As demonstrated by the reaction to Britney Spears's robotic, lip-synched run-through of her hit Womanizer on The X Factor, miming in pop is as controversial now as it was in the 1970s heyday of Top of the Pops.

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Year in Review: Five albums that should have rocked but flopped instead

2007 saw the return of some tried and true musical veterans as well as the sophomore shots from overblogged emergent acts whose 2K5 footprints were bound to lead somewhere great.

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Iceland Airwaves is sponsoring the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, October 17-21, in celebration to Iceland's 63rd birthday.

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Rock group Oasis have "made stupidity hip", according to the lead singer of indie band Bloc Party. Lead singer Kele Okereke hit back after Liam Gallagher said Bloc Party were "a band off University Challenge".

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Rock band Oasis have "made stupidity hip", according to one of their rivals. Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke hit back after Noel Gallagher dismissed them as "a band off University Challenge".

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The Best Albums of 2007 that haven't come out yet

The 2007 music faucet began leaking tunes in the last quarter of 2006. Out of the many leaks to find their way onto my iPod, here are three I think are great. The Shins — Wincing the Night Away

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