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Duke Special’s fan funding adventure & faking the band

A couple of weeks ago, Digital covered the crowdfunding aspect of music when UK band Scars on Broadway were mentioned for the way they raised money from fans through slicethepie.com. So it’s good to see that our own Duke Special is the latest example of an artist who has received funding direct from fans. [...]

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Band of Blogs: Gorillaz, State mixtape, Groove Armada & new Daft Punk?

The best music on the web this week. Gorillaz unleash Stylo From the forthcoming third album Plastic Beach, Stylo features guest vocalists Bobby Womack and Mos Def and suggests this will be the best Gorillaz album yet. http://short.ie/stylo State.ie’s faces of 2010 mixtape Sample the best of new Irish talent with this 20 -track mixtape including songs from [...]

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Videos of The Week: Tom O’ C – Ireland’s Youtube sensation

Daft Punk – DJ Hero After the success of Guitar Hero, it was inevitable we’d get more variations on the theme. Daft Punk contribute to this new franchise. Watch the impressive trailer. DJ Hero – Daft Punk Trailer Tuts My Barreh “I want you to caress me like a tropical priest”. Unfortunately misheard lyrics to [...]

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Linkage: Swine flu fashion, Daft Punk unmasked & other stories

Swine Flu fashion Worrying about your health needn’t be unfashionable thanks to Irina Blok’s surgical mask line.. http://tinyurl.com/fashmask Daft Punk unmasked Well, one of them. WHAT? Did you expect him to actually look like a robot??? http://tinyurl.com/daftdude Tupac is alive? It may have been 13 years since he died but a hip-hop genius like Tupac wouldn’t let a [...]

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