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Monomania | ALBUM REVIEW
Since forming Deerhunter as a raw ambient-punk outfit 12 years ago, Bradford Cox has turned an obsession with rock & roll excess and escapism – and all the fluid-spattered, cross-dressing onstage moments that such provokes – into...
May 7, 2013 12:20 AM ET -
Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke Reunite in NY | VIDEO
One night before concluding his solo headlining tour of the United States, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr surprised his crowd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn by inviting his former bandmate Andy Rourke onstage....
May 4, 2013 10:25 AM ET -
Lil Wayne Dropped by Mountain Dew Over 'Offensive' Lyrics | ARTICLE
Lil Wayne continues to face the fallout for his crude lyrical reference to the slain Civil Rights figure Emmett Till: he has now been dropped as a Mountain Dew spokesman. Despite Wayne issuing a public...
May 4, 2013 9:50 AM ET -
Coachella Bumps Stone Roses, Makes Blur Headliners | ARTICLE
This year's Coachella has packed quite a few surprises already, from violent sandstorms to R. Kelly dueting with Phoenix. Now, with the festival's second weekend only two days away, organizers have pulled an unprecedented...
April 17, 2013 5:45 PM ET -
Beastie Boys' Mike D Feeds Sandy Victims | VIDEO
After Hurricane Sandy left tens of thousands of Brooklyn and Queens residents without power or heat, Beastie Boys' Mike D wasted no time extending a hand to his beloved home turf. The rapper quietly began a...
April 2, 2013 6:30 PM ET -
R.E.V.O. | ALBUM REVIEW
Teamwork isn't a problem for these Canadians, as the 147 million people who saw their YouTube cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" can verify; in it, the five-piece hunch around a single guitar,...
March 25, 2013 3:45 PM ET -
Ai Weiwei Recording a Metal Album | ARTICLE
The controversial Chinese artist and outspoken political dissident Ai Weiwei is planning to release his first heavy metal album – a decision that stemmed from boredom during his governmental detainment in 2011. The sculptor and installation artist, who...
March 11, 2013 4:55 PM ET -
"Ocean" | SONG REVIEW
New Orleans-bred singer Smith has the wide range and smoky soul-pop pipes of a gentler Jennifer Hudson or an edgier Norah Jones. Here she promises herself to her new beau, skipping effortlessly from an earthy folk...
February 4, 2013 3:50 PM ET -
Jakob Dylan, Roger Waters Lead Sweet 'Love for Levon' Tribute to Levon Helm | ARTICLE
Levon Helm's musical legacy revealed itself to be in good hands on Wednesday night at Love for Levon, an open-hearted benefit concert for the family of the late singer-drummer of the Band. Packed with marquee musical...
October 4, 2012 11:20 AM ET -
On the Charts: Pink Pops Ahead to Number One | ARTICLE
WINNER OF THE WEEK: Pink, the snarling little pop-star-who-could. The singer lands her first Number One album this week with the release of The Truth About Love; she sold 280,000 copies of her R&B-inflected sixth disc,...
September 26, 2012 12:15 PM ET -
Shrines | ALBUM REVIEW
This Canadian duo composed their spectral electro-pop debut by writing tracks back and forth via e-mail over hundreds of miles. That sense of distance permeates the music: dark, mutable, likably repetitive synth whirr that recalls artfully creepy...
September 3, 2012 2:40 PM ET -
Four | ALBUM REVIEW
Recorded after the British art rockers reportedly fired and rehired lead singer Kele Okereke, their guitar-heavy fourth record stews with palpable aggression. There's tetchy falsetto, brittle distortion and a tempestuous anti-one- percent rant ("We're Not Good People")...
August 23, 2012 4:20 PM ET -
British Pop Star Paloma Faith on Conquering America, 'Dating' Tom Waits | ARTICLE
Like so many of her countrymen before her, the British pop singer Paloma Faith is determined to conquer America. However, like fewer of them, she arrives on our shores with a ringing endorsement from Satan. "I was the...
August 10, 2012 12:30 PM ET -
Nicki Minaj on New Clothing Line: 'Lil Wayne Will Be Asking Me for a Job!' | BLOG ENTRY
Nicki Minaj throws a dazzling Trinidadian carnival in the new video for "Pound the Alarm," the latest single from Pink Friday:Roman Reloaded, and her burgeoning fashion empire aims to make everyday looks equally colorful. In the...
August 1, 2012 9:00 AM ET -
Best Coast Bring Southern California to Hell's Kitchen | ARTICLE
At first it seemed like an unfortunate union: Best Coast, the placid and reverb-soaked surf-pop duo that represent laid-back Los Angeles incarnate, headlining one of the most severe, astringent venues in New York. Yet playing the 3,000-capacity...
July 18, 2012 11:35 AM ET -
On the Charts: Linkin Park Rule the Day | ARTICLE
WINNER OF THE WEEK: Scream rock on the albums charts and frothy pop for the singles. Linkin Park entered the Billboard Top 200 with their usual bombast, debuting at Number One with their fifth studio album, Living...
July 4, 2012 12:05 PM ET -
Of Montreal Lead an Eclectic Lineup at Northside Festival | ARTICLE
The performers of the biggest show of the Northside Festival – a multi-venue independent rock sprawl in fashionable Williamsburg, Brooklyn – were an unlikely mix. The flamboyant freak-folk rockers Of Montreal, the winsomely deadpan singer-songwriter Jens Lekman,...
June 16, 2012 10:30 AM ET -
"Feelin' Single" | SONG REVIEW
Kelly exacts revenge on a duplicitious lover with casual bonhomie: a disco pulse, horn blasts, and the nonchalant trill of a club‐hopping Casanova who could net 20 phone numbers by sunrise. Listen to "Feelin' Single":
May 22, 2012 5:05 PM ET -
Rod Stewart Too Sick to Attend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction | ARTICLE
Axl Rose won't be the only no-show at tomorrow's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland: Rod Stewart has also declined to attend due to sudden illness. The singer was originally scheduled...
April 13, 2012 4:40 PM ET -
On the Charts: Sales Are in 'The Hunger Games' Favor | ARTICLE
WINNER OF THE WEEK: The soundtrack on fire, The Hunger Games. The Billboard 200 chart is no stranger to dystopias, having been something of a barren wasteland itself in 2011 sales, but it is marking huge...
March 28, 2012 11:57 AM ET
