Apple flipped the switch on music lovers once again today, unveiling three major new products for fans of downloadable audio and pocket-friendly players.

By: Peter Gaston

When I told my mom I was going to be joining a band on four days of Warped Tour for SPIN.com her immediate response was "That sounds awful." Followed shortly by, "Are you sleeping with all of them?" To me, an avid pop punk aficionado, four days on a bus with one of the tour's craziest acts, Reggie & the Full Effect, sounded like dream come true (and not at all like an opportunity to hone my hoo

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Our first encounter with Smoosh here at SPIN.com came about a year ago, the product of some aimless Internet surfing. The tween sisters' album, She Like Electric, became an instant staple of our iTunes regiment, and more than a few of us pondered an alternate path in life where we'd chosen to embrace the rock at Smoosh's age.

Secret Machines' multi-talented lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist Brandon Curtis might be hanging out on a brief tour stop in his adopted hometown of New York, but lately he's been traversing a mountain of change.