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Newswire Bono is now flush with $1.5 billion in Facebook cash

For more than 30 years, Paul Hewson of Dublin has been fiddling around with a rock band instead of settling down and getting a real job.

May 18, 2012 | 12:06pm -
Newswire R.I.P. Donna Summer

Donna Summer lived with a lot of contradictions in her life: She was a disco queen raised on rock, a religious woman who became the reigning sex symbol of late ’70s pop, a dominant singles artist who specialized in expansive concept records, a singe...

May 17, 2012 | 12:09pm -
Newswire Bret Michaels settles lawsuit with the Tony Awards and CBS over that one time he got hit in the head on national television

Think back to 2009—or roughly five score and several years ago in award-show years—when Poison was invited to perform at the Tony Awards for some reason, and lead singer Bret Michaels was hit in the head by a lowered set piece.

May 15, 2012 | 11:18am -
MusicalWork Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

The comedy-metal duo rises from the ashes.

May 15, 2012 | 12:04am -
Newswire Scott Weiland re-joins Velvet Revolver, but not really

In an interview with ABC News Radio, Scott Weiland announced that he was returning to the band he was kicked out of in 2008, Velvet Revolver, which seemed credible only for its sheer implausibility.

May 14, 2012 | 2:37pm -
Newswire JBM's Stray Ashes

Canadian singer-songwriter Jesse Merchant, who goes under the name JBM, will release his haunted and very moving second album, Stray Ashes, next week.

May 14, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Newswire R.I.P. Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. And The MGs

As a member of Booker T. And The MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn played with one of the best bands in rock, soul, and plain old human history.

May 14, 2012 | 10:48am -
Newswire Now there will be a Freddie Mercury hologram after all

Last month, Queen was among the bands with an inconveniently deceased lead singer that was asked the "to hologram or not hologram" question in the wake of Faux-pac's historic appearance at Coachella.

May 14, 2012 | 9:09am -
Newswire New Animal Collective album, Centipede Hz, due Sept. 4

Animal Collective has announced its first album in three years, Centipede Hz, in an appropriately alienating way, via a screechy, fuzzy video that appears to flash song titles amid a mostly incomprehensible din.

May 14, 2012 | 8:37am -
Newswire Hear "Don't Let Me Fall Behind," a song from Jukebox The Ghost's new album, Safe Travels

On June 12, peppy Philadelphia trio Jukebox The Ghost will release its third LP, Safe Travels. We called the group's previous album, 2010's Everything Under The Sun, "remarkably addictive pop," and the new song "Don't...

May 11, 2012 | 10:11am -
Newswire Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters will back up Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live

As we reported last week, Mick Jagger is going to be pulling double duty on May 19 as the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

May 11, 2012 | 9:59am -
Playlisted New music we like: Nick Waterhouse

A 25-year-old singer-songwriter returns to a time when rock and R&B were synonymous.

May 10, 2012 | 11:55pm -
Newswire Licensed To Ill returns to the Billboard Top 20 as Beastie Boys sales skyrocket in the wake of Adam Yauch's death

Ever since the untimely death of Adam Yauch last week, tributes of all kinds have been poring in from all corners of the media and Internet.

May 9, 2012 | 11:27am -
Newswire Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender, will eventually be known as Laura Jane Grace

The Florida punk band Against Me! has been defined by its politically and socially charged songs and lead singer Tom Gabel's gruff vocals.

May 9, 2012 | 9:19am -
Perfect Circle: An REM Story Part four: Who threw the crushing blow? (Up to Around The Sun)

A fan’s history of R.E.M. hits the lean years.

May 8, 2012 | 12:00pm -
We're No. 1 Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

For a while, Lauryn Hill had it all. Or seemed to.

May 8, 2012 | 10:00am -
MusicalWork Review Aaron Freeman: Marvelous Clouds

Gene Ween goes solo with help from a forgotten cult hero.

May 8, 2012 | 12:00am -
Newswire Here We Go Magic's A Different Ship

The band's fourth album was recorded by Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich.

May 7, 2012 | 9:00am -
Inventory One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

May 7, 2012 | 12:00am -
Playlisted Neal Casal

The former Ryan Adams sideman steps out with a Ryan Adams-sounding solo effort.

May 6, 2012 | 11:55pm -
Newswire Frances Bean Cobain assumes legal control of her father's likeness from Courtney Love

A few weeks after Frances Bean Cobain called on Twitter to "ban my mother" Courtney Love after some unflattering statements Love made about her daughter and long-time nemesis Dave Grohl comes news that Frances Bean has taken over control of the ...

May 3, 2012 | 9:30am -
Interview Jack White isn't like you

“I think it’s very funny that people nowadays still think if you use the word ‘I’ or ‘she’ you are talking about yourself or your girlfriend at the time!”

May 3, 2012 | 12:00am -
Newswire Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack as tasteful and impeccably curated as you'd expect

Moonrise Kingdom is set to enchant and enrage film-goers later this month with Wes Anderson's uniquely brilliant and bothersome mix of humor, quirk, style, and, Jesus Christ, can you believe all this overbearingly quirky style?

May 2, 2012 | 2:11pm -
Newswire Jack White scores first ever No. 1 album with Blunderbuss

The A.V. Club really likes the new Jack White album, but does our opinion really matter in the grand scheme of things?

