AOL has made two huge bets -- one the $315-million purchase of The Huffington Post and the other the expansion of its Patch.com hyperlocal news effort. Which is more likely to save AOL? With editorial turmoil and Patch's high costs, the right answer may be neither. Yet another location-based service, photo-sharing app or social network might be a lot of fun, but the effect on people's well-being is ad… Android: ">Previously mentioned Winamp for Android already a great music player, mostly due to being free, being snappy, and having Wi-Fi sync. Now its streaming music support is getting beefed up with more SHOUTcast stations, a better streaming engine, and free full-length CD streaming. Unfortunately, the full-length CDs are only through AOL's Full CD Listening Party service, not anything you upload yourself. More » Arianna Huffington was controversial back when she only oversaw 70 or so employees. Now that she's riding herd over 1,300 AOL journalists, the Huffington Post founder faces an army of disgruntled enemies. And they're leaking to the press. More » Here in Rio de Janiero, the growth is booming. The infrastructure is creaking --the electricity went out here at the Sheraton twice this morning. And the talk at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network conference is about how to break through the clutter in building businesses and brands. On a brand-building panel led by Dell (DELL) Chief Marketing Officer Karen Quintos, I talked about Fortune's Most Powerful Women brand--the value of being first to market (we launched MPW in 1998) and adding shine to any brand by adding socially responsible elements. "Causes and giving back" are essential to brand-building today, whether the brand is Starbucks (SBUX) or Coca-Cola (KO) or AOL (AOL), said Arianna Huffington, who was on Dell's program yesterday. Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, New Music, Exclusive, Q + A Joseph Llanes for AOL _Had Kristeen Young written 'It's a Wonderful Life,' hero George Bailey would have wound up with Violet Bick, a character the art-pop songstress hails as a sort of proto-feminist icon on 'V the Volcanic,' the title track from her latest EP. Comprising seven songs, each written from the perspective of a favorite film character, 'Volcanic' marks the culmination of a decidedly less-than-wonderful stretch in Young's own life. In 2007, an off-color stage remark cost her a job opening for Morrissey, and soon after, she claims, Lady Gaga began copying some of the elaborate costumes she'd designed for her own live shows. (Check out pictures of Young's "bubble dress" and decide for yourself.) Having emerged from her funk and recently launched a tour that includes residencies in several major cities, Young chatted with Spinner about her love of cinema, repaired relationship with Morrissey and inability to see the sweetness in 'It's a Wonderful Life.'_ **You went through a rough couple of years before making this EP. Were your troubles mostly personal or professional?** I think it was all professional. I'm very affected by ... What happens when you mix the ambition of Arianna Huffington with the desperation of Tim Armstrong? AOL shareholders will soon find out. A caravan of Indian entrepreneurs are transforming the D.C. tech scene. Virgin Gaming is teaming up with the world's biggest video game retailer, GameStop, to create online video game tournaments. The partnership makes Virgin Gaming the preferred online tournament provider for games sold in thousands of U.S. GameStop locations and through GameStop.com. The deal is the first sign that billionaire Richard Branson's move into gaming with the Virgin Gaming business is getting some traction. If it succeeds, then another big media giant will have a foothold in the increasingly successful video game industry. That means that games matter in the larger entertainment and media market. The deal, announced at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles, is the biggest major announcement since Branson (pictured last year) announced the Virgin Gaming business at a press conference at E3 a year ago. Last year, Branson announced his parent company, Virgin Group, made an investment in the online game tournament site Worldgaming.com and was rebranding it as Virgin Games. Branson promised the company would give away more than $1 million in prizes in its first year. At the time, Virgin Gaming had more than 80,000 users. Now it has more than 400,000 registered users. "The idea was very Virgin," Branson said ... Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, Exclusive Benjy Eisen for AOL Spinner Now that Bono is back in rock star shape, following emergency back surgery last year, U2's 360 Tour is in full swing and, in fact, on its final leg. Pretty soon it will be gone -- but definitely not forgotten. And not just because you read on Facebook that your old roommate went and had "a moment" during 'Beautiful Day' -- it's an unforgettable tour for the music industry as well as for all the fans that get to experience the Claw firsthand. The Claw is the name of the stage, by the way. Yes, the stage is so big that it really does justify having its own name -- and there are actually three Claws in all. That's because the staging takes over each stadium for nearly a week per show, including a four-day assembly period. And you thought that the dresser you bought from IKEA was tough to pop together. "The U2 360 Tour is the largest show to ever tour in the history of rock 'n' roll," production director Jake Berry tells Spinner, on the field at Oakland's newly renamed ... Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, Video, New Music, Exclusive, Q + A Gino DePinto, AOL _Battles came together in 2002 as a veritable super group of seasoned musicians and veterans of the '90s avant-rock and hardcore scenes. The original lineup included Ian Williams from Don Caballero, drummer John Stanier of the pre-grunge band Helmet, Dave Konopka of the spazz-rock group Lynx and multi-instrumentalist and orchestral composer Tyondai Braxton. During the inception of the band's second LP, however, Braxton left the band and the trio decided that they were more comfortable composing songs that revolved around the marauding instrumentals of the three core members. 