Along with the widely observed deaths of Amy Winehouse and Gil Scott-Heron, a number of lesser-known musical figures passed away in 2011. They didn’t get as much recognition, perhaps, but they made valuable contributions to …
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The Weeknd’s Echoes of Silence: A Third Mixtape, a Third Success
Despite not yet releasing a proper album, Abel Tesfaye has crafted some of this year’s most compelling and captivating music.
United State of Pop 2011: Mashing Up the Year in Music
TIME’s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2011
Dear reader, you’re probably as exhausted as we are from this month’s onslaught of Top Ten lists. (Don’t worry, we have a couple more we’re rolling out later this week.) But those deal with the macro. Here’s a bit of the micro …
The 12 CDs of Christmas
This article originally ran on December 22, 2006.
‘Tis the weekend before Christmas, and something like a hundred million Americans are heading to a place called home. They still call it that, though they’ve lived far away for …
James Blake Is As Crazy As Ever On His New EP
The British producer-turned-musician is making some of the catchiest, most difficult music in recent memory.
Music Monday: Common Dreams Big
The Chicago rapper’s ninth studio album, The Dreamer/The Believer, pings back and forth between dirty and uplifting.
Top 10 Overplayed Holiday Songs
By Thanksgiving Day each year, more than 150 radio stations nationwide begin to broadcast Christmas music 24/7. TIME presents the most incessantly spun jingles.
Mariah Carey Fatigue: All I Want For Christmas Is Some New Holiday Music
Listen to TIME’s Protest Song Playlist On Spotify
The Protester is TIME’s 2011 Person of the Year. In honor of that decision, we’ve put together a playlist of protest songs
She’s a Dancing Machine: Girl Talk’s 71-Minute Long Music Video
The girl hustles into the ballet studio to the disapproving glare of the dance teacher, and takes her place at the barre. You can tell from the start that she doesn’t belong there among the stern, steely bunheads. Her eyes are …
Ke$ha Covers Bob Dylan. And It’s All Right.
I’ve never really heard Ke$ha sing before. I’ve listened to her songs, but behind all the sound effects, strobe lights and multi-colored outfits, it’s often hard to tell what the pop star actually sounds like.
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Trent Reznor’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: More than Just a Soundtrack
This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene.
Trailers for David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon …
