Here are some music-related links to help you get on track today. Because the internet is all about helping everyone get on track.
· With a bit of luck this ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD of a new Kanye track will no longer be available by the time you read this (wouldn't want you to be tempted), but the picture of West jus' chillin' with Jeremy Piven (aka Ari out of Entourage) will be still there for you to goggle confusedly at.
· Watch and listen to this acoustic version of buzz band the Kissaway Trail's Tracy, recorded in a Toronto hotel room.
· Why Kelly Clarkson is the living embodiment of the new economy of music. Or something.
· Given that the NME's gone all Canadian Blast! this week, we thought we'd like to this faboo remix of Stars' Your Ex-Lover is Dead by Final Fantasy. Faboo, we say.
· The digital music war is on! Now Amazon is starting up an online music store and - clever, clever - only offering DRM-free music.
· And finally, this blog post really made us think: "Rappers are always talking about how they are going to fuck my girl. Why? Please don't do that. It's really wrong to mess with another man's lady, especially someone who is paying money to have you entertain them. Everyone from Snoop to Ghostface, artists that I idolize and promote, claim that if I blink my eyes they will be teaching 'my boo' or 'my bitch' or 'my ho' or 'my steady girlfriend' sexual maneuvers beyond my wildest dreams and embarrassing me in front of the entire hip hop community. This really pisses me off and causes great anxiety."
Got links? Send them to kelly.nestruck@theguardian.com.