'Gloss Drop' continues their minimal approach to songwriting and features guest vocals from the likes of Gary Numan, Matias Aguayo and Kazu Makino from Blonde Redhead. The band recently stopped in to Spinner's New York studios for a blistering Interface performance and to discuss the transition to a three-piece and their distaste for the term "math rock."_ **You recently went from four members to three. What was the transition like? How did your approach the change?** Ian Williams: For the most part, we were always really a four piece. It wasn't really a frontman vocalist ... Filed under: News, Exclusive, Q + A Ben Trivett, AOL _Lafayette, La., five-piece indie-rock outfit __Givers__ aren't your average set of punk kids with a few guitar tricks up their sleeves. The members are all seasoned multi-instrumentalists taking influences from their native state and its plethora of Cajun and zydeco musical history. The band (singer/guitarist Taylor Guarisco, singer/percussionist Tiffany Lamson, bassist Josh LeBlanc, drummer Kirby Campbell and Nick Stephan on keys and flute) stopped by Spinner recently to share a couple of tunes from their debut full-length, 'In Light,' a perfect mix of shimmering pop and summer-strong songs._ **How did you guys all come together?** Taylor Guarisco: We met in high school and then kind of congealed musically right after, the first year or two of college. We played in a bunch of other bands between the five of us and eventually we just decided to make one band where we're all in the band. Filed under: Concerts and Tours, Free MP3 Download of the Day Getty (2) | AOL | Redferns | NBC From June 9-12, thousands will gather for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., for three days of live music and camping held on a beautiful 700-acre farm. The festival boasts over 150 performers, including the Grammy-winning Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Eminem, Buffalo Springfield and Lil Wayne. Besides the music, attendees can experience the 100-acre entertainment village featuring a classic arcade, cinema, beer festival and comedy club. This year, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, but if you can't make it to the main event (all tickets are currently sold out) you can sample the music of some of this year's acts here. Download free MP3s from over 30 of this year's Bonnaroo musical performers below. Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Side Gig, Exclusive, Video Games Collin Erie, AOL Grammy-winning singer Raphael Saadiq may be best known for his smooth voice and soulful production, but in 2010, the multi-talented crooner stepped into a totally different realm with the launch of his video game company, Illfonic. The independently-funded developer and publisher, which Saadiq founded with Chuck Brungardt -- the engineer who mixed his last two '60s soul-rock albums, 'The Way I See It' and his recent masterpiece 'Stone Rollin'' -- currently has two games in development: Ghetto Golf, which they unveiled at the Game Developers Conference in 2009, and shooter game Nexuiz. "He went to school to develop games, he's a programmer," Saadiq tells the BoomBox, of the transformation from mixing an album with Burngardt, to founding a video game company with him. "We all play video games all the time, and a friend of mine works for Russell Simmons and she works on a video game and she was coming to town to do voice overs for Snoop and I told her I wanted to be in the game, but just playing. She said, 'Well, we don't let R&B singers in the ... Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Hip-Hop Videos AOL Rapper Sean Forbes isn't going to let a little thing like being deaf stop him from having a music career. The rapper, whose credits include working with deaf actress and Oscar winner Marley Matlin, is intent on proving that even though he's hearing impaired, he can still rhyme. Forbes lost his hearing as a baby but in his song, 'I'm Deaf,' he doesn't shy away from addressing the pink elephant in the room. "Deafer than Def Jam, so so def," he raps, while using sign language. "My name is Sean but they call me seen/ Got a message here I'm delivering/ Look I understand that you might be leery/ Getting music beats from the hard of hearing/ Something inside me is so intense/ Evidently it's bringing out my sixth sense." The aspiring MC is able to hear music through his hearing aids, which he straps on at the start of his 'I'm Deaf' video. Even with what some see as a handicap, pursuing a career in music was in his DNA. "My parents are both musicians," he said in an interview. "So I grew up listening to ... Amazon, AOL Video, Gowalla, Foursquare, Meetup and Plancast are the newest social tools to be integrated with Twitter.com, allowing users to a… Fuck AOL. (I know, I know... But habits die hard.) Please make sure you send all email to me at Nikki@deadline.com until further notice. Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News Bonnie Biess, AOL What a shame. After postponing five shows due to laryngitis, Adele has been forced to cancel her entire sold-out North American tour. She was set to resume performing in San Francisco on June 4, but her condition was worse than initially believed. Always the sweetheart, the British sensation sent an apologetic message to her fans. "I'm really frustrated," she wrote. "I was hoping with a week's rest I'd be better to sing again straight away. However there is absolutely nothing I can do but take the doctors advice and rest some more. I'm so sorry. See you soon, love Adele." Filed under: News Getty Images Here's an awesome way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Go-Go's 1981 debut, 'Beauty and the Beat' -- win a pink vinyl copy of the decade-defining album that's signed by the legendary Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine! Read on to for our contest details and watch the girls rocking 'Good Morning America,' courtesy of our friends at AOL TV.
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