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Best of Rock 2008: Best Country Lolita | ARTICLE

Imagine a secret laboratory in Nashville, where Hayden Panettiere's DNA is spliced with Dolly Parton's. The resulting creature, a faster, blonder, longer-legged
May 1, 2008 2:05 PM ET
Bob Dylan Awarded Pulitzer | ARTICLE

Bob Dylan has been awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture." He is the first...
May 1, 2008 12:35 PM ET
Video: Behind the Scenes at "The Hills" Cover Shoot | ARTICLE

April 30, 2008 5:35 PM ET
Peter Travers Video Review: "Iron Man," "Made of Honor," "Redbelt" | BLOG ENTRY

The blockbuster movie...
April 29, 2008 2:07 PM ET
The New Issue of Rolling Stone: The Women of "The Hills" | ARTICLE

In the new issue of Rolling Stone that goes on sale tomorrow, the stars of the hit MTV show The Hills talk about the series, the drama and their unusual brand of fame. Check out...
April 29, 2008 11:15 AM ET
Coachella Day Three: Stars, Gogol Bordello, Metric and More | ARTICLE

The crowd was noticeably thinner (and the bathroom lines therefore shorter) on Coachella's third and final day. Attendees weary from Prince's marathon set Saturday night wandered in to the strains of Stars' boy/girl vocal combo of Torquil...
April 28, 2008 7:03 AM ET
My Coachella: The Cool Kids | ARTICLE

One of the Cool Kids MCs, Mikey Rocks, was wielding a giant blue supersoaker and threatening to douse anyone in the VIP area "who's trying to look too cool" when Rock Daily caught up to him Sunday...
April 28, 2008 5:23 AM ET
Bob Dylan, The Stooges, Wilco, Paramore Top Complete Virgin Festival Lineup | ARTICLE

Bob Dylan, Iggy & The Stooges, Chuck Berry and Wilco are among the acts who will join already-announced headliners Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots at this year's Virgin Mobile Festival. The...
April 28, 2008 12:01 AM ET
My Coachella: Does It Offend You, Yeah? | ARTICLE

James Rushent and Dan Coop of Does It Offend You, Yeah? have a solution for bands missing that key piece of percussion that you always seem to need more of: "When there's not a cowbell, use a...
April 27, 2008 8:47 PM ET
Coachella Day Two: Prince Dominates With Greatest Hits, Guests, Radiohead and Beatles Covers | ARTICLE

At 11:11 p.m., Prince seemingly materialized out of nowhere, took his place at the center of Coachella's main stage, and spoke: "Coachella, I am here. ... Coachella, where are you?" Promising to rock the party only if...
April 27, 2008 8:17 AM ET
Coachella Day Two: Portishead, Death Cab, M.I.A., Malkmus, Kraftwerk | ARTICLE

Saturday's late-afternoon primetime sets began just before 5 p.m. at the Outdoor Theatre, where Stephen Malkmus was holding court with the Jicks. After joking about the environmental crisis, he half-heartedly crooned Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun," adding, "I...
April 27, 2008 7:00 AM ET
Coachella Day Two: Mark Ronson, Cold War Kids, Hot Chip, Kate Nash and More | ARTICLE

"Things could be much worse," sang Cold War Kids frontman Nathan Willett as a sizable hometown California crowd assembled in front of the main stage in the height of the Saturday heat, and he meant it. The...
April 27, 2008 6:00 AM ET
One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels | ALBUM REVIEW

This split EP finds two Omaha, Nebraska, bands making indie-folk prettiness out of all the depression that can befall a twentysomething. Neva Dinova acquit themselves with Gram Parsons-y ballads, but the star, predictably, is Bright Eyes' boy...
April 27, 2008 12:00 AM ET
Coachella Day One: Jack Johnson, The Raconteurs, The Verve | ARTICLE

As the afternoon of Coachella Day One wore on, the sounds of electric guitars getting jacked into high gear called everyone's attention back to the main stage, where the Raconteurs were settling in. "I haven't seen the...
April 26, 2008 7:19 AM ET
Jack Johnson: Coachella's Night One Headliner on His Upcoming Tour and Laughing at His Own Mellow | ARTICLE

How intense is the anticipation for Prince's Saturday night headlining set at Coachella this year? Even Day One headliner Jack Johnson risked being scolded by security and sneaked around to hear the Purple One soundcheck Thursday night....
April 26, 2008 7:00 AM ET
My Coachella: Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip | ARTICLE

"It's good to be playing Coachella at a good slot before we've even released anything over here," marveled Dan le Sac, the MC half of U.K. hip-hop duo Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, as the two...
April 26, 2008 6:30 AM ET
Coachella Day One: The Breeders, Tegan and Sara, Black Kids and More | ARTICLE

While most attendees were still smuggling their stashes past security at the front gates on Coachella's Day One, math-rock outfit Battles had a large, vocal crowd enraptured at the Gobi tent with their pounding single "Atlas." Battles...
April 26, 2008 5:15 AM ET
Bruce Springsteen Pens Touching Eulogy to Danny Federici | ARTICLE

Bruce Springsteen posted his eulogy for fallen E Street bandmate Danny Federici over at his official site. He delivered the speech at Federici's funeral on Monday. The full text is below. FAREWELL TO DANNY Let me start...
April 25, 2008 12:48 PM ET
Peter Travers Video Review: Summer Movie Preview! Featuring "Indiana Jones," "The Dark Knight," "Hancock," "Tropic Thunder," "Love Guru," and More | BLOG ENTRY

Summer is here,...
April 24, 2008 6:09 PM ET
Wright to Re-emerge at the National Press Club | BLOG ENTRY

The Chicago Sun-Times' irascible, "don't-put-me-on-mute" Lynn Sweet is reporting that Obama lightening rod Jeremiah Wright will address media at a divinity conference this Monday in Washington, DC. Conventional wisdom would probably point toward a disaster in...
April 24, 2008 5:34 PM ET