For those of you who prefer music to hoops, this music festival is nothing less than our March Madness; a thoroughly overwhelming onslaught of unknown bands, fresh sounds and new obsessions.
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David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best
After two decades of restless wandering, the Thin White Duke is back to his mysterious best
World Premiere: Amanda Seyfried in the New Music Video from SXSW Darlings The Milk Carton Kids
The video for ‘Honey, Honey’ hits the web today
Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke’s Side Project, Isolated and Lost on Amok
A promising project takes a step in the wrong direction
David Bowie and Tilda Swinton Make Sweet Music (Video) Together
Swinton appears in Bowie’s new (NSFW) clip, for ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’
The Harlem Shake Is Dead; Long Live the Harlem Shake
The YouTube dance craze draws criticism for what some see as culture appropriation—just as the song hits No. 1 on the charts
Ripely Pine: A New Album That Details What It’s Like to be a Twenty-Something in 2013
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper might have an adorable moniker, but there’s nothing cute about her music
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Rush Into the Unknown on Push the Sky Away
Reports of the musicians’s creative death have been greatly exaggerated
Singer Mindy McCready’s Life in Retrospect
The 37-year-old country singer, Mindy McCready, has died in a suspected suicide, police have said.
WATCH: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Records a Duet With the Barenaked Ladies from the International Space Station
Is there anything @cmdr_hadfield can’t do?
Ron Sexsmith Brings Tightly Packed Pop to Forever Endeavour
His new album is a big step toward Sexsmith gaining household-name status
Trend Alert: K-Pop Meets Country Music (and New Jersey)
From country-music sounds to American-born stars, the U.S. is a growing presence on the Korean pop-music scene
Four Tet Rarities Release is A Fun, Intentionally Disjointed Listen
The steam of ‘0181’ has a lot to enjoy