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The Next Big Thing in Music: A 60-Member Band Chosen By Its Fans
Japan’s hit girl pop group, AKB48, is about to go global
Hot Chip’s In Our Heads: Between Earworms and Experimentation
The band’s fifth album finds the middle ground between their disparate influences, with mixed results
New Bieber Single Number Two with a Bullet…For Now
Justin Bieber does not want you to call him
Dude vs. Chick Rock: Is There a Music Gender Divide?
Rush and Metric both drop new albums this week—but only one of them has a song about kittens
Ice-T on His Rap Documentary, the Feud with Pop and the Future of Hip Hop
The rapper and actor Ice-T is celebrating some big anniversaries in 2012: 25 years since his album Rhyme Pays was the first hip-hop record to bear the now-familiar “explicit content” sticker, and 20 since his rap-rock band’s …
Bonnaroo 2012: Scenes from the Annual Music and Arts Festival
With performances by rappers, rockers and everyone in between, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival draws tens of thousands to Manchester, Tenn., each June for four days of camping and concerts.
Music Video Reveal: Brendan Benson’s ‘Pretty Baby’
A moody (and macabre) song about a shot through the heart
Grizzly Bear Announces New Album Will Drop September 18
The acclaimed indie group’s first album in three years “represents the band’s most charged and concise collection of music to date”
It’s His Prerogative: Bobby Brown’s Comeback Album Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston
Brown’s first solo album in 14 years discusses ‘loss’ and ‘healing’ after ex-wife’s death
Beach Boys’ ‘Radio’ Tunes Into Summer Nostalgia
The Beach Boys’ That’s Why God Made the Radio — the first collaboration in decades between founding members Brian Wilson and Mike Love — proves harmony never gets old
Hangin’ Up the Guitar: Do Bands Ever Retire?
Recent reunions — by everyone from Afghan Whigs and The Stone Roses to The Beach Boys and Megadeth — prove bands don’t go away. They just hibernate
Regina Spektor’s …Cheap Seats: The Return of the Pop Maverick and Her Piano
Not the magnum opus it might’ve been, but Regina Spektor’s sixth studio album offers her signature ballads of unforced emotion