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Madonna Will Play the Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show
NBC announced during last night’s Detroit Lions-New Orleans Saints football game that Madonna would be the headlining performer at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on Feb. 5, in Indianapolis.
All-Access: Lady Gaga by Terry Richardson
Famed celebrity and fashion photographer Terry Richardson’s new book showcases over 350 behind the scenes photographs of the pop diva.
Music Monday: Rock and Roll Is Alive and Well with The Black Keys
The Black Keys play rock and they play it straight. It’s hard to believe in an age of hyphenated genres and digitally-tweaked songs that two guys, a guitar and some drums would have anything left to offer. But on their new …
Hark! Listen to TIME’s Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify
You bring the eggnog. We’ll bring the soundtrack.
Grammy Nominations: Who Got Snubbed? Who Didn’t?
Maybe Beyonce will have to pull a Kanye at this year’s Grammy Awards.
Exclusive First Look at Bon Iver‘s Digital Deluxe Edition
The popular indie band will digitally release ten short films to accompany their new album
Music Monday: The Making of TIME’s Top 10 Albums and Songs of the Year
Music writer Claire Suddath on the task of compiling her list of the year’s best tunes
Sweet Potatoes and Pilgrims: Listen to TIME’s Thanksgiving Songs on Spotify
From Hank Williams to Neko Case, here are the songs that make us both hungry and thankful.
Kate Bush Explores Nature on 50 Words For Snow
Using winter as her backdrop, Bush delivers a sparse, beautiful and ultimately pure album
The Incredible Gravity of Being Alejandro Escovedo
Ask Alejandro Escovedo how he is capable of leaping between so many musical modes — with intense performances that have him breaking hearts one minute, snapping guitar strings the next — and he often answers: “I have a good …
Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective
Less than two months after announcing their breakup, R.E.M. is releasing the greatest-hits collection Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982-2011, including three new tracks, “A Month of Saturdays,” “We All Go …
R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on Saying Goodbye After Three Decades
This week, almost two months after their amicable break-up, R.E.M. will release a 40-song retrospective titled R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. Bassist Mike Mills spoke to TIME about why he …