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  • Supermodified

    • 10 out of 10
    • Amon Tobin
    • The genius is in the beats. Amon Tobin creates fantastic, groovy beats behind beats. "Supermodified" rolls through your expectations of breakbeat music, and turns them up a bit. It's a mellow album, p
  • Plans

    • 8 out of 10
    • Death Cab for Cutie
    • With the introduction of Plans, Death Cab for Cutie became a new addition to many user's Artist list after the single "Soul Meets Body" became a hit on iTunes. Offering a fresh alternativ

  • Every Day: The Best of the Verve Years

    • 8 out of 10
    • Joe Williams
    • Joe Williams was Figure Two in my three-man education in singing. A brilliant vocalist, scatter, and interpreter of jazz and blues, Williams produces music that's totally unique, yet sounds so effortl
  • Billy Miles

    • 10 out of 10
    • Billy Miles
    • Take the voice of a young Billie Holiday and stuff it into a svelte, petite body with the face of an angel, and you have some idea of what it's like to experience the music of Billy Miles in her self-
  • The Dresden Dolls

    • 10 out of 10
    • The Dresden Dolls
    • The energetic duet of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione that make up the Dresden Dolls have created a wonderfully haunting sound in their self-titled album. They have been able to construct an imme

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Apple Adds Movie Rentals to iTunes

SAN FRANCISCO - Noting that consumers don’t want to rent their music but do want to rent movies, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday introduced iTunes movie rentals, which are now available in standard resolution or high-definition. Over 1,000 titles will be available by the end of February from the six major studios: 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lionsgate, and New Line Cinema are also involved.

Pricing will be US$2.99 for catalog titles and $3.99 for new movies, which will become available 30 days after their release on DVD. High-definition films will be $1.00 more; over 100 of those will eventually be available, with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound included.

Users will be able to start watching films within 30 seconds of ordering a rental, with the option to move them to an iPod or iPhone even in the middle of the download. Rentals will be available for 30 days after purchase, but once users start viewing them, they’ll have 24 hours to watch all of it before it expires.

The new feature is part of iTunes 7.6, which is now available as a free software update. Rentals are also available directly from Apple TV, with no computer required. The rentals work with iPod classic, iPod nano with video, iPod touch, and iPhone.

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