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Blogger blog takedown notification

noreply@blogger.com (Fuzzy Crew) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog is alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others. As a result, we have reset the post(s) to \"draft\" status. (If we did not do so, we would be subject to a claim of copyright infringement, regardless of its merits. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.) This means your post - and any images, links or other content - is not gone. You may edit the post to remove the offending content and republish, at which point the post in question will be visible to your readers again.

A bit of background: the DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. If you believe you have the rights to post the content at issue here, you can file a counter-claim. In order to file a counter-claim, please see http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_counternotice&product=blogger.

The notice that we received, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org. We do this in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). You can search for the DMCA notice associated with the removal of your content by going to the Chilling Effects search page at http://www.chillingeffects.org/search.cgi, and entering in the URL of the blog post that was removed.

If it is brought to our attention that you have republished the post without removing the content/link in question, then we will delete your post and count it as a violation on your account. Repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account including deleting your blog and/or terminating your account. DMCA notices concerning content on your blog may also result in action taken against any associated AdSense accounts. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.

Sincerely,

The Blogger Team

Affected URLs:

[http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.com/2013/01/dropkick-murphys-signed-and-sealed-in_8.html]

As you can see from the title it was not just a post being blocked, but my access to the blog was revoked completely. The previous DMCA notices were all for official free downloads from soundcloud, all in error of course, but nobody at Blogger/Google cares, you can't even contact anybody regarding any of these issues anyway. The dictatorship of Google/Blogger is absolute.

That's it folks, I'm fed up being harassed by Google, by Blogger, by labels and managements and PR outfits and their scumbag lawyers. I'm actually fed up with the Music Industry in general and all the associated morons that don't even know how to appreciate free publicity when they get it, leave alone they'd know the difference between promotion and their obsession with copyright infringements. They can all go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

To our loyal vistors, thank you for your loyalty throughout the years, and the regular kind words on facebook and twitter.

It was nice while it lasted, but it ends right here.
I got better things to do with my time.
Like enjoying peace and quiet.

PS: In case you hadn't bookmarked these yet
http://exclaim.ca/
http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen

Fuzzy Freebies #390: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Final post again for this week. We wish you an excellent week-end and if all goes well we'll be back Monday morning; Cheers ;)
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads....
Bracher Brown - Good Love
LIGHTS - Suspension (Adam Weaver Remix)
Mr. Bill - Cheyah (Osiris & Sooko Remix)
Two Fresh - 12PM
Sweet Knievel - "The Horror" (RJD2 cover)
Cassie, Trina and Lola Monroe - All Gold, All Girls (Remix)
High Diner - The New EP
Solid Steel Radio Show 25/1/2013 Part 1 + 2 - Coldcut
Solid Steel Radio Show 25/1/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Kirk Degiorgio

Click Read More below, be patient while the page loads, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Spot-On: EscapeThe Fate

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Escape the Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed in 2005 and originally from Pahrump, Nevada. They have released three EPs and three full-length studio albums. Dying Is Your Latest Fashion was the band's debut album and only album to feature vocalist Ronnie Radke. This War Is Ours, released on October 21, 2008, was the band's first album with Craig Mabbitt as the new lead vocalist. Their self-titled third studio album was released on November 2, 2010, first on the major label, DGC/Interscope. They released their fourth album on Eleven Seven Music.
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Fleetwood Mac - Live (Rumours World Tour 1977) (RS album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Fleetwood Mac Pack Live Favorites Into 'Rumours' Reissue: Concert tracks recorded on 1977 tour come as bonus disc

On January 29th, Fleetwood Mac will reissue their 1977 classic Rumours in a new edition packed with tons of unreleased material from the studio and stage. Now you can get an exclusive first listen to the 12 unreleased live tracks that will be included with the new set. Recorded during the band's 1977 world tour at concerts in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Nashville and Columbia, South Carolina, the disc features Fleetwood Mac favorites like "Rhiannon" and "World Turning," as well as plenty of Rumours highlights including a swooning rendition of "Dreams," a stomping version of "The Chain" that comes to a raucous conclusion, and the heartbreaking closer "Songbird."
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Wake Owl - Wild Country EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:30:00 +0000

When Exclaim! reviewed Wake Owl's performance at Canadian Music Week last year, theye noted that the group were green, but promising. The Vancouver-based indie folk act are now looking to fulfil that promise with their debut EP, Wild Country, due out January 29 through Rezolute Music.
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Dutch Uncles - Out of Touch in the Wild (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Dutch Uncles are an indie rock band from Marple, England. They are known for their use of atypical time signatures within a pop context. Their influences includes several bands such as The Smiths, King Crimson, Steve Reich, XTC and Talking Heads.
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Onward Chariots - This Is My Confession (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:30:00 +0000

In an age of digital singles and streaming over Spotify, who would create a concept album? Why would a band record sixteen songs that are meant to be listened to consecutively, taking the time to give each a catchy tune, thoughtful arrangement, lyrics that pierce the soul, and details that reveal themselves slowly, over repeated listenings - so the songs are better the thirtieth time than the third? Plus a story about saving a doomed love affair?

