Welcome, music lovers and blog readers, to another exciting edition of New Music Friday . High five! Ready for some free n' clear music for your zune? Heading off this week is some Latin Alternative: Drea from Beetstro posts a Plastilina Mosh MP3. 'Tracks post a song from Alejandro Escovedo (alterative country/rock) Put on your dancing shoes and click through to ArjanWrites, for a collaboration between DJ/producer Ryan Farish and multi-platinum recording artist Donna Lewis Let's bring...

One of the most passionately debated issues amongst people on the Social team in Zune is whether users should be allowed to hide plays. Right now, it’s not possible. We know that you played that Britney Spears song in between your plays of Tokyo Police Club * cough* Cesar *cough* and if you’ve got your plays set to share with the community (or even just your friends), other people know, too. Every so often, someone brings it back up. Should we let users edit their play data? On the “yes” side are...

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...

Lots of my readers know the name of my favorite band: Tokyo Police Club Well, a few weeks ago, right before SXSW, the guys got a couple of Zunes. Now, some 6-8 weeks later, I caught up w/ them (on email) and asked them: CM: For those that don't know, tell us a little about how you formed: TPC : We formed in January of 2005. We had all played music with each other before in previous bands but they all sort of dissolved over time. Then Dave started writing some songs and needed people to play on them...