick voice. Their self-titled EP is available now,

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  Song of the Day: Grouper – “Alien Observer” | 05.04.11

  11073 readersListen: Grouper – Alien Observer from Hamish Parkinson on Vimeo. Grouper can oscillate between styles with a stunning amount of subtlety, but when she is at her best she is creating ethereal loops and tending towards ambiance over melody. With “Alien Observer,” the title track to an EP of the same name, she manages to combine the

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  Turn up the lights in here, baby.

  1164 readersLately I've been working vampire hours, staying up past 4 a.m. writing book 2. As usual I've been listening to music as I write, so before I go asleep I thought I'd share my latest playlist!All of the Lights - Kanye West ft. Rihanna and Kid CudiI'm tot...

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  5 Things You Need to Know This Week: America, It’s Just Like Us!

  6534 readers In this week’s episode of “5 Things You Need to Know This Week,” we avoid eye contact with Michele Bachmann, make a music video for Kanye West and Jay-Z, ask James Earl Jones for his take on the Iowa straw poll, and, overall, do our best to cheer everybody up. For more videos, check out Mediabistro.tv,

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  5 Things You Need to Know This Week: America, It’s Just Like Us!

  6313 readers In this week’s episode of “5 Things You Need to Know This Week,” we avoid eye contact with Michele Bachmann, make a music video for Kanye West and Jay-Z, ask James Earl Jones for his take on the Iowa straw poll, and, overall, do our best to cheer everybody up. For more videos, check out Mediabistro.tv,

• Greenleaf’s Required Reading: Books to Get You Out of Your Summer Slump

  6750 readersAs students around the country head back to school, backpacks are rapidly stuffed with laptops, pens, notebooks, and heavy textbooks. Amid the scramble to finish class assignments and complete mandatory chapters, leisure reading gets relegated to winter break. Reading personal books during the school year, however, can be fun, stimulating, and stress-relieving. And for those

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  InDigest Mixtape No. 2 | 04.10.12

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