Yet this is what Onward Chariots have done on their first full-length record, This is My Confession.
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Lost Animal - Ex Tropical (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000

When Jarrod Quarrell (former member of St Helens) was 16, he found himself trading blows with a skinhead outside of a bar in his native Australia. The damage done to the cartilage in his nose in the process has made his voice distinctly adenoidal, as heard on Ex Tropical, Quarrell's Lost Animal project's haunting, keyboard-driven debut. Littered with marimba presets, blood-spackled crime scenes, and unshakable melody, it's an extraordinarily dark pop record made darker still by Quarrell's sneering, Dan Boeckner-like delivery. You might say he won that fight.

Debut LP from Lost Animal - originally released on Sensory in Australia and reissued everywhere else on Hardly Art in early 2013.
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Fuzzy Freebies #389: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads....
Talll Firs- Death Of A Clown
Grizzly Bear - Gun-Shy (Lindstrøm Remix)
Dog Bite - Native America
Christina Courtin - Lightfighter
Drippin - Guarana
Ben Howard - The Fear (Moonlight Matters Rework)
Fake Problems - Making It Up
2wo 1ne - Vitumbuwa
Annie Mac Presents - The Best of Free Music Monday (Compilation)
Casey Veggies - Life Changes (Mixtape)
Master P - Al Capone (Mixtape)

Click Read More below, be patient while the page loads, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Spot-On: A Rocket To The Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0000

When you’re a band as successful as A Rocket to the Moon, questions naturally arise when you release a debut album filled with pop punk gems and an EP three years later that possesses more western twang and less power chords.

“It was a natural shift, if you want to call it a shift,” vocalist Nick Santino says, explaining the sound of the band’s latest single, “Ever Enough.” “We never sat down and said, ‘Okay, now let’s change our sound.’ We started writing music and that’s what came out.”

Instead, he attributes the new sound to growing up and listening to different genres of music. “Don’t focus on ‘Oh, Rocket is country,’” he says, “because that’s not the case. I want everyone to listen to [Wild & Free] and go, ‘Rocket wrote some of the best music I’ve heard in a long time.’”
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Sonny Smith – 100 Records Vol. 3 (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Singer-songwriter Sonny Smith (of Sonny & the Sunsets fame) will release the third and final volume in his 100 Records series on January 29th via Polyvinyl. Inspired by a 2010 residency at California’s Headlands Center for the Arts, the “100 Records Project” saw Smith spend over a year writing and recording 7″ singles for 100 fictitious bands. Along with releasing volumes one and two in limited runs, Smith first shared the tunes with the public at San Francisco’s Gallery 16, in an art exhibit featuring a homemade jukebox.
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Eagulls - Eagulls EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:30:00 +0000

With a proven track record for discovering all varieties of top tier punk bands, it should come as no surprise that Deranged Records have unleashed another gem with the Leeds-based post-punk group Eagulls. Stream their self-titled debut EP below.
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On An On - Give In (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Chicago band Scattered Trees broke up and became On An On. Their new album, recorded in Toronto with Dave Newfeld, has a Broken Social Scene feel to it.

'Give In' out January 29 (Roll Call Records - North America, City Slang - Europe, Tugboat/P-Vine - Japan).
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The Gateless Gate - Xinjiang (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:30:00 +0000

The Gateless Gate is the ambient music project of a singer-songwriter from Canada. The debut "Xinjiang" is a dark ambient/krautrock concept album based on the history and culture of Central Asia. Each album the project produces will be based on a different aspect of the ambient genre. The debut is available via Nostress Netlabel.
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Frontier Ruckus - Eternity of Dimming (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Since they emerged from the suburbs of Detroit in 2008 with debut album The Orion Songbook, Frontier Ruckus has continued to evoke rich imagery and heartfelt emotion with the storied lyrics of vocalist Matthew Milia.

