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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Tap Into Big Easy Groove | ARTICLE

Even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs can't quite believe they stuck together long enough to make a fourth album. "We've been making music together for 13 years now, which is an incredible rarity," says Nick Zinner, the...
March 1, 2013 10:00 AM ET
The Next Day | ALBUM REVIEW

David Bowie has sung a song or two about outer space before. But "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is one of the greatest songs the man has ever written, soaring on guitar and strings and...
February 28, 2013 3:40 PM ET
Oscars 2013 and Seth MacFarlane: Stupid Is as Stupid Does | BLOG ENTRY

Now that was stupid, Oscars. Few ideas could have been stupider. Letting Alicia Keys sing would have been clever in comparison. A last-minute move to draft Billy Crystal as emergency host would have looked downright cagey. But...
February 25, 2013 8:00 AM ET
You're Nothing | ALBUM REVIEW

Let's hear it for the unruly punk youth of Copenhagen. The Danish hardcore kids in Iceage make an emotionally intense racket, with that rare mix of aggression and delicacy. Even on their raw 2011 debut, Iceage...
February 19, 2013 12:10 AM ET
My Hundredth Listen to the New My Bloody Valentine Album: Even Better Than the First | BLOG ENTRY

So now we know what Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson at the end of Lost In Translation: "Don't worry – My Bloody Valentine only have another decade to go." After a couple of weeks...
February 14, 2013 2:47 PM ET
'Buckwild': Drink, Slap, Cry, Repeat | ARTICLE

Looking for some corner of America untouched by reality TV? The only place you'll find that is – where else? – reality...
February 14, 2013 2:35 PM ET
Nicki Minaj's Excellent Judgment | ARTICLE

Why is Nicki Minaj the best judge American Idol has ever had? It's deceptively simple: She is the only judge in Idol history who ever had the chance to see the show before she got famous. So...
February 14, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Grammy Awards 2013: Celebrating Pop Music's Demented Excess | BLOG ENTRY

Remember when the Grammy Awards used to suck every year? Not so long ago, right? There was that long string of unwatchably tedious disasters in the 2000s, the "Alicia Keys sings duet with Frank Sinatra hologram"...
February 11, 2013 7:55 AM ET
MBV | ALBUM REVIEW

Did My Bloody Valentine really need to make another album, 22 years after their guitar-monster classic Loveless? Kevin Shields has been working on the follow-up five years longer than James Joyce spent writing Finnegans Wake....
February 8, 2013 11:40 AM ET
'Community' Laughs in the Face of Big Changes | ARTICLE

For fans of Community, it's been one dark timeline. The most brilliantly warped comedy of our era has never exactly racked up big ratings, despite its hardcore fan following. Dan Harmon, Community's madman auteur, got the axe...
February 5, 2013 11:20 AM ET
Super Bowl XLVII: The Night Belonged to Beyonce | BLOG ENTRY

Why would you ever have a Super Bowl without Beyoncé? Now that was a halftime show, and that is a star. This woman single-handedly blew out the power in the Superdome. No special guests, no costume changes...
February 4, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Golden Globes 2013: You Can Smell the Pills From Here | BLOG ENTRY

There is one sacred tradition at the Golden Globes: Nobody gives a rat's ass who wins, because the awards are given by the laughably cred-free Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But the other Golden Globes...
January 14, 2013 9:47 AM ET
'Downton Abbey': Real Housewives of the 1920s | ARTICLE

Nice try, Shirley MacLaine. But the old-school English aristocrats of Downton Abbey already have a resident rage queen, and her name is Dame Maggie Smith. She might be pushing 80, but as the Dowager Countess of Grantham,...
January 4, 2013 1:00 PM ET
2112: Deluxe Edition | ALBUM REVIEW

Rush have always been one of rock’s all-time great argument starters. Anywhere North American males gather, it’s possible to ignite a fierce debate just by name-dropping these Canadian prog sages. You can quibble over Geddy Lee’s...
January 2, 2013 1:00 PM ET
The 10 Best Albums of 2012 | BLOG ENTRY

1. Japandroids, Celebration Rock "We don't cry for those nights to arrive/We yell like hell to the heavens" is a fun thing to yell, the kind of line that reminds you why yelling is fun. All over...
December 20, 2012 12:38 PM ET
The Top 25 Songs of 2012 | BLOG ENTRY

My 25 favorite songs of 2012, including but not limited to: hits, obscurities, roller-disco jams, air-guitar disasters, rap anthems and dubious karaoke picks. And Van Halen, obviously. (Listen to most of these songs on RDIO below.)
December 20, 2012 12:31 PM ET
Rolling Stones Cap Anniversary Tour With an All-Star Blowout in Newark | ARTICLE

Mick Jagger has sung the words "This could be the last time" hundreds of times – yet the line had a special resonance tonight. The Rolling Stones’ December 15th show in Newark, New Jersey, was the final...
December 16, 2012 10:49 AM ET
The Worst TV of 2012 | ARTICLE

In a golden age of television, you still can't polish a turd. Here are our picks for five of the year's biggest. 1. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo It seems kind of strange to say reality TV...
December 7, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Bikini Kill: 20th Anniversary Reissue | ALBUM REVIEW

In one of the early-1990s riot grrrl zines, Bikini Kill threw a challenge at the young women of America: "Find the biggest bitch in town and start a band with her." Two decades later, that wise advice...
December 5, 2012 5:00 PM ET
Warrior | ALBUM REVIEW

Ke$ha was born to be a rock star. She's a disco queen who dresses like Axl Rose and overdoses on personality like the New York Dolls. She rules pop radio with her megasleaze boombox beats, junk-shop rags...
December 4, 2012 12:05 AM ET