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The National Breathes Confidence on Trouble Will Find Me
The band’s latest is approachable but does not compromise
Summer Music Festival Preview 2013
From Sydney to Seattle, here are 11 music festivals worth traveling to this summer
From Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei: A Profanity-Laced Heavy-Metal Music Video
The artist says the video was inspired by his 81-day detention in a Chinese jail
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is Sleek, Bold
On the band’s latest album, the robots have found their souls
Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk
Speaking from their secret LA lair, the electronic-music duo talk about their new album, the artists that influenced them, and their relationship with technology
Band to Watch: Alpine
Their music — sugary, dreamy and effervescent — belongs on any summer playlist
Denmark’s de Forest Wins Eurovision Song Contest
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine
The Man Who Turned Blues Into Rock & Roll
Celebrating the birthday of blues shouter–turned–rock hero Big Joe Turner
High Five! The Latest K-Pop Trend to Hit the U.S.
The group B.A.P brings the “high touch” to American fans
In The Wake of “The Harlem Shake,” Labels Make YouTube Moves
When the “Harlem Shake” song/dance/video craze swept the Internet in February, many casual music-video watchers and copy-cat-video makers learned about one of YouTube’s more interesting features: if you upload a video using a …
Jack Bruce: The Man Who Turned on the “Sunshine” Turns 70
The virtuosic performer created one of rock music’s greatest riffs
Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City Lives Up to Title
Time, religion, and death are just a few of the big topics tackled in this 45-minute pop album