May 2, 2012 | 1:47pm -
Newswire Hear "Youth Without Youth," the first single from Metric's new album

Youth Without Youth is no longer just an admirably misguided, late-period Francis Ford Coppola film.

May 1, 2012 | 5:33pm -
Interview Aaron Freeman of Ween talks about getting older, getting sober, and going solo

“I’ve always said from a young age that as I get older, I want to get lamer, in a very good way.”

May 1, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Newswire Exclusive: See the artwork and tracklist for Mission Of Burma's new album Unsound

It's been 10 years since American post-punk institution Mission Of Burma reunited, and the band remains perhaps the best example of a group that got back together and picked up right where it left off.

May 1, 2012 | 10:39am -
Newswire Today in music videos: Lower Dens go hunting for bees, aliens, and general creepiness in "Propagation"

"Rattling and robotic, it’s about as inorganic as organic music gets," our own Jason Heller writes about Nootropics, the new Lower Dens album that just came out today.

May 1, 2012 | 9:59am -
Newswire Hear "Oh Susannah" from the new Neil Young And Crazy Horse album

As we reported back in March, Neil Young and Crazy Horse have reunited to record their first album in many years.

May 1, 2012 | 9:17am -
MusicalWork Review Father John Misty: Fear Fun

The ex-Fleet Foxes drummer crashes to Earth.

May 1, 2012 | 12:01am -

Newswire Bono is now flush with $1.5 billion in Facebook cash

Newswire R.I.P. Donna Summer

Newswire Bret Michaels settles lawsuit with the Tony Awards and CBS over that one time he got hit in the head on national television

MusicalWork Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

Newswire Scott Weiland re-joins Velvet Revolver, but not really

Newswire JBM's Stray Ashes

Newswire R.I.P. Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. And The MGs

Newswire Now there will be a Freddie Mercury hologram after all

Newswire New Animal Collective album, Centipede Hz, due Sept. 4

Newswire Hear "Don't Let Me Fall Behind," a song from Jukebox The Ghost's new album, Safe Travels

Newswire Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters will back up Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live

Playlisted New music we like: Nick Waterhouse

Newswire Licensed To Ill returns to the Billboard Top 20 as Beastie Boys sales skyrocket in the wake of Adam Yauch's death

Newswire Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender, will eventually be known as Laura Jane Grace

Perfect Circle: An REM Story Part four: Who threw the crushing blow? (Up to Around The Sun)

We're No. 1 Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

MusicalWork Review Aaron Freeman: Marvelous Clouds

Newswire Here We Go Magic's A Different Ship

Inventory One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes

Playlisted Neal Casal

Newswire Frances Bean Cobain assumes legal control of her father's likeness from Courtney Love

Interview Jack White isn't like you

Newswire Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack as tasteful and impeccably curated as you'd expect

Newswire Jack White scores first ever No. 1 album with Blunderbuss

Newswire Hear "Youth Without Youth," the first single from Metric's new album

Interview Aaron Freeman of Ween talks about getting older, getting sober, and going solo

Newswire Exclusive: See the artwork and tracklist for Mission Of Burma's new album Unsound

Newswire Today in music videos: Lower Dens go hunting for bees, aliens, and general creepiness in "Propagation"

Newswire Hear "Oh Susannah" from the new Neil Young And Crazy Horse album

MusicalWork Review Father John Misty: Fear Fun

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Newswire Bono is now flush with $1.5 billion in Facebook cash

Newswire R.I.P. Donna Summer

Newswire Bret Michaels settles lawsuit with the Tony Awards and CBS over that one time he got hit in the head on national television

MusicalWork Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

Newswire Scott Weiland re-joins Velvet Revolver, but not really

Newswire JBM's Stray Ashes

Newswire R.I.P. Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. And The MGs

Newswire Now there will be a Freddie Mercury hologram after all

Newswire New Animal Collective album, Centipede Hz, due Sept. 4

Newswire Hear "Don't Let Me Fall Behind," a song from Jukebox The Ghost's new album, Safe Travels

Newswire Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters will back up Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live

Playlisted New music we like: Nick Waterhouse

Newswire Licensed To Ill returns to the Billboard Top 20 as Beastie Boys sales skyrocket in the wake of Adam Yauch's death

Newswire Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender, will eventually be known as Laura Jane Grace

Perfect Circle: An REM Story Part four: Who threw the crushing blow? (Up to Around The Sun)

We're No. 1 Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

MusicalWork Review Aaron Freeman: Marvelous Clouds

Newswire Here We Go Magic's A Different Ship

Inventory One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes

Playlisted Neal Casal

Newswire Frances Bean Cobain assumes legal control of her father's likeness from Courtney Love

Interview Jack White isn't like you

Newswire Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack as tasteful and impeccably curated as you'd expect

Newswire Jack White scores first ever No. 1 album with Blunderbuss

Newswire Hear "Youth Without Youth," the first single from Metric's new album

Interview Aaron Freeman of Ween talks about getting older, getting sober, and going solo

Newswire Exclusive: See the artwork and tracklist for Mission Of Burma's new album Unsound

Newswire Today in music videos: Lower Dens go hunting for bees, aliens, and general creepiness in "Propagation"

Newswire Hear "Oh Susannah" from the new Neil Young And Crazy Horse album

MusicalWork Review Father John Misty: Fear Fun

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