This is it. Number 50. Five-Oh. To celebrate the golden anniversary of New Music Friday, I'm taking DavidMX's suggestion and linking out to 50 tracks. You know, holiday spirit and all that ;) First up this week, Aquarium Drunkard posts two Elvis tracks and two Frankel tracks .(NMF-50 track count: 4) Check out these 4 tracks from MOKB, from A.A. Bondy and more (NMF-50 track count: 8). Stereogum has two tracks , one from Born Ruffians and another from Cadence Weapon (track count: 10) IRockCleveland...

Some of you may have seen recent reports of the Zune Device Sync Diagnostic Tool that we just issued. I spoke with the dev teams and just want to set some context for folks. First, it’s a tool that we designed for our customer service team. The tool helps customer service staffers diagnose specific issues with Zune sync connections, either USB or wireless. So, we (the Zune team) recommend using the tool only when instructed by a Microsoft support person for best results. Stay tuned today for New...

2007: Best. Year. Ever. I got married , we celebrated music and community by putting on a few BBQs , the Zune lineup got an update , we added the Zune Social , Zune Originals launched, and a bunch of other cool Zune stuff . And, of course, lots of music. Here are my favorite songs that came out in 2007: "Your English is Good" - Tokyo Police Club "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - Saul Williams "The Underdog" - Spoon "No One's Gonna Love You" - Band of Horses "Drivin' Me Wild" - Common "Lake Michigan" - Rogue...

Featuring the track “Liquid Sugar” by Maps, the latest film at Zune-Arts , explores "How eternal youth can be both a blessing and a curse." PortlandStudios produced the film, called "Le Cadeau du Temps" - check the page here , and the video: