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Hey everyone!  Welcome to the roundup of all that’s new and cool on Zune for the week of April 19th-April 25th.

MUSIC

Artist of the Week: Gorillaz with their new album, ‘The Fall‘.  It was released to their fan club a while ago, but they made the rest of the world wait until the 19th.  But we still like them.

The ‘Hot This Week‘  playlist is a new feature on Zune, and it’s a great way to get all the newest and hottest songs with one download.  Try it out this week if you haven’t already!

Lady Gaga is back with yet another controversial song from her upcoming album.  It seems that no matter what she does, making waves is part of the package.  Listen to “Judas” and form your own opinion.

Incubus is back!  It’s been a few years since their last new song was released, but “Adolescents” has us hoping for good stuff when they release the new album in July.

Another new feature exclusive to Zune and Xbox is our ’5 Minutes with Fame’ interview segments, and this week we’ve got Plain White Ts, who were interviewed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.   They also released their new single this week – get “Boomerang” now.

This week’s FREE song is “Velcro” from Bell X1.   Does it stick in your head? (more…)

Zune Insider Episode 87 dated Sept 24th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt is not mad at Jessica and she is not mad at him! (0:00 – 6:45); Matt plays golf and Jessica plays football! (7:40 – 11:37); Zune International and a surprise contest with a secret prize! (11:38 – 14:30); Movie Lead Marco Desimone comes in to chat about the latest films to hit Zune! (14:40 – 20:11); TV Lead James Chott talks twitter, goats, and new and returning video series on Zune! (20:20 – 29:10); Matt has nothing new to say about music, but talks anyway, and Jessica is still listening to Pendulum! (29:15 – 31:34); Matt is hosting Windows Phone Radio with Brian Seitz, coming soon! (30:13 – 32:40); Zune video store Vidlabs man of mystery Eric Hanson drops in to talk behind the scenes video marketplace encoding and publishing action! (32:44 – 46:10); Inbox and email madness! (47:20 – 67:26).

The mp3 file is 47 MB and runs for a 67 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.2 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

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Zune Insider Episode 76 dated July 9th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Sean Neumann (neux).

Show notes:
Jessica is out and Sean guest hosts… again! More PM/Dev/Test reciprocity (0:00 – 2:50);  What are we talking about? B.S. and a dude in Mexico! (2:51 – 4:05); Great Seattle binary weather! (4:06 – 4:35); Interview with Lily Chan and Hiroshi Ohno from the Zune on Xbox team! (4:36 – 20:35); Microsoft Employees invited to be a guest on the podcast! (20:36 – 21:35); Vampire bandwagons, Adam’s love for Wil Wheaton and why good is dumb! (21:36 – 25:01); Video Marketplace hotness! (25:02 – 26:20); Music chat! The Eminem album and The Roots!(26:21 – 27:30); Live Inbox! (27:31 – end)

The mp3 file is 23 MB and runs for a 32 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.2 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

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Episode 59 dated March 12th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Jessica’s Zune tag is hard to spell and Matt is poignant! (0:00 – 4:04); Did you know that Matt was on the Debate Team in High School? (4:06 – 6:10); BT interview was awesome, what an insightful fellow! (6:45 – 11:50); Listening to albums all the way through, it’s for the artists man… (11:55 – 15:23); Usage and flipping bits! (15:25 – 17:30); Zune HD and WP7S discussion (18:40 – 22:20); You ARE they! (22:21 – 22:35); Platform Biased Podcast #34 is out, starring… us! (22:36 – 24:16); Music! (24:18 – 25:35); Shouts out! (25:36 –33:37); Video Marketplace action and tiny dresses! (33:38 – end).

The mp3 file is 27 MB and runs for a 37 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.2 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

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Episode 57 dated Feb 26th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Sean Neumann (neux).

Show notes:
Guest host Sean in the house! (0:00 – 1:30); Jessica is in Paris! (1:30 – 3:40) Developer extraordinaire (and Sean’s boss) Peter Rosser in the house! (4:30 – 20:15); Chat about Windows Phone action and where the name 7 series came from! (20:30 – 28:00); Shout outs from Matt’s inbox (28:10 – 33:40); Sean breaks down his recent music listening habits! (33:41 – 35:55); New videos in the Marketplace! (36:00 – end).

The mp3 file is 27 MB and runs for a 39 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.2 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

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