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Kanye’s all a Twitter

Youtube, a site that probably everybody who reads this column uses every day has launched a number of new features lately. First up, in recognition that music videos account for 57 percent of most-watch virals on Youtube, Google has introduced a music section to the site at youtube.com/music. It shows the most popular videos of [...]

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Band of Blogs: Kanye’s “Power”, Christina Aguilera & MIA, CEO, Klaxons,

Christina Aguilera & M.I.A. collaborate The two diversive artists worked together on Xtina’s new album Bionic. The tune Elastic Love works, thanks to producer Switch’s electro-bump arrangement. Listen at the Hype Machine Kanye’s Power leaks Rumoured to be taken from Kanye’s forthcoming album titled charmingly Good Ass Job, Power sees the rapper break away from [...]

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And I Feel Like Taking Off (My Self Respect)

You can imagine how the pitch went: “Hello Mr Hudson, we are popular ‘urban’ group- N-Dubz. We wish to appeal to a niche MOR market. Your agent tells our agent that we could cross-polinate our appeal with yours. We’re advised that it will all end up well.” Actually, no. Nobody would wish for that ridiculous [...]

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The Best LOLs of the Web 2009

It’s that time again. It’s time to celebrate our strength, our creativity, our uniqueness, our heroes, our humanity and.. our ability to upload videos of unfortunate mishaps to Youtube. What bigger heroine has 2009 offered us than Susan Boyle? She started the year a dowdy spinster. An appearance on Britain’s Got Talent and over 100 [...]

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Kanye’s interruption goes viral

On Sunday, Kanye West once again showed the world his douchebag credentials. If you haven’t heard by now (or seen it), here’s what happened. At Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York, Kanye stormed the stage during a delighted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for “Best Female”. He grabbed the microphone from her hands and [...]

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Band of Blogs: Muse = Queen?

Muse = Queen? Muse have made the next logical step from their epic bombastic rock to Queen-style OTT ballads if the ridiculously-titled United States Of Eurasia Parts 1-6 from their new album is an indication.. The Horrors remix Memory Cassette It’s been a good week for the former panto-goth rockers. A Mercury nomination for the [...]

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Win tickets to Kanye West in Cork

Day & Night are giving away five pairs of tickets to Kanye West Live at the Marquee in Cork on July 8th. The answer to the question below is in today’s edition of Day & Night (1st May) so get your nose in the magazine! What is the main film review this week? To enter, [...]

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Videos: South Park do Kanye, Devo, Eminem and a trip to the Moon

South Park targets Kanye “Do you like Fish Sticks?”. It’s a question that may haunt Kanye West after South Park targeted his ego and self-evident genius in an episode last week. Kanye responded with uncharacteristic humility. Devo return The oddball ’80s rockers return with a ninth album and a really rather catchy single called ‘Don’t [...]

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