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Dave Matthews Band Still Plugging Away On New CD
The Dave Matthews Band is emphasizing the "band" part of its equation on the group's next album. "It literally was a collaborative effort from beginning to end," violinist Boyd Tinsley tells Billboard.com. "Every song was written by everybody at the same time -- we've never really done that before."

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Duffy, "Rockferry"
The recent surge of Europeans retrofitting and upgrading 1960s soul rolls on in swirling style with this debut from Duffy, a Welsh singer/songwriter from the school of jazzy chanteuses who are here to maximize the international-but-not-too-international-for-Starbucks style, but sound quite lovely doing it anyway.


Singles

Coldplay, "Violet Hill"
You can't miss Brian Eno's imprint on "Violet Hill," the lead single from Coldplay's fourth studio album, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends."


Live

Drive-By Truckers, Music Farm, Charleston, S.C.
A lot of ground is covered at Drive-By Truckers shows these days. In addition to the band's typically roaring takes on lives, politics, violence both domestic and in foreign sands, whiskey-fueled sadness and fast-fading hope, they've now expanded to take on soldiers returned from overseas, revenge and the various horrors involved with family.


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Haitian V on Jay-Z
Views on "Blue Magic," from "the king, the best rapper of my life."
We Like 1,2,3,4!
The Fiest song from the iPod ad is good, but is her whole album?
Capgun Coup, WOAH!
Mlirblur from Boston, MA on this new band on Team Love.
Britney Spears "Gimme More" by Shareefer
Shareefer from Ohio on the hot new single "Gimme More." Why? It's Britney, b*tch.
Haitian V on Wyclef
How I feel about "Sweetest Girl." I'm a little biased because Wyclef Is Haitian too.
Haitian V on Jay-Z
Views on "Blue Magic," from "the king, the best rapper of my life."
"I'm Not Emo..."
"...and I don't like Dashboard Confessional." A review of some hot music, by a panel of "experts."
On the Bonedaddys
A review of the bonedaddys latest album, "Waterslide"
Britney Spears "Gimme More" by Shareefer
Shareefer from Ohio on the hot new single "Gimme More." Why? It's Britney, b*tch.
Ms. Dina on Kanye's "Homecoming"
"I'm seriously obsessed with this song."
Haitian V on Jay-Z
Views on "Blue Magic," from "the king, the best rapper of my life."
"I'm Not Emo..."
"...and I don't like Dashboard Confessional." A review of some hot music, by a panel of "experts."

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Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond "never doubted" he'd work again with producer Rick Rubin, who steered their 2005 collaboration, "12 Songs," to a No. 4 debut on the Billboard 200, Diamond's best since "The Jazz Singer" in 1982. Find out more about the upcoming album, "Home Before Dark," and more here.


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Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

In the middle of the most successful global tour of the band's career, Bruce Dickinson sat down with Billboard to discuss his, and Maiden's, life and times. Plus! Dickinson's top five favorite Iron Maiden songs.

Man Man

Man Man

It's easy to get a good sense of Man Man and the music it makes by taking a look at the stage names of its band members: Honus Honus, Sergei Sogay, Pow Pow, Critter Crat and Chang Wang. That's not to say Man Man isn't a band to be taken seriously, though; the band's "Rabbit Habits," scored a No. 7 debut on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

2008 Summer Music Guide

2008 Summer Music Guide

Bonnaroo. Lollapalooza. Kanye West's "Glow In The Dark" Tour. Rock The Bells. Find out about some of the hottest festivals and tours for this summer right here!

Colour Revolt

Colour Revolt

Colour Revolt bassist Patrick Addison checks in from the road, with thoughts on the biggest cross in Texas and what gives truckers the crazy eye.


Underground: Joe Purdy, Peter Hadar, Casey Stratton And More!

Underground: Joe Purdy, Peter Hadar, Casey Stratton And More!

Shortly after Joe Purdy signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell in 2004, he got a phone call from TV producer Brian Burk. "He said, 'I'm working on this new TV show called "Lost," and it airs in a week. I need you to write me a song about being stuck on an island.'"

Peter Moren

Peter Moren

"A lot of people, great people (including a stoned guy who clapped along on the wrong beat, totally freaking me out) and me, ending up duckwalking in the aisle like Chuck Berry at the end," says Moren of Peter, Bjorn and John. Read about this and more on Moren's latest touring experiences here.

Usher

Usher

Usher is a tough act to follow, even for Usher himself. But, after a four-year hiatus, the R&B singer is back with new management, a new family, a new hit single titled "Love in This Club" and his fifth album, "Here I Stand," due May 27 via Jive.

Sweet Victory

Sweet Victory

Madonna completes her first quarter-century on The Billboard 200 with "Hard Candy," her seventh No. 1 album since she made her debut on this survey the week of Sept. 3, 1983. Fred Bronson discusses this chart moment and more this week!

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