Breaking up is a difficult thing, pets get separated, record collections are split, mix tapes are broken, but for many the hardest is when their favorite songs get caught in the middle of everything. But worry not, there is support out there for the music lover recovering from a rough break up. Ruined Music is a small, but constantly growing community writing effort full of essays and short stories about songs, bands and albums that are ruined during an ended relationship’s resulting fallout. The editors behind Ruined Music are currently looking for your submissions, so if you have a story about your favorite Red House Painter’s song on a break-up mix or an ex-lover mis-quoting Johnny Cash lyrics, now’s the time to write about it and call them out!

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It happens to me all the time that I’m listening to a song and wondering what they hell the artists are going on about. Is that broken shell they’re singing about symbolic of the rough life they had growing up as teens in the USA or did they just have mishap making breakfast and felt it was traumatic enough to try and build a career out of? Well, thanks to the internet, and more specifically, SongMeanings.net, most of my questions have been answered. SongMeanings.net is a user-driven database of song lyrics, which is nothing new in itself, but this time with a twist. The goal behind SongMeanings is to allow users not only to talk about their mis-heard lyrics, but also to discuss and provide their views on the actual meanings behind their favorite songs. A lot of the times, it’s pure speculation, but, quite often we have solid sources on what exactly was going on in the artist’s head when they were singing about purple skies and raining fish.

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Daedelus hails from Santa Monica, California, where he spends his days dreaming of new ways to weave the storylines of his thoughts into musical pieces of art which he spreads throughout the world. Often described as a musical romantic, Daedelus chops, splices and weaves various sound sources through his homebrew, circuit-bent machines and comes out with astounding releases pulling inspiration from decades long past and futures not yet experienced. A true gentleman artist, Daedelus’ music will take you on a journey, while the artist himself beats you at a few rounds of Wario Ware.

Watch the video for “Just Briefly” from Daedelus’ 2005 album “Exquisite Corpse” on Mush Records after the jump..

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isan have been releasing music together since 1996, recording various albums, singles and remixes in the past for many labels and artists (Depeche Mode, Figurine and Phasmid to name a few). The beauty behind isan is that they work the majority of their time apart, communicating primarily through email and post, uniting for the occasional live show or festival. isan now count Berlin super-label Morr Music as their spiritual home and have recently released their new album, “Plans Drawn in Pencil” on CD and 12″ vinyl.

Space out while watching the video for “Gunnera” produced by Mark Allon after the jump..

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Rev up your cellphones television and ringtone fanatics because you have reason to celebrate today. The Classic TV links page has collected a huge archive of MP3 and MIDI files featuring the theme songs to almost every television show to broadcast from the 50s to the late 90s. More recent shows are being added slowly, but, many favorite and classic television show theme songs are represented here in the perfect formats for creating ringtones. Heart to Heart, 3rd Rock from the Sun, All in the Family, McGuyver, they’re all here, including a smaller archive of classic cartoon theme songs in MP3 format. Now if only I could find an Arrested Development ringtone!

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Can were one of the most influential bands to come out of the late-60s / 70s “krautrock” scene, with their minimal arrangements emphasizing drums and bass, intertwined guitar solos and rambling, often incoherent vocals (sung in “the language of the cave-men”). Founded in Germany in 1968, the experimental rock band went through several singers and described themselves as an anarchist community, constructing their music mostly through improvisation and editing, with most early works being recorded at a castle which they rented outside of Cologne, Germany named Schloss Nörvenich.

Watch the music video for 1971’s “Mushroom” and a short video by Brian Eno in tribute to Can after the jump..

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Oddmusic.com, a pretty self-explanatory name for a domain, has collected a huge gallery of strange musical instruments, complete with pictures, description and sample sounds of the instrument in-use. The gallery covers just about everything from ancient Greek instruments, such as the Aeolian Wind Harp (from 6 B.C.) to modern-day folk-festival favorites, such as the Dijbass which is an electronic hybrid, combining a stringed bass guitar with a Didgeridoo. There are about a 100 (if not more) instruments covered, so browse the gallery and let the inner-hippie inside of you feast it’s little heart out.

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Sonic Youth need no introduction, that much is true. The grandparents of indie-rock are (somehow) still going strong, recently releasing their 21st full-length album and touring heavily throughout the summer in support of it. The various members of the group are also working on book and solo releases as well as tending to their family life in New Jersey (having recently moved from NYC). Presented here are two wonderful videos from 1995’s brilliant album, “Washing Machine”, which is at the top of our favorite SY releases list.

Videos and links after the jump..

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Child actor turned musician turned beard Will Oldham has been releasing music under various monikers since the early 90s, recording for the Drag City label as well as his own Palace Records label. Hailing from Louisville, KY, Will Oldham creates incredibly vast melodies for cowboys, with his signature creaky, weary voice singing about horses, farms, his family and the sun. Currently touring the world in support of his recent collaboration with Tortoise, “The Brave and the Bold” CD, Oldham has worked on his new CD/DVD, under his current moniker, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, titled “The Letting Go”, which will be released in Fall 2006.

Videos after the jump…

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