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Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 22nd, 2006

– A look at this week’s new releases in the US via the New Music Tipsheet and in UK via Torr. – A copy of the court documents filed in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/08/hypebots_new_mu_13-4.html]

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A look at this week’s new releases in the US via the New Music Tipsheet and in UK via Torr.

– A copy of the court documents filed in the Tower bankruptcy. An interesting list of who is owed what starts on Page 10. (PDF)

– Indie label Fundamental (home of Love Tractor, Vic Chestnutt, and more) draws attention to its new web site with a $5 sale on all catalog and new releases. (Fundamental)

Jazz labels like Impulse! and Blue Note are effectively using cover artwork to build their brands.  (Telegraph UK)

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SanDisk unveils a new 8G Sansa player aimed straight at iPod’s Nano for the same price and with twice the memory. (Reuters)

– New book "This Is Your Brain On Music" explores how the brain processes music. (Boston Globe)