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Harry Benson, The Beatles

Taschen and accomplished photographer Harry Benson release, The Beatles, a massive photographic tome collecting iconic imagery of the fab four from 1964 to 1966:

"In early 1964, Harry Benson was getting on a plane for a foreign assignment in Africa, when he got a call from the photo editor of London newspaper The Daily Express. He was now going with The Beatles to Paris to document French Beatlemania and what followed was the biggest (ticket to) ride of his life.

Benson was warmly welcomed into The Beatles’ inner sanctum, resulting in some of the most intimate photographs ever taken of the band, then on the cusp of world domination. In Paris, he took the famous photograph of the Fab Four having a pillow fight at the George V Hotel; he shot their groundbreaking first visit to the United States, the full impact of New York hysteria, their famous appearance on The Ed Sullivan show, the band in Florida, including their surprising encounter with Cassius Clay; as well as on the set of A Hard Day’s Night. The relationship continued in 1966, including George’s honeymoon in Barbados and their notorious US tour, under the shadow cast by Lennon’s comment that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus Christ.”"

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Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne

Jay-Z and Kanye West confirmed the rumors of the impending release of the highly anticipated "Watch the Throne album with the announcement of pre-order sales today and a reveal of the album cover which was designed by Riccardo Tisci, creative director of Givenchy. Link

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Vinyl Factory Pop Up, St. Martins Lane London

Open till May 29th, The Vinyl Factory has created a pop-up concept shop in the Front Room of St Martins Lane, London. The company brings its curated selection of art and music which includes collaborations from the likes of Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn of Gorillaz fame, The Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, and Primal Scream just to name a few. Link

Culture

Spin Play

Spin Play is exactly what you would want Spin Magazine to look like if it were designed from the ground up for the iPad. They've taken every page of the magazine and redesigned it for the iPad complete with over 60 streaming songs and over 30 videos chosen by Spin's editors. And not only can you listen to the music featured in the articles, you can play every song in the background as you read through the issue. They've even made it compatible to play wirelessly over Apple's Airplay. Even more impressive is the price. Each issue is $2 and a full subscription will cost you $8, a couple bucks less than you would pay for subscribing to the print edition. Link

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This Month in Music: Radiohead King of Limbs

So there's this new Radiohead album and its out a day early. You know what to do. Link

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This Month in Music January '11

For this month in music we kick off the new year with two of our favorite picks for January. First is Iron & Wine with their major label debut, "Kiss Eachother Clean", which mixes euphoric 70s funk and retro-laced folk rock tracks. Our second choice comes via England's Fujiya & Miyagi who bring us a heaping helping of lo-fi melodies with "Ventrilloquizzing".

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This Month in Music: Gorillaz - The Fall

Gorillaz brainchild, Damon Albarn, has got a present for fans come Christmas day. Created on an iPad during Albarn's free time on tour, "The Fall" will be available to fans via the Gorillaz fan club and a stream of the album will also be released on Gorillaz.com. Link

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Beatles on iTunes

Steve Jobs' dream of the Beatles' catalog being available on iTunes has finally come to fruition. All 13 of the Fab Four's albums and an exclusive digital box set that features the 1964 concert film, Live at the Washington Coliseum, will be available today as well as the "Past Masters" Compilations and "Red" and "Blue" collections. Link

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This Month in Music November '10

Hip Hop makes its presence felt this November with a laundry list of highly anticipated albums that will surely be making their way to your iTunes playlist in the coming weeks. N.E.R.D starts things off with "Nothing", a musically diverse album of soulful, rock-laced melodies, and a healthy helping of the group's trademark club bangers. Coming off a huge viral hit with, F*ck You, Cee-Lo comes in with a ton of momentum with "Lady Killer" and that same day Mr. Rager releases a sequel to his critically acclaimed debut with "Man on The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager." Last but certainly not least, one of year's most hyped albums closes out the month via the busiest man in Hip Hop, Kanye West with "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."

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