Hot on the heels of artists like Animal Collective, Neon Indian, and Memory Tapes comes Washed Out, who has already left his footprints in the sands nearby half a dozen tastemakers…

Yes, we know, if you see one more hipster wearing the Unknown Pleasures T-shirt you’ll take a brick to them. Joy Division is played out.

This is nothing but schadenfreude, baby. Hit a woman as hot as Rihanna? You’re going to be a punchline for life. So let’s point and laugh at Chris Brown as he does his community se…

It’s new CD day – and I guess new iTunes download day and new Zune Marketplace day and whatever other demented mechanism you use to get your music day. It’s a good day! Let’s have …

Amazing thing of the day: in Bb, that rare online music project that is not only awesome in concept, but cool to listen to. 20 YouTube videos, 20 different instruments, a bazillion…

So you’ve had a chance to check out Sumosonic, right? You – you haven’t? What more impetus do you need to peep the latest tracks from some of today’s hottest breaking bands? Do I h…

Kind Of Bloop is one of those projects that’s so bizarre that I’m amazed it didn’t happen earlier – video game musicians covering Miles Davis songs.

I figured that with Kanye running his mouth again at the VMAs (check out our compendium of his douchiest moves here), it would be a good time to remind everybody that we’ve been sa…

“He can’t satisfy you with his little worm / but I can bust you out with my super-sperm!” Big Bank Hank, “Rapper’s Delight” In what was arguably the song that started hip-hop.

Eight classic Kraftwerk albums, digitally remastered, one must-purchase box set. It drops October 6th. I’m so ready it’s inhuman.

We are pleased to report that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga, has paid the price for her crimes against music. The annoying pop singer / attention whore was put …

Did you know that the original version of Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” featured Glenn Danzig, not Wyclef Jean? Apparently the label made her redo the song to appeal to the urban audi…

Is there any better feeling than going down to the record store and coming out with an armload of music? I mean, aside from making love to a supermodel on top of a mountain of pupp…

Definition of metal? Black Label Society guitar god Zakk Wylde Twittering about having four inches cut off of his trouser snake.

There’s nothing quite like the influence of hard drugs to foster an aura of mysticism and meaning around music; for example, everything the Doors ever recorded.