Now, the band is set to release their latest full-length, Eternity of Dimming, digitally on Jan. 29 and at local retailers Feb. 12. The 20-song collection, which is spread between two disks, is the perfect follow-up to the band’s breakout album Deadmalls and Nightfalls. You can stream the album in its entirety in the player below.
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Fuzzy Freebies #388: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads....
Mariage Blanc - Undercurrents
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Lip Hook Kiss
Milk Music - I’ve Got A Wild Feeling
We Take Polaroids - Mawashi Geri
The Kill Van Kulls - Wooden Heart
The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love? (The Kill Van Kulls Remix)
Yumi and The Weather - Not Again (Ambassadeurs Remix)
John Murry - The Ballad of The Pajama Kid
Xuman - Play
Matmos - Teen Paranormal Romance
Classixx - Fortunate Star (Madonna Remake)

Click Read More below, be patient while the page loads, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Spot-On: Forever The Sickest Kids

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Forever the Sickest Kids is an American pop punk band from Dallas, Texas. The band first signed with Universal Motown Records and released their debut album, Underdog Alma Mater, in 2008. Their second self-titled album was released in early 2011. Universal Motown Records was later shut down and the band was left unsigned for over a year until signing to Fearless Records.

The band has completed their third studio album, being released in early 2013. In an Alternative Press article, the band was placed number one underground band of the "22 Best Underground Bands".
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Stellar Young - Everything at Once (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Stellar Young (formerly The City Never Sleeps) has released their first full-length album Everything at Once online. The band decided to release the album on their Bandcamp page (stellaryoungmusic.bandcamp.com) for “pick what you pay” (even nothing) meaning you can name your own price for the album, even if that price is $0.00!. Pre-orders for the physical release are available on their Bandcamp page as well.
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It's Not OK - It's Never OK! EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:30:00 +0000

Initially starting life as the solo project of Oliver John Ward – formerly of the highly regarded Rooftops – other members were quickly rounded up, and It's Not OK were born.
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IT Girl - Neon Signs (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Featuring guest appearances from members of Scottish bands The Phantom Band, Bronto Skylift, United Fruit, Kitty the Lion, Fires Attract and Make this Relate, Neon Signs is a unique debut record from Glasgow based indie rock post-punk revival outfit IT Girl.

Neon Signs will be released officially on 1 February 2013. Or grab it now as a "name your price" download from IT Girl's bandcamp page.
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Cold Dead Hands - Space Out! EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Toronto pop-rock outfit Cold Dead Hands are back with a 5-song EP titled Space Out! With the radio success of their debut EP Novelization branching out from Toronto all the way to the UK and Sweden, this release is definitely another ear pleaser for both melody and magnitude lovers alike.

You can stream the mini-release below, and download it for $4 at Cold Dead Hands' Bandcamp page.
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Adam Green and Binki Shapiro - S/T (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Late last year you may have been moved by Fall, the charming indie-pop EP of former Moldy Peach Adam Green and Little Joy singer Binki Shapiro. Their collaboration seemed to be an inspired one, so it's no surprise that the pair are following it up with a full album.
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Fuzzy Freebies #387: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads....
The Royal Concept – World On Fire
HK119 - Snowblind (The-Drum Remix)
Skydiggers - Wreck of the Old '97
Holy Other - Held
André Uhl - Leviathan / Native
Crime & The City Solution - My Love Takes Me There
Flying Lotus - Such a Square
Dan Friel - Thumper
The If Not Now - The If Not Now EP
FILTER Presents: Songs of The Descendents (Tribute Album)
Rockie Fresh - Electric Highway (mixtape)
Gunplay - Cops & Robbers (Mixtape)

Click Read More below, be patient while the page loads, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Spot-On: Fourth Quarter Comeback

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Imagine stealing away to a deserted field late one night, only to find a pop punk quartet who's set up stage for a starlit jam session. It's an image that Fairfax, Va.'s Fourth Quarter Comeback have run with for their new video, "Back To Sleep."

Check out the video and listen to their tracks in the player below.
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Pillowfight - Pillowfight (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Dan The Automator (producer of Gorillaz S/T album, Deltron 3030 and Handsome Boy Modelling School) is back with his latest project Pillowfight featuing singer songwriter Emily Wells and frequent collaborator DJ Kid Koala.

Hear Pillowfight (Dan The Automator x Emily Wells x Kid Koala) Self Titled Debut LP below.
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