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New Music Report: Built to Spill

Christian Hoard returns to host his “Christian Rock” segment of the New Music Report this week. His pick: Built to Spill’s latest album, There Is No Enemy. The long-running Idaho band led by Doug Martsch refused to be interviewed on camera when Hoard was covering All Tomorrow’s Parties for RS last year, and [...]

Jay-Z Samples Regina Spektor For “Crispy Benjamins,” Another Greatest Hits on the Way?

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Earlier this week, Rolling Stone received a press release about a new Jay-Z song called “Crispy Benjamins,” featuring a sample of Regina Spektor’s “Chemo Limo.” The announcement seemed official, yet somewhat dubious: The song was to be released in “late 2009,” but this announcement came less than three weeks after The Blueprint [...]