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  • Suspended Animation

    • 8 out of 10
    • Fantomas
    • Mike Patton may well be one of the hardest working men in showbiz these days, and his latest with Fantômas underscores just about how far out he is willing to travel.

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  • So Jealous

    • 8 out of 10
    • Tegan and Sara
    • So Jealous is the third album from these sisters, and easily the one to single out for an introduction to their music. Some people may not get on board with their vocal styles, which are slightly

  • King James Version

    • 4 out of 10
    • Harvey Danger
    • The sophomore effort from Harvey Danger, I was really looking forward to this followup to "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?" Unfortunately, "King James Version" failed to deliver any of the bri

  • Rift

    • 8 out of 10
    • Phish
    • This quasi-concept album (the only of its kind) from these Vermonters finally showcased their ability to convey a message with a studio album, whereas previously they only succeeded in doing so live.
  • An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Torm�

    • 10 out of 10
    • Mel Torm� & George Shearing
    • Of the three men who taught me how to sing, the last was Mel Torme. Apparently, Mel Torme is a joke to anyone more than a decade older than me, a living parody of a Vegas crooner. But I stumbled on th

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Apple Introduces iTunes 7 [UPDATED]

Noting that the iTunes Music Store is "on a trajectory" to pass Amazon and become the fourth largest reseller of music in the United States, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday unveiled iTunes 7. The latest iteration of the software features cleaner navigation, the ability to scroll through the music library by viewing album covers, and more.

iTunes 7 can also update an iPod from within the software, rather than requiring the user to make changes via the Preferences. Gapless playback eliminates the pause between songs that normally flow together, such as many of the selections on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. When first installed, the software scans the music library for such music and enables the relevant ones for gapless playbck.

In addition, iTunes 7 will, for free, automatically download missing album covers from the store, assuming the user has an account. Mr. Jobs noted that the store has 3.5 million songs, all of them with album artwork.

iTunes 7 also offers a third view, called Cover Flow, that’s akin to physically flipping through CDs on a rack. Users can change between the three views in iTunes 7 through a three-position switch.

iTunes 7 also introduces the ability to sync content from one computer and upload it from an iPod to another computer, assuming the second machine is authorized with the iTunes Music Store. Each iTMS account can be authorized on up to five computers.

3:36 PM EST, 9/12/06: Updated article with more information.

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