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Here’s the digital music and media stories capturing BAMM’s attention this week:

- This new iPhone gadget (you might have heard of it) is a great little package … unless you happen to live in the UK.

- Speaking of which, check out this ‘unique’ selection of ‘helpful’ answers from Apple’s new Siri interface.

- The most realistic guitar video game yet hits a stumbling block.

- Google to take on the world of music retail.

- Impassioned nostalgia on the band t-shirt from The Guardian.

- You’ll be able to stream the new album from Florence And The Machine before the official release date. Which is nice.

- New biopic to depict the last days of The Beatles.

- Who exactly are the most overrated lyricists in rock?

BAMM Friday Round-Up

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BAMM’s most interesting pickings from the intertubes from the previous week …

- The demise of the old-school music retail model continues apace; major high-street chain HMV are reportedly in dire straits.

- Heard of a little company called Google? They’ve just launched their own music blog, entitled Magnifier.

- Footage emerges of one of Amy Winehouse’s last recording sessions; a duet with Tony Bennett.

- New material from alt-country superstar Ryan Adams.

- Music headlines don’t get much more abstract than this.

- An in-depth look at the Six Levels Of Apple Fandom. Whereabouts are you on the chart?

- 4chan founder Christopher Poole tries to break into the mainstream with Canv.as. Unsurprisingly, the kids at 4chan hate him for it.

- Want a chilling reminder of your own mortality? The Bangles formed 30 years ago.

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