Music

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  Newswire Pharrell Williams launches now-obligatory "cultural movement" company

  Welcome to "i am OTHER," which celebrates Pharrell-approved individuality.

  May 21, 2012 | 3:33pm -

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  Great Job, Internet! Listen to Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer in glorious 8-bit 

  Using old school technology to recreate music about new school alienation

  May 21, 2012 | 3:20pm -

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  Newswire Today in music videos: Kreayshawn has all the syrup, releases ode to "Breakfast"

  The "Gucci Gucci" rapper likes pancakes.

  May 21, 2012 | 1:45pm -

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  Newswire R.I.P. Robin Gibb

  May 20, 2012 | 9:35pm -

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  Newswire Beach House reacts to being ripped off by Volkswagen ad with appropriately relaxed pleasantness

  It's not worth getting worked up about, apparently.

  May 18, 2012 | 3:03pm -

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  Newswire The Rock And Roll Of Fame expresses remorse for not inducting Donna Summer

  While the value of the honor remains dubious, some people are upset that Donna Summer, who died Thursday after a long battle with breast cancer, is not a member of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

  May 18, 2012 | 12:23pm -

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  Newswire The Afghan Whigs have released their first new recorded song in five years

  It's a cover.

  May 18, 2012 | 12:10pm -

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  AVQ&A Happiest sad songs

  The A.V. Club's weekly list.

  May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Playlisted Rye Rye

  The Baltimore rapper finally releases her debut album.

  May 17, 2012 | 11:55pm -

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  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 -

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  Playlisted Archie Powell & The Exports

  A Chicago power-pop band steps up its game.

  May 15, 2012 | 11:55pm -

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  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 -

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  Great Job, Internet! Kids make shot-for-shot remake of Beastie Boys "Sabotage" video, are adorable

  These three little dudes from Portland can't stand it.

  May 15, 2012 | 11:15am -

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  Music Review Beach House: Bloom

  The dream-pop duo is in full flower with its career-cementing fourth album.  

  May 15, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Music Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

  The comedy-metal duo rises from the ashes. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  Music Review Cornershop: Urban Turban: The Singhles Club

  Reheated exotica retains the flavor, but has a soggy texture. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  Music Review Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

  With El-P behind the boards, Killer Mike makes an anti-everything manifesto.

  May 15, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Music Review Hot Water Music: Exister

  When it comes to a hotly anticipated, post-hardcore comeback, simply existing just isn’t enough.

  May 15, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  A.V. Undercover 2012 Screaming Females cover Sheryl Crow

  Why the hell are you so sad?

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Sleep: Dopesmoker

  A reissue of a beyond-epic 1996 album promises “a true representation of Sleep’s hour-long Weedian chronicle.” 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

  Norah Jones and Danger Mouse collaborate on another perfectly fine Norah Jones record. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  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 -

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  Newswire Jay-Z is putting together his own music festival

  With Budweiser.

  May 14, 2012 | 2:24pm -

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  Stream 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 -

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  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 -

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  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 -

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  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 -

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  Music Review Best Coast: The Only Place

  Sunny indie duo Best Coast grows up on The Only Place.

  May 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Whitney Houston's family finally ready to move on and exploit her death for a reality show

  It's time to heal. Lifetime.

  May 11, 2012 | 5:54pm -

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  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 -