People who are interested in new music beyond their old, time-worn favorites or the standardized mix of oldies and chart-toppers found on the FM dial have probably tried Pandora, Last.fm, and YouTube by now. Those are indispensable tools for any music fan these days, but they're not the only games in town, when it comes to pleasing your ears with new sounds.
Check out these five ways to discover music, listed in alphabetical order. Some are brand new, while others have been hiding in plain sight all along.
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Dave "Phoenix" Farrell in Camp Corail
By now, you've probably heard about or seen Life + Times, Jay-Z's super-fresh lifestyle blog. The new site basically functions as a Hova-run online magazine — interviews with the coolest of the cool, musings about super-sweet swag and, most importantly, some Jigga-approved MP3s.
But exactly how on-point are SC's cyber selections? We took a closer look at some of Life + Times' choice tracks to see if Jay can keep up with the digital Joneses. (Spoiler: We like what we found!)
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Wu Tang Clan have announced a UK tour for June.
The hip-hop collective will play five UK dates, with the tour beginning with two shows at London's HMV Forum on June 11 and 12. It runs until June 15, when the group headline Manchester Academy.
The group released their fifth studio album '8 Diagrams in 2007.
Wu Tang Clan will play:...